freemium
8 statements across 7 episodes · 4 bullish · 1 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Feb 2, 2017 by David Darmanin · across every show →
Everything said about freemium, oldest first
Feb 2, 2017 positive
Staying bootstrapped removes pressure to prematurely monetize a freemium community
“We've been approached by VC firms, we've received offers, but we like to think that it's an advantage for us to not take funding for now, purely because it removes any pressure for us to monetize that freemium, that community model that we have, right?”
Feb 2, 2017 positive
Hotjar's average revenue per user is just under €50 per month
“We're just shy of the 50 euro range. So it's relatively low. We are a volume company, but that's typical when you do freemium. But if we do well, we expect that number to constantly go up. So when we started, it was in the 30 euro range.”
Jul 1, 2018 positive
Sep 18, 2018
Rusenko: Freemium fails if paywalls feel like artificial constraints
“Your model has to resonate with your customers in a way that they understand why they have to pay more for something, or they just won't do it. If it comes off as sort of fake, comes off as this like artificial constraint, it's not going to work.”
Apr 13, 2019 neutral
Apr 29, 2020
Value-add features drive freemium conversion better than usage limits alone
“I honestly think that these are most often better conversion drivers than for example, limits. Like limits are good to bring someone to, like to force someone to the moment of having to make a decision. But I think what will really bring people over the hump i…”
Jan 4, 2022 negative
Pearson: Freemium failed because accounting customers only adopted paid software
“The freemium Model is something we tried way back in the day, and that did not work. As soon as we turned pricing off and payments, or sorry, charging everyone for the software, we had a whole bunch of emails going, oh great, now I'll start using it. So, big l…”
Feb 11, 2025 positive
Tettra's switch from free trial to freemium skyrocketed signups and MRR
“Whenever Tetra switched it up, they decided, ok, we need to give a freemium motion for this product, And what you can see here is the number of signups for their switch, it started to skyrocket as soon as they made that switch. The number of, actually like, ne…”