Is this necassary to fail at first time? No money with 280 Users

2 gurpreet_codes 3 5/21/2025, 7:07:57 AM

I have built this kind of duplicate software "https://dailyexpensetracker.in" and it's on web only after 2 months I started getting few users.

I was amazed that how I'm getting these users.

Now after 8 months I'm thinking about to make some money or to try to get some more users, I ran a survey people said would love to pay 5$ a month but no one converted when I added premium modal. So, I moved back to free and started thinking about adding ads, but ads were making user experience so bad.

I removed them as well. I need some idea if I can make something out of it. Or I should just leave it as it is.

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beardyw · 8h ago

Ideally you should have thought about paying customers up front. That way you can set limits on your free tier.

As it is you have happy customers paying nothing. You don't say if 280 is sign ups or active users (you do need to measure that). You might expect to convert a small percentage, maybe in single figures, but only with something they need (see 1st paragraph).

mattfrommars · 2h ago

You should ask youself, would you pay for your own services?

gurpreet_codes · 13h ago

I'm seeking advice on this

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Is this necassary to fail at first time? No money with 280 Users

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