TalkYard mentioned on Running in Production podcast
I was a guest of a podcast recently, and they asked me about which services help me run my business, so I talked for a few minutes about how much I love TalkYard:
TalkYard's mention comes up at 47m 47s, but you might want to start at 47:20 for more context.
KajMagnus @KajMagnus2021-10-19 11:27:06.166ZOk, thanks for mentioning Talkyard :- ) and for the link to the podcast And interesting to hear about your first impressions about Ty, and about $2 and compared to other software (Discourse).
Was also interesting to hear how you're thinking about building a product. And recruiting, and what you tried, and what worked. I have some ideas related to that (recruiting) that I'd like to share with you (and some others) in ... about a month maybe. (Hmm I hope this doesn't sound too weird)
Michael Lynch @michaelAnd interesting to hear about your first impressions about Ty, and about $2 and compared to other software (Discourse).
Yeah, I think it's worth experimenting with pricing. Currently, TalkYard is priced so much lower than its competitors that it feels like you're making too little from your lower-tier customers. Here are the lowest-tier prices for a few managed hosting forums:
- Discourse: $100/mo
- Invision: $54/mo
- vBulletin: $20/mo
I think customers would still be happy with TY's pricing if the lowest tier were in the $30-60/mo range. In terms of features and support, I'd put TY at the top of that list, and I think there are other customers like me that value TY's offering more highly than the competitors even if the competitors have features TY doesn't. Like vBulletin has a site builder as a top feature, but I don't need that at all.
It also might be worth considering splitting out forum pricing from just comment pricing. Personally, I'm willing to pay a lot more for managed forum hosting than a blog comment solution, so it might make sense to split them up into separate plans.
(note that I'm using the month-to-month pricing for all of these)
Was also interesting to hear how you're thinking about building a product. And recruiting, and what you tried, and what worked. I have some ideas related to that (recruiting) that I'd like to share with you (and some others) in ... about a month maybe.
Sure, I'd be happy to talk about recruiting/hiring. This was the article I mentioned on the podcast: