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Drew Sheehan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
194 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

Yeah, so we're talking today and we do have a pretty large opportunity to bring on a large group of free users for a short period of time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

After that point, once that timeframe is up, we are going to allow people to start choosing one of the upgrade packages.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

So probably within the next 60 days.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

We're one of those companies that I think has an opportunity where the freemium model really works for two reasons.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

One, mass market.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

I mean, there's a lot of websites in this world.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

Yeah, no, you're absolutely right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

I mean, I think the key is finding channels

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

where the conversions of clicks or seeing us to free users to begin with is very high.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

It's just a real common need that website owners or people who are marketing online have a website.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

And I do think overall, we have a better mousetrap, so to speak,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

Nothing that we're doing is rocket science per se, but I think we've made it easier and more efficient for the small business.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

So yeah, you're right.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

It's a matter of visibility.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

I think it's allowed me some opportunities in the sense that I'm not making decisions that are based on short-term potential goals.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

So I'm not forced to do things that would not really be the right play long-term.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

But I do see what you're saying in the sense that

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

that it kind of allows me to put off making sure that we monetize and that this becomes a for-profit company.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
1358 He's Put in $450k Before Turning on Paywall, Smart or Not?

But no, I don't because I think, you know, bigger picture, I've seen success.