The True Cost of Renting Your Software (And Why Self-Hosting Changes Everything)
It Starts Small, Then It Doesn't
When you sign up for a hosted platform, the price looks reasonable. Maybe $29 a month. Maybe 5% per sale. You're just getting started, so it doesn't feel like much. But software subscriptions are designed to grow faster than your business does. Your platform raises prices. Your payment processor adds new fees. The addon you rely on gets acquired by a bigger...