12 weeks into building VIDI, I finally started charging
12 weeks into building VIDI, I finally turned on subscriptions today.
Honestly, it already feels psychologically different.
When a product is free, people are much more forgiving.
The moment money gets involved, expectations change immediately.
Every bug, slow response, confusing explanation, or rough edge suddenly matters more.
What surprised me most is how differently I already look at the product myself.
Things that felt “good enough for now” yesterday suddenly don’t feel good enough anymore once there’s a price attached to them.
Added a couple launch promos for early users too:
TRENCHLINE → 30% off Starter
NANOMACHINE → 20% off Growth
Still very early. Still figuring this out in real time while building VIDI.
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Good insight—pricing doesn’t just monetize, it instantly raises the product bar. Curious how you’re prioritizing fixes now that expectations have shifted.
Honestly still figuring that out in real time.
Right now I’m mostly prioritizing things that directly affect trust:
clarity, consistency, reliability, and reducing ambiguity in the analysis itself.
Wonderful!
Appreciate it.
Big step. Turning on payments changes the mindset completely - suddenly every detail starts feeling much more real. Cool to see how fast VIDI keeps evolving.
Yeah, honestly the mindset shift feels way bigger than I expected.
Curious how other founders felt when they first started charging for their product.
Did it change the way you looked at the product too?
Very true. The moment people start paying, you naturally begin seeing the product through a completely different lens.
Very true. You naturally start looking at every detail much more critically once payments are involved.
Yeah, exactly. Payments remove all illusions - it basically turns a startup into a real business where every small friction starts to matter.
Accept it