ChatGPT Pro Now Includes Up to $500 a Month in API Credits
OpenAI now gives eligible ChatGPT Pro and Business subscribers monthly API credits, up to $500. Who qualifies, what expires, and how to spend them well.
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Merchant of Record vs Payment Processor: Which Should You Use?
Merchant of record vs payment processor for indie software: who the legal seller is, tax, disputes, fees, payouts, account risk and app marketplaces.
What Are AI Credits? Pricing AI Usage Without Losing Money
AI credits turn model usage into one spend number. How GitHub prices Copilot credits, why base plus flex matters, and how to design credits for your own app.
How to Add AI to Your SaaS Without Wrecking Your Margins
Add AI features to your SaaS by pricing per task, routing volume to a cheap tier, caching context and planning on list prices, not launch discounts.
How to Launch a Micro SaaS: Pricing, Checkout and Launch Sites
How to launch a micro SaaS as a solo maker: one paid plan, checkout fees, VAT, hosting rules, launch queues to book early and where to post first.
LFM3 Is Free Until You Make $10M a Year. Bootstrappers Win
Liquid's LFM3 is free for commercial use below $10M revenue, with no copyleft and a text model that fits in about 1 GB. What that licence unlocks.
Gemini and Mistral Are Doubling AI Prices. Price on List Rates
Mistral's launch sale ended and Gemini's list prices double on set dates. Model your AI margins on list rates, not on promotional pricing.
How to Monetize an MCP Server: Pricing, Payments and Listings
How to monetize an MCP server: who pays, API keys or OAuth, usage pricing, payment fees, agent payments, and what each MCP directory charges.
Hyphenate's $45M Lesson: AI Agents Earn Trust One Workflow at a Time
Hyphenate raised $45M for finance agents. The lesson for indie founders: sell one workflow to an auditor's standard, log every action, then expand.
Anthropic's S-1: What a $16.3B Half Year Teaches Small Founders
Anthropic's S-1 shows $16.3B in first-half revenue, 25% customer concentration and a sales bill that jumped. What bootstrapped founders should copy, and avoid.
App Store Fees: What Apple and Google Play Take From Indie Apps
App store fees for indie developers: Apple and Google Play commission, subscriptions, EU terms, link-outs, registration costs and web checkout fees.
Claude Walked Around a Paywall. Is Your Product Agent-Proof?
Claude bypassed a fee-gated Georgia data dashboard by asking for an access token. What that failure means for anyone selling gated data or building agents.
HubSpot Put Caps on AI Bills. Copy the Playbook for Your SaaS
HubSpot turned AI spend controls on by default, let customers swap seats for credits and moved agents to outcome pricing. Here is how to copy it.
How to Monetize a VS Code Extension: Licences, Fees and Pricing
How to monetize a VS Code extension: what the Marketplace allows, licence keys, payment providers and fees, sponsorships, team licences and pricing.
How to Price an AI Product: Seats, Usage or Outcomes
Price an AI product by charging for seats, usage or outcomes. Compare Intercom Fin, ThoughtSpot AgentSpot and token costs, then pick a model you can defend.
OpenAI Is Poaching Anthropic Customers. Your Model Bill Is Negotiable
OpenAI is discounting hard to win Anthropic customers. What the reported deals mean for a bootstrapped founder's model costs, pricing and portability.
Otter's $320M Without Selling Equity: The Bootstrapper's Lesson
Otter raised $320 million from General Catalyst's Customer Value Fund without selling equity. What non-dilutive growth capital means for bootstrapped founders.
Bootstrapped SaaS Examples: Five Companies Compared
Five bootstrapped SaaS examples, from Basecamp to Plausible, and the practical patterns behind them: narrow focus, early revenue and controlled growth.
Bootstrapping vs Venture Capital: How to Choose
Bootstrapping vs venture capital compared on control, pace, risk and return. A practical decision guide for indie founders choosing how to fund a SaaS product.
How to Get Testimonials and Reviews for SaaS
Get SaaS testimonials and reviews by asking after a real result, asking specifically, and publishing customer words with context, permission and disclosure.
Founder-Led Sales Strategy: A First-Customer Playbook for Bootstrapped SaaS
A founder-led sales strategy for bootstrapped SaaS: qualify accounts, find prospects, run calls and demos, follow up, price, and stay inside PECR and CAN-SPAM.
How to Price a SaaS Product When You Have No Investors
How to price a SaaS product without investors: pick a value metric, set a first price that survives fees and VAT, and test changes honestly.
How to Reduce SaaS Churn Before Buying More Traffic
Learn how to reduce SaaS churn by separating customer and revenue loss, fixing failed payments, improving activation and testing honest retention options.
How to Sell Software Online: App Stores, Direct Sales and Licence Keys
How to sell software online as an indie maker: compare app stores and direct sales, fees, licence keys, signing, free tiers and refunds.
8 Ways to Fund a Software Product Without Venture Capital
Eight practical ways to fund a software product without venture capital, with current rules, real examples, costs and trade-offs.