Tweets

@Patticus Can you tell me more about “willingness to pay?”

How is that data collected? Is it a self-reported “I would pay for this” in a survey, or are you actually tracking conversions-to-paid?

@christophrumpel @taylorotwell Love this. I gotta go next year!

🔥🕺🏼

@DanielZarick @AcquiredFM Hahaha. Agree. One of the few shows where I’m excited for it to last another hour!

@alfrednerstu @buildyoursaas @OvercastFM @Spotify @ApplePodcasts Do you show a different price for regions with no tax?

@steveofmcleod At @TransistorFM we now hide your email from the feed so spammers can’t find it:

https://transistor.fm/changelog/hide-email/

@tnorthcutt I’ve used @statamic + their static site generator for this (deployed to Netlify).

https://www.youtube.com/live/aRgOBn0zKMI?feature=share

@jmckinven @jrfarr Exciting! Just subscribed. 👍

@cyupa89 @CasJam @pauldm Yeah. Spotify is still better than the Apple app in Tesla.

Hopefully they fix it soon.

@ianlandsman @mjwhansen has been working on this.

@gimenete Yes, I’ve been speaking with them.

There’s a few things about their solution that is not ideal (largely, you have to use their invoicing system).

Just schedule another exciting episode of "Build your SaaS Sales Tax Compliance" for tomorrow morning!

Subscribe/follow @buildyoursaas on @OvercastFM, @Spotify, @ApplePodcasts here:

https://saas.transistor.fm/

@pbteja1998 @bytebln @lkr @stripe @PaddleHQ @lmsqueezy Did you two start on Paddle, or migrate existing customers + subscriptions to Paddle from Stripe?

@PaintedPike @kai_developer @omerkhan @TransistorFM @IndieHackers @robwalling We’ve got a new episode of @buildyoursaas dropping tomorrow!

https://saas.transistor.fm

@jmckinven 🙌

@KeliWestgate This is how you know when a movement/protest has become a cult.

@jacksbridger @jmckinven @TransistorFM 🙌

Great video by @jmckinven on “how to start a podcast from scratch” on the @TransistorFM YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/xcyHT1ZLd9Y

@reuvenmlerner Yup.

“a16z led the charge on the "lol valuations don't matter" approach that defined 2019-2022 venture capital with deals like the one valuing Clubhouse at $4B or Hopin at $6B.”

Wild to look at those valuations now in 2023. 🤯

Interesting thread by Tyler. 👍 https://twitter.com/tylertringas/status/1627449217294958592

@FoxNews Whoa! 🤩

🎯

Good quality work is necessary but not sufficient for success. https://twitter.com/jayclouse/status/1626930051089416193

@jackmcdade Nice! 🙌

Love using Statamic. @joshuaanderton and I have been building so much cool stuff with it lately. 😍

"After multiple shakedowns and cancelations at Spotify, RSS feeds are looking better than ever — but it’s up to independent creators to keep them strong."
– @SkyePillsbury

Yes! 💯

https://open.substack.com/pub/thisisthesqueeze/p/spotifys-daniel-ek-got-carried-away?r=6bwmm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Best time to post a video? 🤔

We didn't have enough data on @TransistorFM's YouTube channel for this chart, but my personal YouTube + @TubeBuddy shows this:

@cjav_dev 🤔

@cjav_dev Oh yeah. I have that. I should check that out.

Is it bad to release a YouTube video on a Friday afternoon?

What’s “generally” the best time to publish a video for a prosumer / SMB audience?

@DanielEytan That’s @SilverStarMR in #vernonbc

Just cruising

@nathanallotey @Mixergy It was!

@KeliWestgate @mijustin@mastodon.social

@tylertringas Really enjoying this one.

@michaelkoper @petersuhm Collect them all!

@_rchase_ Yes (in Dec 2021).

But the word is they're not doing volume discounts anymore.

(Our current rate expires at the end of this year, so we'll see what happens then 😅)

Related:

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1620913277869096960

@petersuhm @heyreform 🤩 looks great!

(we've been using the "small iterative improvements" technique on @TransistorFM's website and it's been awesome)

Web devs:

Which language/stack do you think the kids should be learning these days if they want to work for cool small companies?

(Not the FBs, Googs, Amzns of the world)

So far, all I’ve received is messages from salespeople.

Have any SaaS *founders* done this transition?

Switching payment providers is a huge PITA (and a huge churn & conversion rate risk).

Would like to hear from SaaS that have actually done this.

