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We used to have an "hourly" model, and may bring it back. Would this be of interest to you?

The reason we do a weekly model is that it lets us plan capacity.

Personally, I would prefer it, but I realise it may be confusing to your customers to have two totally different pricing methods.

How did the hourly model perform when you used it before?

It was reasonably popular, but difficult to predict usage. You can still see it there - it's not labeled as such, but it's the "Starter" plan -- this will bill you per hour, with a minimum of one per week.

I'd be interested in hiring for hourly work, but I'm not sure how much work I need to send out per week. I suspect others are like me. It would be nice if we could pay a monthly maintenance fee and then just pay $10/hr, or whatever. It would be even better if we could just pay $15/hr during spike times.

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