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by VohuMana 1248 days ago
I don't run a business so I can't directly answer your question but I can answer it from a consumer stand point.

Assuming I find your product interesting a free trial or cheap (< $10) monthly subscription will get me in the door. After that everything depends on the product and price.

Generally this is how things are in my mind: - I generally want a lifetime license if one is offered even if it is expensive because I want to pay once and never again.

- If a lifetime license is not available, too expensive, or has restrictions like missing features I'll opt for an annual subscription

- If I am going to use the product briefly I'll opt for a monthly subscription and then cancel it when I am done using it.

Some things that will put me off of your product no matter how good it is: - Hard or impossible to cancel subscriptions, if I have to call to cancel you can bet I will call once and never use your product again and I will tell anyone else interested to never use your product.

- Removing features or forcing me to pay more for a better subscription tier after updating, generally unless I can't live without your product I will be canceling rather than upgrading my subscription tier