@chris.raroque: MISTAKE NO. 2/10 ✶ Keeping my app free for 2 years 🥲 I didn’t keep it free because I wanted to. I was just scared that if I added a paywall, nobody would pay For two whole years, I basically made that decision for everyone without ever giving them the option Then I finally added a paywall and made $5 That should’ve felt exciting, but instead my first thought was, “wait… I could’ve been charging this entire time” 😭# I’ll never know how much money I left on the table because I was too scared to ask Huge wake-up call for me: don’t decide that people won’t pay. Give them the chance to tell you Next mistake: choosing the wrong database for one of my apps. Follow along for that one 🥲 #softwaredeveloper #coding #appdevelopment

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jr.mujahid
jr.mujahid :
The best way to not lose the existing users to grandfather all of the existing users, and then put on a paywall for the new users
2026-08-29 16:28:11
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nish4vp
Chef Nish In Paris :
I would have paid too
2026-08-28 16:51:55
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kak0ytachel
Kakoytachel :
Yay, $5 for making all your previous users move to another app
2026-08-21 08:37:38
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runtimebug_
runtimebug :
I thought I was the only one
2026-08-25 21:47:26
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getgaal.com
GetGAAL.com :
That first stripe notification is a glorious feeling.
2026-08-21 07:39:36
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adam_boukhris
adam_boukhris :
How did you add a paywall and used stripe , shouldn’t you use storekit because stripe SDK isn’t supported in swift? Also is it true apple will charge around 20% even if the payment was from a website and not the app ?
2026-08-21 16:38:53
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mode_8090
Mode777 :
How come the payment comes from strip, while the paywall from revenuecat?
2026-08-21 01:00:29
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ameerhaio
Ameer Ha :
How did you set up stripe within iOS app paywall?
2026-08-20 17:35:28
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chris.raroque
Chris Raroque :
Follow along for mistake #3 where I talk about how I picked the wrong database and it’s costing me an extra $150/mo 🥲🥲
2026-08-20 17:26:51
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genzps
genzps :
It’s better to do it early 😂cause running an app is not cheap at all
2026-08-28 14:10:25
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im.virk
im.virk :
If that’s a iOS or android app how did you put stripe they don’t allow that
2026-08-21 21:40:04
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cj744383
CJ :
but isn’t it deployment of Apps in the appstore has monthly subscription?
2026-08-21 02:21:50
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claras.coding
claracodes :
Never know until you try
2026-08-22 20:44:24
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thinkdiffer8
Isaac’s Terminal 𐎀_ :
Alan watts is in your contact 😭 i’d pay for that lead lol
2026-08-21 16:39:57
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design_byak
design_byak :
That really nice . Well done
2026-08-20 23:46:57
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creating.kj
creating.kj :
First payment hits like nothing else 😅
2026-08-27 03:18:58
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tony.softwarengineer
tony.softwarengineer :
Nice bro
2026-08-20 19:16:00
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donutstress_nl
DonutStress :
I swear this paywall has been there for months already… no way you just implemented this
2026-08-21 05:47:44
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user94659261
user94659261 :
Can you talk about fees that Apple and revenue cat charges? And ways to avoid them maybe ?
2026-08-21 06:44:28
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christopherobserver
Christopher :
how did you use stripe to charge for your ios app subscription? how did apple allowed that ?
2026-08-26 04:15:09
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_jordatari_
Jordatari :
Keep sharing these bro 🔥I follow you on YouTube too 💪🏽
2026-08-21 09:21:45
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idrus.al.haddar
Idrus Al Haddar :
@iharsa_
2026-08-21 12:46:13
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