I am working on finalizing the revenue plan for our new fediverse servers. Since we are using Hubzilla, we have more features to offer, so that has to be taken into consideration. A big difference is that Hubzilla can offer cloud storage for your files, images, videos, etc. So we have to consider how much space do we give people. We also have to consider that we won't sell your data and won't display ads, so we can't and won't use those as revenue sources.
We are thinking of using a membership model, where the community supports the server through membership fees, but still have a free tier for those who can't afford it, or who want to to try it out first. And then offering managed hosting for those who want more cloud storage or who want their own domain name.
Since Hubzilla supports Nomadic Identity, you can still use our domain name for your channel, even if you get your own hosting. For example, you might want jon@loves.tech as your handle. Or you might want to backup your data by having it on your server and ours at the same time, since Hubzilla can sync data.
Right now I am thinking there will be three options:
1. Free - Zero or almost no cloud storage.
2. Supporter - 1 GB of cloud storage - $25/year
3. Your Own Server with 20GB or more of cloud storage starting at $75/year (200 GB cloud storage at $99/year; 1 TB for $159/year; etc.)
After we launch and see the number of people signing up, we can adjust the prices and storage sizes.
Do you think those tiers and prices are reasonable? I probably should charge more considering the server costs, but I want to keep it affordable.
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