How to monetize my product
It's only about 30% complete at the moment and I know this is something I should have considered sooner; but I'm unsure how to earn anything from it.
Effectively this is a downloadable piece of software which the customer will install - exactly like with Wordpress. They will be able to download once and use many times. It's focused on affiliate sites and I must say, it's looking very good so far.
Should I sell this as a download (thinking around $40 one-off fee), or should I give it away for free? If I give away for free, there would need to be some way making money down the line... but I don't know what. A subscription fee is out of the question as I don't realistically know how much time I can devote to providing updates. Also, I don't have the technology to deploy this.
Anyway, I'm doing this because I enjoy it and intend to use it myself, but monetization is something I need to iron out... so any ideas would be most welcome. Thanks!
Matt
Jacob Hargreave at your service...
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