> with clear notices that you need to pay to use it at work, and a way to contact me for a business license
But that’s probably one of the least user-friendly purchasing funnels you can possibly have. I think there’s some more basic lessons to learn about sales conversions before getting to those other conclusions you reached.
Of course, I'm aware of that. That's why I mentioned the friction on both sides (including mine) was relevant.
Setting up a "better" funnel would have cost me much more time, spent on stuff I didn't really enjoy doing, with no guarantee that I'd ever make enough money to give me a reasonable reward for that additional work. (Which would be more than the work that went into the tool.)
Maybe it would have worked and hundreds or thousands of people would have given me $5 or $10. Maybe the resulting support load would have been worth it. But again, I'd have to somehow make the free version less useful to have a decent chance on that. In retrospect, I regret not making the tool free from the beginning.
But that’s probably one of the least user-friendly purchasing funnels you can possibly have. I think there’s some more basic lessons to learn about sales conversions before getting to those other conclusions you reached.