I've recently finished a round of customer interviews.

I spoke to seven people who had given the Plus free trial a go and then decided to become a paying member.

One of the things I'm trying to understand is why each person subscribed, to see if there's a pattern.

And I did find a pattern...
 

"I mainly want to support what you're doing. I don't really know what all of the Plus features are."

That's the general gist of what pretty much everybody said.

And, of course, we're super appreciative and honoured that we are where some people choose to spend their hard-earned money. 🙏🏾

But is this trend ultimately a good thing? Or is it cause for concern?

Can we survive long-term off of people wanting to support us without really caring what extra perks they get?

Perhaps it is completely fine since further analysis reveals that, at the point of subscribing, most users were already using StoryGraph every day, suggesting that the strong desire to support stems from a love for the product itself! 🥰
 

And, thank you for your patience, Android users! You can finally share books, profiles, reading challenges, and more in-app! 🙌🏾
 

Rob has been hard at work at taking our similar users feature to the next level and the latest version of the algorithm might be live by my next issue. 👀
 

I've been slowly working through getting in-app purchases set up for our Android app as well as fleshing out our upcoming buddy reads feature.

If you have any ideas for the latter, especially regarding user flow or permissions (e.g. where you go to kick off buddy reads, who can start one with who, the mechanisms via which you invite somebody to join one), then please hit "Reply" to let me know!
 

I'm still reading this 900-page epic. About 30% through and so far it's a contender to be one of my favourite books ever, but there's still a lot of time for things to go wrong. 😆

Have a great week,

Nadia

P.S. Know somebody who's an avid reader or would enjoy following along with this journey? Please do forward this email to them! Thank you. :-)
 

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