Day 137 of building
@cashflow_fi in public.
Thanks everyone for the feedback yesterday.
I got a lot of messages about the business model, and the consensus seems pretty clear:
Most people aren’t ready to pay a $10/month subscription.
But they’re perfectly fine with performance fees.
Which makes sense - almost every app in the Solana ecosystem monetizes through fees rather than subscriptions.
Still, I have to think more about it.
At a 5% performance fee, getting to $10K/month means reaching something like $50M in TVL.
That’s a long road.
So maybe the answer is a hybrid model:
→ Free app with performance fees
→ Pro subscription with higher APYs, premium features, and access to additional protocols
Feels like there might be a middle ground.
Still thinking.
See you tomorrow.