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Hi! I haven't considered pricing per the amount of content or similar structure, I'm afraid it would become too complicated as pricing. What do you suggest? What kind of plans? At the moment I have just one plan with pricing per site either monthly or yearly to keep things super simple. I could introduce a cheaper plan perhaps. What kind of plan would you be interested in? Thanks

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Hey, so as i mentioned i dont write nearly as much content as id hope. So say for example if the pricing was more like 1-5 $ / post for first n posts in the month and then less $ for more than n posts in the month. etc that way, for people who are like me and publish less content, it is still feasible to subscribe rather than paying flat 8$/mo regardless of if i publish or not. For people who publish way more often, it can still make sense since the overall costs will be similar.

Only slight downside i can see is that it deters the person to publish content since it costs to do so, but i think if you are driven enough to publish anyway, a minor fee is not something you'd mind, esp if you are choosing this over some of the free platforms.

I need to think about it because there is a threshold in terms of price below which it's no longer convenient for me due to the payment processing fees. Charging per the number of posts means that if someone publishes say only one or two posts in a month, the transaction would be too small and there is a fee per transaction so it might not be convenient. Will need to think about it. Thanks for the suggestion!

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