> Those "quick surveys" that we all either skip (if possible) or just enter random bullshit into so that we can just download the damn file and get on with our work?
They've already got something built into the download page to configure plugins. All it would have taken was an additional question and a few radio options:
I plan on using Caddy for:
[ ] my personal website [ ] my startup [ ] other commercial
> Those blog posts that 95%+ of customers never read or, if they do, won't bother commenting on?
People already follow their social accounts etc. to be notified of updates. Plenty of people will read a post "We're thinking of charging for Caddy", and even a 5% response rate would be in the hundreds or thousands.
Plenty of people have done it in much more difficult markets with fewer resources. It's never easy, but Caddy had some good options they never used.
Welcome to the world of market research. It's how you avoid launching a bad product at the wrong price. The alternative is getting it very publicly wrong and having to backtrack.
They've already got something built into the download page to configure plugins. All it would have taken was an additional question and a few radio options:
> Those blog posts that 95%+ of customers never read or, if they do, won't bother commenting on?People already follow their social accounts etc. to be notified of updates. Plenty of people will read a post "We're thinking of charging for Caddy", and even a 5% response rate would be in the hundreds or thousands.
Plenty of people have done it in much more difficult markets with fewer resources. It's never easy, but Caddy had some good options they never used.
Welcome to the world of market research. It's how you avoid launching a bad product at the wrong price. The alternative is getting it very publicly wrong and having to backtrack.