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by dzink 1207 days ago
The pain point your problem is solving is not big enough. It’s a vitamin. If there was a problem with their painkiller or they didn’t have alternatives they would be hammering on your door. (note, I have no idea what your product or company does)
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middleman90 1207 days ago
I'm afraid this could be the reason... But it's quite odd that people are willing to pay for the service I offer, but not to talk to me
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aflag 1207 days ago
Why do you expect them to? Did they have a bad experience for some reason?

I personally avoid talking to customer's service as much as I can. I'm more likely to give up on a product or switch to alternatives than say anything. There are a very few exceptions to this. I suspect many other people are like me.

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middleman90 1206 days ago
I did expect them to talk because I read, and also listened in this video, that users are thrilled to talk with the founders of the product they use.

I can understand what you say about unhappy users, they are the hardest to establish a conversation with, in fact, I had yet no luck with them.

I also try to contact my most engaged and paying users, very little luck there.

So, either everyone is laying (very unlikely), or I'm doing something wrong.

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aflag 1206 days ago
Fair enough. That point they made sounded weird to me. I'd certainly not be thrilled to talk to the owner of any of the products I use. Although I'd like if the owner was involved when I'm trying to fix something.

I'm an engineer, so I can definitely think about products I use which I'd enjoy talking to the developers and designers. Sometimes they can be the owners too. But if they are more about getting a business running and started, I don't care about that stuff. So, I wouldn't personally want to talk. I suspect people who are interested in running a business would like that. So, maybe your users are not mainly from that segment of the population.

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travoltaj 1207 days ago
How much money (hourly) are you offering and how much does your product cost?

I'd be willing to accept $100/hr from someone I'm paying $100/month to, but I wouldn't care for $25/hr from someone I'm paying $25/year to.

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