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Opinion
Braun argues DIY website builders produce crappy sites that users hate
“People do not want to do it in do it yourself mode. Because the websites at the end are crap. You know, when you take a look, you see that, you know, like those websites are crappy, really.”
David Braun Jan 28, 2019 ▶ 8:44 1283 $100m Exit Was $45m Cash Upfront, Using To Launch New $10/mo Website Builder with 3250 Customers
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Rusenko: Substantially all of Weebly's growth comes from word of mouth
“So, so, so I'll start by saying that that we've had substantially all of our growth has been via word of mouth.”
David Rusenko Sep 18, 2018 ▶ 12:05 1151 Weebly CEO: 50m Users, North of .5% Conversion to $8/mo
Disclosure
Rusenko: Weebly holds more cash in bank than total capital raised
“And you know, today we actually have more cash in the bank than we've raised.”
David Rusenko Sep 18, 2018 ▶ 10:00 1151 Weebly CEO: 50m Users, North of .5% Conversion to $8/mo
Opinion
Blair: Enterprise websites cannot be built on Squarespace or Weebly
“You can't really build like an enterprise level site on, on Squarespace or Weebly or something like that. Whereas like something like WordPress, you can.”
Ian Blair Oct 24, 2017 ▶ 3:17 822: SaaS: 25 Years Old and $250k+ in MRR, Here's Trick to Starting With No Developers
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Most Privy growth comes from marketplace freemium distribution on Shopify
“So most of it comes through this marketplace freemium distribution model that we have.”
Ben Jabbawy Jan 22, 2019 ▶ 8:43 1277 Mailchimp for Shopify Customers Passes 5,000 Paid, $3m in ARR, 15k Shopify Reviews
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Rusenko: Weebly saw under 0.5% conversion at paid launch in 2008
“When we first started to introduce our first paying subscription, which was Weebly Pro, and when we first introduced that I think it was in June of 2008. We saw a conversion rate of just under .5%.”
David Rusenko Sep 18, 2018 ▶ 19:21 1151 Weebly CEO: 50m Users, North of .5% Conversion to $8/mo
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Rusenko: Weebly sites get 325 million monthly visits globally
“About three hundred twenty-five million people every single month visit one of those websites or online stores that were created by those entrepreneurs. I think that's really cool. That's a global number, just the US component of that represents about half of …”
David Rusenko Sep 18, 2018 ▶ 17:49 1151 Weebly CEO: 50m Users, North of .5% Conversion to $8/mo
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Rusenko: Weebly has over 50 million users on its platform
“We're over fifty million people that are using Weebly.”
David Rusenko Sep 18, 2018 ▶ 17:36 1151 Weebly CEO: 50m Users, North of .5% Conversion to $8/mo
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Rusenko: Weebly sees some free users convert to paid after six years
“We see people converting six years later for the first time, someone who signed up for the first time, who has been consistently using the service, who's paying us for the first time six years later.”
David Rusenko Sep 18, 2018 ▶ 15:06 1151 Weebly CEO: 50m Users, North of .5% Conversion to $8/mo
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Rusenko: Most paying Weebly customers pay $8 to $15 per month
“No, most people are sort of somewhere in that like eight to 15 dollar a month price range.”
David Rusenko Sep 18, 2018 ▶ 3:29 1151 Weebly CEO: 50m Users, North of .5% Conversion to $8/mo
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Wegetic generates $75K in total annual revenue across platforms
“With weeks, it's 75 K annual revenue in total.”
Andre Potorac Sep 14, 2019 ▶ 9:58 1512 He'll Help You Build Your Own Company App Exchange
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Rusenko: Weebly provides 80% of features free, charging $4 to $35/month
“Actually about 80% of what we offer is completely free. And then it's very honest. If you like the service it starts at four dollars a month all the way up to about 35 dollars a month.”
David Rusenko Sep 18, 2018 ▶ 3:01 1151 Weebly CEO: 50m Users, North of .5% Conversion to $8/mo
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