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There is also a free and open-source app called ImageOptim [1].

I believe ImageOptim is older than Optimage but they seem to work the same way.

They also offer a paid web API service with a similar price [2].

Posting just as an alternative, the more the better.

[1] https://imageoptim.com/mac

[2] https://imageoptim.com/api/pricing

It might be worthwhile to raise the price significantly. The apparent discount from $15 to $9 makes the service look less valuable and the company less successful. A class of desirable customers are those willing pay hundreds of dollars a month or more. For serious work, the cost of integrating with a service is high and the long term financial stability of the service is important. Low prices correlate with higher risk that the service will disappear.

Good luck.

OP might also want to consider releasing a CLI / other form of library at a higher price.

Optimage already offers CLI, see here:

    /Applications/Optimage.app/Contents/MacOS/
    ├── Optimage
    └── cli
        ├── gifsicle
        ├── gs
        ├── icnsutil
        ├── icotool
        ├── node
        ├── optimage
        └── svgo

    $ /Applications/Optimage.app/Contents/MacOS/cli/optimage --help
    Optimage, image optimization command line tool.
    Supported formats: PNG, JPEG.
    Usage: optimage [options] file ...
    Options:
    -h, --help           display this usage information
    -V, --version        display the version number
    -v, --verbose        run in verbose mode
    --lossy    	         perform lossy optimizations
    --srgb               convert to sRGB
    --strip-icc          strip ICC profile
    --strip-meta [meta]  strip metadata, e.g. EXIF, XMP, tEXt, iTXt, zTXt, comments, etc
    -d, --dest [path]    save output files to directory
    --prefix [prefix]    add prefix to output filenames, may also contain directory path
    --suffix [suffix]    add suffix to output filenames, default is -opt
    -f, --force          overwrite existing output files

Turning that into a premium feature is a pretty good opportunity for profit imo.

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