You call it a steal, then, as I have in my previous posts, list a FREE alternative.
Most people don’t use AI. Not yet. And by the time they do, there will be hundreds of alternatives, many with FREE tiers, or at least trial periods.
The GPT Store can be a seed that grows an ecosystem, and draws in new users, or something resembling a product that Google creates; an interesting idea that runs its course, then dies a quiet death.
Nobody that isn’t an AI nerd is going to pay $240 a year for a novelty that they don’t quite know what to do with.
You know how to use it. You have incorporated it into your workflow. But most people are only going to plunk down $ for a refined AI product such as Midjourney ($10 a month), or Scite.ai ($20 a month) than a less refined $20 a month, user-prompted AI.
But if you make the tier more appealing, like $10 a month they might stay subscribed to
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keep their custom GPT active
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discover new ways to use AI/GPTs.