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by Andrex 1686 days ago
This idea would probably be a headache to implement, but has any service tried something like charging $1/$x for specific features? Feels like Twitter would be the prime candidate.

Ad-free article access could be $1.

"""Editing""" tweets could be $1.

Ad-free Twitter could be $4-5 (as that's what Twitter makes per US user per month via ads).

Etc.

IMO Patreon has already broken through the mental mode of "sign up for multiple sub-$5 things and have a single bill at the end of the month."

Any big services out there doing a-la-carte premium features?

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strava (exercise tracking app) was doing it for a while, they had safety/training/metrics premium bundles each centered around a single standout feature at somewhere between $1 and $2 each, but have since gone back to a single premium tier.