The Bootstrapped Founder

385: The Balancing Act: Free Trials, Value Demonstration, and Business Sustainability


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Just how much of your service should a trial user be allowed to "try"? When it costs you real money to supply your product, when and how do you apply limits so that people have to upgrade?

That's my challenge this week, and I'll share a concrete example from my journey with Podscan.

The blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/the-balancing-act-free-trials-value-demonstration-and-business-sustainability/ 
The podcast episode: https://tbf.fm/episodes/385-the-balancing-act-free-trials-value-demonstration-and-business-sustainability 


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