Ask HN: How to decide which idea to build into an app

#1

Post by ryanmartinson » Fri, Oct 22, 2021, 5:05 PM UTC

I currently have a few app ideas and am unsure which one is likely to be more commercially successful.

I would like to do some initial validation and use a quantifiable metric to determine which app to build out an MVP for.

I was considering making a landing page for each idea and then using Facebook ads to drive traffic and then building out the idea with the most sign ups.

Does anyone else have any processes they use to compare app ideas and get hard data on which idea to build into a product?

Re: Ask HN: How to decide which idea to build into an app

#2

Post by yellow_lead » Fri, Oct 22, 2021, 7:33 PM UTC

Your method is a good idea. Note that a failure in marketing the form is not surely a criteria for exclusion.

Another consideration would be the one that you are most interested in, most likely to use, want the most. From startup resources here and elsewhere, I've heard this can be a huge factor.

Re: Ask HN: How to decide which idea to build into an app

#3

Post by Leparamour » Sat, Oct 23, 2021, 8:10 AM UTC

Do you expect people to sign up for a product that doesn't even exist yet and likely never will?

Perhaps these threads will contain some useful info for you:

(The Mom Test)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28667439

(From side project to 1k/month)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24307434

(Validate your idea/MVP)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26644616