We Got 800 Users on Launch Day and Still Made 0 Sales
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Sounds great, right? Except… we made zero sales.
Our freemium plan was way too generous, so everyone just stayed free. People loved the product but had no reason to pay. Classic rookie mistake.
We basically built something people wanted but just not badly enough to pull out their wallets.
Now we’re reworking pricing and trying to find that sweet spot between free value and actual revenue.
Anyone else been through this kind of “successful failure”?
The author launched a product that gained 800 users on Product Hunt but failed to generate sales due to a too-generous freemium plan, and is now reworking their pricing strategy.
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