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by c22 981 days ago
I operate a service a with an option that charges $1/month. We end up netting about 42 cents per subscription, but really the exercise is more about making the service available to people who might not otherwise be able to afford it than it is about a cash grab.
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>really the exercise is more about making the service available to people who might not otherwise be able to afford it than it is about a cash grab.

This is an idea I've been thinking about a while. Can we chat? Email on my profile.

Are you accounting for the FTE overhead to make sure this works?
It's all pretty automated at that level. To be clear, it will likely never pay off the initial cost of implementation, but the volume is low and we can afford it. Also it pays off as a component of our funnel since about 20% of these users end up upgrading at some point.