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I am trying this with https://uxwizz.com but it's not easy. I do like this model, but there are some challenges: * With one-time the initial payment is higher ($299 one-time vs $29/mo), many people don't think too much before paying $29, but think a lot more before paying $299. * Only paying once still doesn't cover the support expenses or future development. In my case, I went with pay-once use forever, but with paid updates after the first year. Also, the way I do the updates payment is different (you can pay any time to get 3, 12 or 24 more months of support/updates). With this model, the customer only pays what they want, and me as a developer, I'm incentivized to keep releasing updates. * Self-hosting is also more niche than a service, especially if your product is not aimed directly at technical people. With my product, a lot of marketers could use it, but many of them don't even know what self-hosting is. That being said, for a small business, the available market of people who know how to self-host is large enough. I do hope more companies/products switch to this self-hosted model, it's better for privacy, ownership, avoiding data centralization, etc. |