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Michael Cheng

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
120 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

And so those people manage the links and therefore are a natural fit for using the Snipply platform because it allows them to make more out of the links that they're sharing.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

allowing them to generate more reports and analytics for their superiors.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

Yeah.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

And, you know, a lot of entrepreneurs at the beginning, especially we struggle with pricing.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

How do we price this product, especially with something like like Snipply back in 2014 was definitely a first of its kind.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

And that was one of the first initiatives we did a name your own price approach that allows us to draw data and insights on what people are requesting from.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

What features they're requesting and how it correlates with the price range, their willingness to pay.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

And that's actually something that we've kept ever since, because not only does it allow us to capture audiences that fit in between two plans, it'll also allow us to make great exceptions for nonprofits who may not be able to afford our smallest tier plan.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

But all in all, it gives us a lot of insights over a long period of time.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

over how to price our product, what features are more valuable.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

As we introduce new products, it gives us a better idea of where it fits based on how people request these in combination with others.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

And so overall, it's been a great initiative for us.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

I usually get probably at least one or two a week.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

So one thing that I find is that people are very reasonable.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

The first thought that comes to mind when you see a custom plan is, oh, when you ask people to name their own price,

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

They're just going to name whatever or unreasonable prices.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

What I find is that while that may be true, if you're running a consumer model, but with businesses, you know, businesses have a budget, they have great respects for other tools and platforms.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

And the price requests that come through are very, very reasonable.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

Of course, it's a custom plan request, which means we always have the rights to reject them if for whatever reason they're requesting a plan that's $1 for all of our features.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 482: Snip.ly $50k MRR, 1000 Customers For Lead Gen on Social Media Sharing with CEO Michael Cheng

So it's not necessarily a pay what you want.