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[anandkulkarni]

We used to have an "hourly" model, and may bring it back. Would this be of interest to you?

The reason we do a weekly model is that it lets us plan capacity.

[jonwinstanley → anandkulkarni]

Personally, I would prefer it, but I realise it may be confusing to your customers to have two totally different pricing methods.

How did the hourly model perform when you used it before?

[anandkulkarni → jonwinstanley]

It was reasonably popular, but difficult to predict usage. You can still see it there - it's not labeled as such, but it's the "Starter" plan -- this will bill you per hour, with a minimum of one per week.

[_lex → anandkulkarni]

I'd be interested in hiring for hourly work, but I'm not sure how much work I need to send out per week. I suspect others are like me. It would be nice if we could pay a monthly maintenance fee and then just pay $10/hr, or whatever. It would be even better if we could just pay $15/hr during spike times.