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by ux-app 1626 days ago
>There have been many submissions but no one seems willing to pay.

Tailwind is a masterclass with regard to how to market this kind of thing.

1. Release the core of your product for free (basicially give 95% away for nothing)

2. Sell premium features/components (the last 5% of your product for serious people with a budget)

Tailwind is selling their CSS framework UI component kit for $400!!!

It's a freaking simple little design system which is nothing in comparison to what you've built here and they are *rolling* in money.

Good luck.

2 comments

Second this. This product sounds amazing. But hard to believe it without seeing it. What can you charge for that enterprises/funded entities would pay for, but side projects wouldn’t need until they start making money. Like: Electron, Oracle/SQL Server support, Exchange integration, etc. Good luck! As someone who has been “working” on a SaaS project for a year, would love to try this. But can’t shell out $400 out of pocket for something I can’t touch.
I will probably do something like this. I really appreciate your suggestion(s) and feedback.