Thanks for writing this up! Chrome Extensions have been my go-to playground for many years but, though I looked into it, I never went through with making one a paying one.
A couple of questions:
Were the existing free users grandfathered in? It seems like it from the weekly users.
Can you have two pricing models for the same extension? Like pay for a lifetime license for $x or $y/year.
If you've played around with extensions, you should definitely consider making a paid one. The APIs you need to verify payment are pretty interesting.
Were the existing free users grandfathered in? It seems like it from the weekly users.
All user who had the extension installed when I made the switch were able to keep it for free. This was a little tricky for users who had installed, then uninstalled it. For those ones I just told them to email me for the developer version.
Can you have two pricing models for the same extension?
You can't easily, but I did consider putting a lifetime version in the store as a separate extension.
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Thanks for writing this up! Chrome Extensions have been my go-to playground for many years but, though I looked into it, I never went through with making one a paying one.
A couple of questions:
Were the existing free users grandfathered in? It seems like it from the weekly users.
Can you have two pricing models for the same extension? Like pay for a lifetime license for $x or $y/year.
Congratulations!
If you've played around with extensions, you should definitely consider making a paid one. The APIs you need to verify payment are pretty interesting.
All user who had the extension installed when I made the switch were able to keep it for free. This was a little tricky for users who had installed, then uninstalled it. For those ones I just told them to email me for the developer version.
You can't easily, but I did consider putting a lifetime version in the store as a separate extension.