Thanks for the heads-up! I get where you're coming from. I’m thinking about adding a free tier so people can test things out. In the meantime, if you want to give it a try, just let me know and I’ll set up a test alert for you. Thanks for your patience!
For Show HN, the product/project needs to actually exist and there needs to be a way for people to try it out.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22336638
It should be easy for users to test the site out. Paying $5 to see if it works isn't as far as I'm concerned 'easy'.
This could be a scam site for all I know.
How can I test without payment?
https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html