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I recently launched an image tool (compress, convert, edit, plus an API). It's the kind of product where most visitors need it for 30 seconds and never come back. Here's what I ended up doing and why. I'd like to hear where I'm wrong. I priced from competitors' unit costs, not from a guess. I looked at what comparable tools charge per image or per request, then set the lowest paid tier below that. For API credits that's a few hundredths of a cent per request. For a utility, the buyer compares you to the free alternative and to the cost of writing it themselves. Two small plans beat a tier ladder. Free, and one paid plan (monthly or yearly). I dropped a lifetime option. It brings in cash early but leaves you paying server costs for those users forever. Pay-per-use sits beside the subscription. Developers calling an API in bursts don't want a monthly fee. A prepaid credit pack serves them, and the subscription serves people who use it daily. One-time packages for work that is bursty by nature. Site-wide scans are done once or twice a year per site. A subscription feels wrong for that, so I sell page packages instead. "No ads" costs real money, but it's a clear position. Most tools in this space are ad-heavy. I decided no ads on any plan, and I don't list it as a paid perk, because it's the default. Cap anything that scales with abuse. Websites per account, pages per scan, and requests per minute all have limits. Otherwise one free account can cost more than a paying one. Open questions I haven't solved: - How do you get a once-and-done user to return? - Is a low monthly price a signal of low quality for a utility, or does it help conversion? Link - https://imagecompressor.si How have you handled either?   submitted by   /u/Able-Place [link]   [comments]

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  • 发布时间：2026/10/12 10:46:03