First paying user!

When I posted on Reddit and Hacker News, Mofi was completely free. I got a lot of users that tried out the product and received some good feedback in the comments. But I also wanted to try out my hand monetizing something. After seeing that the product is helpful, I decided to implement user accounts and monetization. I decided to use Lemon Squeezy to handle payments since I had seen positive reviews of them online and they take care of some of the tax burden that comes with selling to users in different territories.

One thing that I struggled with (and am still trying to figure out) is how much to charge and what is reasonable. Almost all of the features on Mofi are still available for free and without an account (which helps draw in users), but to increase limits and use the results for commercial usage, a subscription is required. My logic behind this was that professional users who earn money can afford to pay and I tried pricing based on that.

I turned on monetization on July 10th and got my first paying user the next day! I felt ecstatic that someone valued my product enough to pay for it and this motivated me even more to continue working on Mofi. I am now continuing to work on new features but also user acquisition to increase revenue.