@BryanBarletta @stripe @PaddleHQ @lmsqueezy Global sales tax compliance. 😰

https://saas.transistor.fm/episodes/nobody-in-saas-wants-to-talk-about-this

Any SaaS founders out there who had a significant number of customers, subscriptions, and invoices in @stripe who successfully migrated to @PaddleHQ or @lmsqueezy?

I'd be curious to hear about your experience (and whether it was worth it).

@jonfriesen @buildyoursaas @dgiunta 😄

big day for me on mastodon

(cc @buildyoursaas fans)

@icebearlabs @digitaltrouble 🤔 How does corporate income tax work where you live?

Here, you only pay income tax on profit.

For Canadian corps claiming the small business deduction, the net tax rate is 9% (+ 2% for my province, BC).

Example:
$1 million revenue
- $900k expenses
= $100k profit
= $11k taxes

who else had one

@janetacarr Increasingly, foreign states expect you to collect and remit sales tax if their citizens are purchasing your services or products.

@christianbowens @jarek_rozanski @PaddleHQ Can you point to this legal definition here in Canada?

I can’t find any legislation that mentions “Merchant of Record”

@jarek_rozanski @PaddleHQ You might also want to see if Paddle meets the legal definition of MoR in the USA.

This US law firm seems to indicate that Paddle would not?

https://www.venable.com/insights/publications/2019/05/will-the-real-merchant-of-record-please-stand-up

@jarek_rozanski @PaddleHQ First: that's incorrect (it applies to businesses).

Second: how come you didn't ask me if I was a consumer? (I was just going to use your analytics on my private website that's not a business)

@jarek_rozanski Nope.

https://www.taxathand.com/article/17368/Canada/2021/BCs-expanded-PST-requirements-will-apply-as-from-1-April-2021

@jarek_rozanski I just signed up for your service, and it looks like you're not correctly collecting the 7% PST you should be for residents of British Columbia.

Your MoR certainly exceeds the minimum thresholds for this.

Came into effect in April 2021:
https://www.lawsonlundell.com/the-business-law-blog/BC-expands-out-of-province-pst-requirements

@brtkdotse In this case, businesses are not “paying” the sales tax (the customer is).

Businesses are being asked to collect sales taxes on behalf of different international governments.

Most of the businesses I know have no problems paying corporate income tax.

@earthlingworks Every “success” in business is multi-faceted.

It’s every strength, advantage, insight, and resource you bring to the table vs what your competitors bring to the table.

@TimLeland Thank you!

🤦‍♂️ this is not an “indie hacking” problem.

👀 look at your invoices folks. Many big corps, well-funded startups, etc, are not collecting international sales tax properly.

🇨🇦 here in Canada, about 50% of the international vendors I use are not collecting GST + PST. https://twitter.com/brtkdotse/status/1624468025834348544

@brtkdotse Why is my approach "naive?" If anything it's "eyes wide open."

Governments asking millions of small businesses to collect their sales taxes for them (in 90+ regions around the world) is a ridiculous externality.

When I look at my invoices, only 50% are collecting 🇨🇦 sales taxes

@coreyhainesco Wow! 🙌

Well done! Building an email list to that size isn’t easy!

@Mattylantz @TraceLabs @chris_kirsch 🙌

You can read @chloexiang's piece on @VICE here:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkgj38/this-podcast-has-hosts-jokes-and-expert-guests-its-all-ai-generated

Check out @bemmu's AI podcast here (NSFW):

https://share.transistor.fm/s/32900c32

Whoa! @TransistorFM was just featured in @VICE and @hotpodmedia. 👀

This is a cool AI project @bemmu; thanks for hosting it on Transistor. 🙌

Why you should go after a market with strong demand:

https://justinjackson.ca/the-market

Before you build a product, you want to see some evidence of demand.

Essentially, you need to know:

"Is there a strong desire by a group of people for this product to exist?"

Listen on @OvercastFM here:

https://overcast.fm/+MBmVuW1xo

Got a message from @jsonperl saying: "Just publish it now!"

The episode is out:
https://share.transistor.fm/s/4e602604

@MattGiovanisci Before you build a product, you want to see some evidence of demand.

Essentially, you need to know:

"Is there a strong desire by a group of people for this product to exist?"

https://justinjackson.ca/the-market

My friend @JoshDoody has helped tons of my dev friends negotiate better salaries for themselves.

He’s just released a self-paced course and it’s really good.

