63. Dropping the price
Update: 2024-10-17
Description
We've launched with a price of $49.99/year, but we realized it's too high. We're lowering it to $19.99/year or $1.99/month.
Get Metacast podcast app for Android and iOS at https://metacast.app.
Join the r/metacastapp subreddit.
Segments
- [01:14 ] How we decided to lower the price for Metacast
- [03:03 ] Initially we had three plans
- [04:48 ] Pulling the andon cord
- [06:40 ] One password app's reference point
- [08:21 ] Why we're not adding ads
- [11:35 ] Enshittification of consumer apps
- [14:21 ] Our costs for running the app
- [17:52 ] Rolling out the pricing change
- [20:05 ] Podcast and book recommendations
Show notes
Podcasts
- Previous episodes with Jennie: 42. Equity compensation at a pre-revenue bootstrapped startup, 17. From Teacher to Software Engineer at Amazon
- Handsome
- The Mark Zuckerberg Interview - Acquired
- Meta’s Race for Your Face + Google’s Hit A.I. Notebook + HatGPT - Hard Fork
- #446 – Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America - Lex Fridman Podcast
- #369 – Paul Rosolie: Amazon Jungle, Uncontacted Tribes, Anacondas, and Ayahuasca - Lex Fridman Podcast
- #429 – Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God - Lex Fridman Podcast
Books
- Fast Second: How Smart Companies Bypass Radical Innovation to Enter and Dominate New Markets by Constantinos C. Markides, Paul A. Geroski
Get in touch
- 🚀 Get the Metacast podcast app: https://metacast.app
- 👥 Join our subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/metacastapp/
- ✉️ Subscribe to Metacast newsletter: https://www.metacastpodcast.com
- 👋 Send feedback or say hi: hello@metacastpodcast.com
- 📕 Get our book! The Pragmatic Podcaster: a step-by-step guide to starting an amazing podcast: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFPMT8WW
- 👚 Metacast merch: https://merch.metacastpodcast.com
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