You could be right, but at the same time, many people seem to expect this for free. Perhaps they underestimate the amount of work required to implement quality core functionality, or maybe they feel that all core software should be free and open source.
I recently lowered the price in hopes that more people would be willing to follow through on buying. There have been many submissions but no one seems willing to pay. I may increase the prices again later on, but it really depends on how things go.
Ultimately, I want this to be accessible to the average developer so more people have the opportunity to quickly build awesome things and bring their ideas to life. It may prove difficult to find the optimal price point.
There's still a lot of work to done, especially on the marketing/convincing side of things. Maybe I'll look for funding, but I would prefer to bootstrap it. I'll probably need to find contract work soon if no buyers follow through, however. Ideally, clients would submit via assemble.molecule.dev and we move forward from there.
Better business model might be make some api, or layer that you control in all this...basically it becomes like a headless cms...could be as simple as centralized auth/data-hosting, then the other version for $400+ could be on-prem/self-hosted...
Then people might get 1 month trial, and then $19/month/app.
This way you start building up a lot of MRR, and can maybe add price points for # of average monthly users or something like Auth0 has.
Oh man, I hate to hear that you are struggling to find traction since I think you're building the future here. I really hope you find a way to make this work so that you can be a trailblazer on this front. The sooner these types of things become popular, the sooner there will be competition and more contributions to this space, and it will become more accessible.
loh|4 years ago
I recently lowered the price in hopes that more people would be willing to follow through on buying. There have been many submissions but no one seems willing to pay. I may increase the prices again later on, but it really depends on how things go.
Ultimately, I want this to be accessible to the average developer so more people have the opportunity to quickly build awesome things and bring their ideas to life. It may prove difficult to find the optimal price point.
There's still a lot of work to done, especially on the marketing/convincing side of things. Maybe I'll look for funding, but I would prefer to bootstrap it. I'll probably need to find contract work soon if no buyers follow through, however. Ideally, clients would submit via assemble.molecule.dev and we move forward from there.
ux-app|4 years ago
Tailwind is a masterclass with regard to how to market this kind of thing.
1. Release the core of your product for free (basicially give 95% away for nothing)
2. Sell premium features/components (the last 5% of your product for serious people with a budget)
Tailwind is selling their CSS framework UI component kit for $400!!!
It's a freaking simple little design system which is nothing in comparison to what you've built here and they are *rolling* in money.
Good luck.
gremlinsinc|4 years ago
Then people might get 1 month trial, and then $19/month/app.
This way you start building up a lot of MRR, and can maybe add price points for # of average monthly users or something like Auth0 has.
aerovistae|4 years ago