Open Source Monetization

I'd suggest turning this into an Open Source product with dual-licensing. Single devs are unlikely to pay for this (though they might use it) and would help with bug reports in the early stages. Enterprises that are willing to install this, will buy a license and support.

It's open source, self host it. Or find some paying customers.

so give your software away and monetize around services

the guys from servicestack went through this process (i am in no way affiliated wit them), they got some backlash from a move to licensed model iirc, but also, it allowed them to be sustainable and grow into a company that allowd them to continue supporting the products.perhaps something the same? a cheap/free model for open source projects / schools etc , free for single devs or small shops, and paid for $Corps... yeah, you'll lose a few users from companies who only want some

If there's no service that's offered on an on going basis (ie servers running, storage, etc)I'd say the easiest option is just open source it and run donations / pay-for-help.You don't want to run a business, yet you're asking for help on running a business.There's many more factors that take up your time as well, such as marketing, server costs, licence costs in the case of apple, etc.If you want to run a business then you've got a real good l

Why would people pay you if it's already opensourced? Do you envision a redhat kind of support system?

I would like to open source it, but I wouldnt be able to support the project if there is no revenu flow for me or the team I build.

Why? It's a commercial venture - how would they feed their developers?

my suggestion is don't monetizeyou already did it which in a way means it's already paid for. just donate it. open source it? set it freebut it's your choice to make.

Sounds like you’ve built a valuable service that large companies are using in production! Why not start charging for it?