Comment by apsurd
1 year ago
Why can't you make money with a user-friendly platform for hosting community groups?
People are used to paying nominal transaction fees for commerce transactions. Pro versions of group facilitation, messaging, and ticketing is also a thing.
The problem is just cost. These post IPO companies grew massively with sales and support teams. It's very likely much easier to get to scale nowadays. Remove the sales teams and find ways to grow on the cheap. "can't make money" isn't right, it's managing costs to turn a profit inline with the current state of things.
> Why can't you make money
Once people have formed their community, they can just split any costs in-person and not go through your platform.
I'm not paying $20 in yearly "dues" to maintain a friend group that could be maintained for $0 as a group on any social media messenger.