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Generating $25,000/mo Offering Wikis to Company Slack Teams
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Nelson Joyce
December 11, 2017
Generating $25,000/mo Offering Wikis to Company Slack Teams - Indie Hackers
This was super interesting! Thanks for sharing the details of the pricing experiments especially 👍💥
Thanks Matthew! Pricing has been one of our toughest challenges for sure. I mentioned it in the post but I'll reiterate that the PriceIntelligently Saas eBook is my go-to source for SasS pricing wisdom.
Do you still feel like there are a lot of opportunity for apps in the Slack space? If so, any recommendations for how to find good Slack app ideas?
Hi dc, my instinct is that there is still opportunity as long as Slack continues to grow fast. As far as finding ideas, I would try interviewing people who use Slack. Specifically I would look for hacks or custom integrations people have rigged up that could be improved upon and made generally useful for other teams. Hope that helps!
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What kind of questions did you ask your interviewees? Specifically, which ones proved the most useful?
Here's some of the types of questions I like to ask (and not ask) https://medium.com/@nelsonjoyce/4-customer-interview-questions-you-should-never-ask-a5596586313b
In short, don't try to do a sales pitch. Just try to dig into what people are currently doing and why they're doing it. Try not to influence or bias anything they're telling you with your own ideas.
Thanks for sharing this. Great links to resources also. Your product hunt checklist was impressive.
Thanks Vidal, glad you found it useful. I always find it fascinating to read internal documents from other companies, so I was hoping it would be interesting to people.
Hey Nelson! Great interview. I'm currently launching a SaaS product and I'm wondering if it's a good idea to price low to start to gain traction then raise prices. What are your thoughts on this?
Thanks dch :). Whatever you choose for your first price, just present it to a target customer, get feedback quickly, and don't be afraid to make changes. The ideal price point is one where customers complain about the price, but still pay. It will take a lot of tweaking to find the sweet spot.
I highly recommend taking a hour to read and understand this eBook on pricing: http://www.priceintelligently.com/saas-pricing-strategy-ebook
It will have an amazing impact for a 1hr time investment.
Hi everyone, let me know if you have any other questions or think of anything that's missing. I like to be as transparent as possible, so don't be afraid to ask me anything!
Fun fact - today I made a customer interview for the same product. 5 hours later I’m seing this post in the indiehacker’s newsletter :)
Wow! What a coincidence. 😀
Let me know if I can answer any other detailed questions.
Congrats on the quick rise to revenue! Great job and good luck for the future :)
Thanks Michael, glad you enjoyed the interview.
Very insightful
Thanks for sharing!
Question:
so $23,844/month just barely break even? because 2 founder + 4 employee = 6 people
We actually have 2 founders + 2 employees. Our monthly costs are in the mid 30k range right now.
Hi Nelson, nice interview, thanks for sharing!
how you guys design the site? it look nice & comfortable.
both of you do some design? or just you?
any advice for people who just start learning design?
Thanks! Glad you like the site. We had help from a marketing agency (http://saltedstone.com). We worked closely with them on the aesthetic, but they did a majority of the coding and design work.
Nice!
Awesome interview and nice story. Really good suggestions, you point out how much tettra is dependent from Slack as platform, but no "roadmap" for a slack dis-engagement so far ?
Thank Vokail! We've actually recently moved off the Slack dependency entirely, although our main differentiator is the Slack integration, so it's still central to our core product value.
thanks!
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