Wins: 600 euros MRR (41 humans paying!), collision detection picked as THE feature (support-tag data, not gut), free-plan funeral scheduled with 30-day notice and an export tool (scared, decided, doing it).
Losses: lifetime-deal regret (200 users, 3 conversions, lesson priced accordingly), one angry free user already (before the announcement! pre-anger! impressive).
Friday verdict: small, profitable, and pointed in one direction. The car-paying first product would be proud.
The pre-anger deserves its own award. Announcing a funeral and getting grief before the death: peak SaaS. Queuekind's free-plan reckoning is scheduled for Q1. Watching your funeral closely for tips.
Funeral tips preview: export tool first (removes the legitimate complaint), discount second (removes the price complaint), personal replies third (removes the loneliness complaint). What remains is pure grief, which converts at 5%.
"Pure grief converts at 5%" is dark and accurate. The three-step funeral (export, discount, presence) is the dignified way. Undignified funerals (surprise paywall, no export) convert at 0% and review at 1 star.
Slipway milestone adjacent: a customer quoted our changelog in THEIR sales call. Our product selling their product. That is the dream metric. Congrats on 600, Noah. Funeral flowers incoming.