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Discussion on: Last night my side project made one person happy, and someone else pissed off

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sliq-justin

In fairness to "a disgruntled user", there is no mention anywhere of the price or the fact that it is a paid service. There are a few other things, in fact, that could lead someone to conclude that it is a free service you are providing:

  • The "How it works" section omits the payment step.
  • "It's in active development" implies a project, not a finished product.

To be clear, I don't think there's anything wrong with any of what I pointed out above, and I think that getting your first paying customer is kind of a big deal and worth celebrating. But if you want to avoid getting emails from people who think you're wasting their time, and you also want to "make sure that [y]our work is valued", maybe make it clear?

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Chris Dermody

Those are damn good points actually - thank you for pointing them out. I've been neglecting the homepage for so long, just been concentrating on features and bug fixes.

Will make some ninja edits to that page now and push an update, thanks!