Mooring: Astalty's $49/month invoicing feature saves customers two days per fortnight
James Mooring · Episode 722 | Bootstrapping a Vertical SaaS to 7-Figures in 18 Mo... · Jul 16, 2024 · at 19:42
James Mooring discusses how Astalty's ROI justified its pricing for NDIS service providers billing $100 per hour.
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“And the fact that the businesses that use our software essentially charge a hundred dollars an hour for their service, so we only had to save our customers half an hour a month per user to see the value, and our invoicing alone was saving businesses, in some cases, two whole days a fortnight.”
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