If you’re looking for a raise, you should check it out:

https://fearlesssalarynegotiation.com/salary-negotiation-mastery/

@adamd I'm really liking @valsopi's @blogstatic for blogging.

I'm using it on a few side projects.

The pricing is perfect: $19/year per blog.

https://blogstatic.io/

@BougieWill This tool will generate a free podcast website for you:
https://freepodcastwebsites.com/

Multiple themes to choose from and you can connect your custom domain. 👍

This is super cool: an ANSI-art emulator built in React that simulates what it was like to load these screens on a BBS at dial-up modem speeds:

https://chung-leong.github.io/react-ansi-animation/

@simonhamp @bootstrap4eva 👋

@MattGiovanisci @TransistorFM 👀

RT @jamesrsowers: I've got a few questions for folks who subscribe to (and actually read) email newsletters on a regular basis.

Would real…

Today @jonbuda and I recorded an episode of @buildyoursaas! 😮

@ninjaparade @thedannyferg Nice! 🤩

@zipmessage works really well for this.

@tomrossi7 @SamTalksTech @PodcastindexOrg @adamcurry @AlbanBrooke @albertobeta 🎯

@zg_dev We met through a “Geek Beers” meetup that I’d been running (and still run).

@mikevanbus It is!

It's been nearly 10 years of renting an office in downtown Vernon with friends.

For remote workers, "working with a community of people you like, outside of your home" is the ultimate life hack.

One of the best decisions I've made. https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1622406112103505920

@songadaymann “My first punk rock show”

“If I moved to Canada, I’d…”

“Why do pandas love the snow so much?”

RT @MrSimonBennett: What startup advice do people give that, in 2023, makes no sense anymore?

@adamcurry @SamTalksTech @PodcastindexOrg @AlbanBrooke @albertobeta @TransistorFM *most podcasters on our platform. 😄

Anyone who wants their email address in their RSS feed can simply check a box in their settings.

(But most of our users have been happy to have less spam)

@adamwathan I’ve been doing this since 2014.

It’s the best. 👍

It’s essentially just a group of friends and I who are all remote workers. We share the cost of rent, internet, etc

We go for lunch, have chats throughout the day, and hang out after work.

It’s downtown, so I walk every day.

Out for a walk.

@SamTalksTech @PodcastindexOrg @adamcurry @AlbanBrooke @albertobeta It’s optional.

Folks using @TransistorFM are free to “opt-in” to their email being visible.

However, this feature (hiding people’s email addresses from spammers) was by far one of the most popular features we released in the last year.

Most podcasters hate getting spam.

@threehourcoffee I think most folks would understand something like this:

“It’s going well! It’s turned into a full-time business for me. It’s a subscription software business, similar to Netflix.”

@ryanchenkie My wife and I loved it so much we went twice!

I need to do this more often. 🙏 https://twitter.com/lkr/status/1621874990235762691

@leogdion @TransistorFM Yup, best to stop using Summary and transition to putting the summary paragraph at the top of your Episode Show Notes.

https://transistor.fm/changelog/episode-summaries-removed/

Update

Some pretty cool snow sculptures emerging at @SilverStarMR today.

#vernonbc

$699.99 in 1991 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $1,525.37 today.

The craziest part about watching this 1991 video of an NYC computer store is realizing how expensive software was back then! 🤯

The craziest part about watching this 1991 video of an NYC computer store is realizing how expansive software was back then! 🤯

@earthlingworks “Will people buy this?” has always felt too nebulous to me.

“Will people buy peanut butter?” Well, yes. But starting a new PB brand ain’t easy!

Will people buy WP hosting? Well, yes; the demand is there.

But you’re right: it really depends on how you sell it that matters.

@asmartbear @levistoddard @MrAltinT @earthlingworks @mynameis_davis I did not know you did improv!

@typeoneerror I use Magnet

@kvlly @Porsche Amazing! 🙌

@earthlingworks @asmartbear @mattwensing @mynameis_davis I remember Jason responding this way!

TBH, this is also how interact with many SaaS websites now:

“What does your product do?”

“Well you see, we’re really into fully actualizing your company’s potential.”

“No, what does it do?”

“I mean, we reduce founder stress and blahblah”

@taylorotwell Don’t you mean: “Laravel X”? 😄

@excid3 @nextjs @laravelphp Overall search volume might be down, but actual usage is strong.

Lots of new SaaS companies in the 5 years have used Rails.

(@ZipMessage, @bannerbearHQ, @TransistorFM)