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▲ 1 r/buildinpublic

Pricing experiment I'm weighing for Bulkmark. Card-gated trial vs. open trial + hard paywall

Building Bulkmark in public, and I'm at a pricing crossroads. Want to share the thinking and get your take.

Where I am now: 7-day trial, credit card required upfront. The logic: only let in people with real buying intent, so every sign-up is a qualified lead.

What I'm considering: 7-day trial with no card, then a hard paywall on day 8. Lower friction, more people actually using the product, more word of mouth potential.

The tension: the open trial almost certainly inflates sign-ups with people who have zero intent to pay. That's noisy data and a worse activation rate, but maybe more of them convert once they've felt the value?

If you've A/B tested this on your own product, I'd love to hear the actual numbers. Leaning toward running it as an experiment, but curious where you'd put your bet.

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u/Im__Broke__ — 1 day ago
▲ 8 r/SideProject

Pricing dilemma for my side project. Would you ask for a credit card before the trial?

Been building Bulkmark on the side and I'm stuck on a pricing decision.

Right now you need to drop a credit card to start the 7-day trial. It keeps the sign-ups serious, but I wonder how many curious people I'm scaring off before they even see the product.

The alternative: no card, free 7-day trial, then a hard paywall once it ends.

My fear is that without the card, I just get a wave of people testing for fun and bouncing.

If you've launched a paid side project: which way did you go? Did the no-card route actually hurt conversion, or did letting more people in pay off?

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u/Im__Broke__ — 1 day ago
▲ 1 r/Twitter

I found the solution to turn my X bookmarks into a weekly digest, because my bookmark tab became a graveyard

Hey everyone,

Quick context: I save a lot of tweets. Threads about pricing, design inspiration, AI papers, founder advice. You know the drill. Problem is, I never open my bookmarks folder again. Ever. It's just a dump.

I tried everything to fix it:

  • Notion exports (too manual)
  • Read-it-later apps (don't sync with X)
  • A spreadsheet (lol)

Nothing stuck. So I built the thing I actually wanted.

It's called Bulkmark.

What it does

1. One-click sync + auto-tagging

Connect your X account. Bulkmark pulls in every bookmark you've ever saved and auto-tags them by topic (AI, design, startups, productivity, whatever).

2. Chat with your bookmarks

You can literally ask: "What did I save about pricing strategy?" and get an answer with the original tweets cited. Feels like having a second brain that actually works.

3. Curated lists you can share

Group your best bookmarks into public lists. A reading playlist, a launch checklist, your favorite threads from a specific founder. Share the link.

4. Friday digest in your inbox

Every Friday, you get a clean email with the best of what you saved that week. No app to open. No feed to scroll. Just the good stuff.

What I'm looking for

Honest feedback. Specifically:

  • Would this actually fit your workflow, or is it solving a problem you don't have?
  • What integrations would make this a no-brainer for you? (LinkedIn saves? Reddit saves? Readwise sync?)
  • Is the price right, or off?

Happy to answer anything. If you spot a bug, ping me directly and I'll fix it the same day.

Thanks for reading 🙏

u/Im__Broke__ — 3 days ago
▲ 6 r/ProductHunters+1 crossposts

I built a tool that turns your X bookmarks into a weekly digest, because mine became a graveyard

Hey everyone,

Quick context: I save a lot of tweets. Threads about pricing, design inspiration, AI papers, founder advice. You know the drill. Problem is, I never open my bookmarks folder again. Ever. It's just a dump.

I tried everything to fix it:

  • Notion exports (too manual)
  • Read-it-later apps (don't sync with X)
  • A spreadsheet (lol)

Nothing stuck. So I built the thing I actually wanted.

It's called Bulkmark.

What it does

1. One-click sync + auto-tagging

Connect your X account. Bulkmark pulls in every bookmark you've ever saved and auto-tags them by topic (AI, design, startups, productivity, whatever).

2. Chat with your bookmarks

You can literally ask: "What did I save about pricing strategy?" and get an answer with the original tweets cited. Feels like having a second brain that actually works.

3. Curated lists you can share

Group your best bookmarks into public lists. A reading playlist, a launch checklist, your favorite threads from a specific founder. Share the link.

4. Friday digest in your inbox

Every Friday, you get a clean email with the best of what you saved that week. No app to open. No feed to scroll. Just the good stuff.

Stack (for the curious)

  • TanStack Start + Convex
  • Claude for the tagging + chat
  • Polar.sh for payments
  • Resend for the digest emails
  • Hosted on Cloudflare

Pricing

Progressive pricing tiers. 7-day free trial.

I went paid-only from day one because I don't want to deal with the unit economics of a free tier when the X API calls actually cost (a lot) money.

What I'm looking for

Honest feedback. Specifically:

  • Would this actually fit your workflow, or is it solving a problem you don't have?
  • What integrations would make this a no-brainer for you? (LinkedIn saves? Reddit saves? Readwise sync?)
  • Is the price right, or off?

Happy to answer anything. If you spot a bug, ping me directly and I'll fix it the same day.

Link in the comments to avoid the auto-mod filter.

Thanks for reading 🙏

u/Im__Broke__ — 3 days ago