[Alecocluc]

I’m a solo founder building SubBuddy, a privacy-first subscription tracker.

Current pricing: - Free: up to 3 subscriptions - Premium: $4.99/month - Lifetime: $64.99 one-time

Current traction: - 50 users total - first paying customer (lifetime) - most users are still on free

I’m trying to validate pricing before I push harder on growth.

Important product context: - I intentionally do not connect to bank APIs - users add subscriptions manually (or via import/extension), which improves privacy but adds friction - value prop is “control + privacy” over “full automation”

My questions: 1. At this stage, is one lifetime purchase meaningful signal, or mostly noise? 2. Should I keep lifetime available now, or hide it until I have stronger monthly conversion data? 3. What is the most practical way to validate these price points with only ~50 users? 4. Would you prioritize: - user interviews with free users who did not convert - paywall/packaging experiments - onboarding activation improvements first

If you’ve been through this at similar scale, I’d really value concrete experiments or benchmarks that helped you decide.