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Four years of running a SaaS in a competitive market

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269 points mtlynch | 1 comments | 06 May 25 21:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.515s | source
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arewethereyeta ◴[11 May 25 13:32 UTC] No.43953717[source]▶
TBH, I find it extremely hard to acquire customers. Even with a rock solid product that is NOT, in any way, below the competition. I get the visits but the signups are non existent. Probably because my audience is geared towards programmers and tech oriented businesses. I can do almost any project but marketing kills me.
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pyb ◴[11 May 25 14:01 UTC] No.43953881[source]▶
What's your product?
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arewethereyeta ◴[11 May 25 14:15 UTC] No.43953977[source]▶
https://visitorquery.com
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afro88 ◴[11 May 25 14:31 UTC] No.43954091[source]▶
You're showing me pricing in euros, which is a bit off putting (I'm in Australia). It wouldn't stop me if I knew your product already and knew I needed it, but as a "cold" visitor it's a small thing that stops it being an insta buy.
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openplatypus ◴[11 May 25 15:01 UTC] No.43954283[source]▶
We are also listing prices in EURO only.

Our server bills are in EURO.

Our salaries are in EURO.

Our subscription for business operations are in EURO.

Our accountancy costs are in EURO.

It helps that our focus is on European customers, but that said, it is hard to justify going with USD pricing.

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1. heipei ◴[11 May 25 17:06 UTC] No.43955155[source]▶
No it's not, not if you want to win customers from the US. Their annual budgets are in USD, so they don't have the flexibility to pay more next year just because the foreign exchange rate has shifted. You take the foreign exchange risk by listing prices in USD, but it could just as well be a windfall, and your customers pay stable prices in return.