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by GuillaumeBrdet • 7 years ago

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GuillaumeBrdet2• 7 years ago

Hello Everyone,

If you have been working on your own company, side project, all the way to being a-part of a startup, you have likely noticed the ever-growing amount of tools you are using.

I personally find it interesting, it is definitely better than one company doing everything for us. It also gives them the chance to really focus on certain pain points. However, it is not always practical to manage. All the bills are coming in on different days, some are still trying to trick you with unstable bills, different account logins, etc. This is often an unnecessary distraction and tends to make the accounting much more complicated than it needs to be.

After looking into this problem a bit, I noticed different kinds of bundles. Some offered lifetime deals which are neat but you also want to make sure the tools you are paying are getting recurring revenue for them to stick around and improve. Then, I found others offering discounts only which is not bad but it was still not what I was hoping for.

What I believed would be the most useful, and sustainable for everyone involved would be a subscription model that includes numerous tools within that subscription, at no additional cost.

I decided to email back and forth with companies about potentially joining a bundle. After getting on many calls and digging into the details we realized it would be a bit time consuming, and hard to get everyone involved within the paid subscription.

Instead, we believe it is better to slowly grow the list based on what is suggested by the subscribers. The subscription will currently include 4 partners (GetResponse, HelpCrunch, Vectera, and Qlearly) and credits towards 1Password, Twist and many others.

Additionally, we wanted to give discounts for many other great tools we believe a high percentage of our subscribers could really benefit from. By potentially getting your feedback on the tools you use the most or are likely to use the most, we could see which tools should really be included within the subscription. All of this and more is what we are hoping to learn during this beta, which is currently limited at 500 subscribers.

This is also why we are holding off just a bit on building a backend for your account and our own payment system. We will have this ready by April 2020. The codes will be emailed to you 15 minutes after the checkout. You will receive an email with the link and password to an Airtable sheet.

Some may call this a beta, others an MVP. However, something I have learned is if someone is willing to go through a bit of an unfamiliar process to access what you are offering, it is a good way to tell if you have something good on your hands.

Thank you again for willing to learn more about our beta. We hope this is something you will find helpful. If you have any suggestions to help us improve, I would love to hear from you: guillaume@qlearly.com

Please note:

Discounts: You can purchase access to the discounts only.

Accessing the codes: The codes will be emailed to you 15 minutes after the checkout. You will receive an email with the link and password to an Airtable sheet.

Refunds: Unfortunately, since you will receive access to the codes within 24 hours, we can not offer refunds on your 1st transaction. However, if you become a subscriber you can request a refund within 48 hours of your 2nd transaction. In this case, your subscription will be canceled and refunded.

Do you have any feedback or suggestions? I'd love to hear it as the project is still not launched. We plan to do so next Monday!

Our main goal is to increase the value of the subscription over time while keeping it affordable, however, we simply don't have enough leverage when approaching companies. At least for now.

Thank you for your time :)

signal• 7 years ago

It would be interesting to see what you're saving on each tool and why they beat free alternatives. I think the only one that doesn't have a compelling free option is getresponse but there's sendfox for email that does the job well.

GuillaumeBrdet2• 7 years ago

Thank you for pointing that out, that's a great point. I will try to find a way to clarify what they are saving. I do plan to do a fair amount of content marketing explaining that further including alternatives, etc. It could be interesting to create a page for this on the site as well.

Regarding the current offering, unfortunately, we did not have much leverage when approaching the companies this time around. I do hope we will be able to increase the value of the bundle over time while remaining affordable.

Thank you again for your feedback, it is much appreciated!

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