Congrats! I had no idea what this product was or why it was useful until I read the Why I Built This page, but then again I'm not your target customer.
Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue
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#32Congrats! I've never been great in the business & marketing side on my case for my side-project, are you coming from a developer background? It's not been completely a waste of time on my case at least though, I learned new tech stuff and it's a great addition on my CV.
My career is actually in Product Management, but yes I am a developer... not the best developer but I can make anything I choose to.
I think the product management background is what has helped me as I focus on the user and the product... focus on value.
Rightly or wrongly I don't get hung up on code, infrastructure etc. The only thing matters (in my opinion) is that if a user sits down to use it, does it provide them a benefit.
That is what I have been (and am) laser focussed on.
Re: Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue
#33Congrats! I had no idea what this product was or why it was useful until I read the Why I Built This page, but then again I'm not your target customer.
No that's totally cool. I appreciate the feedback.
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#34I don’t know why, but I expected a much less professional site. That is a compelling site. I only figured out what it is you do when I got to the pricing, but I am not your target audience. Musicians might be able to see the value prop more quickly. Regardless, as one who has never even had the courage to hang his own shingle, I am impressed.
>I don’t know why, but I expected a much less professional site.
I had the same initial reaction and I believe it's because we, or at least I, have become accustomed to lower quality / unfinished / very MVP type applications on the newer TLDs.
Congratulations on your growth and success gigamick!
Re: Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue
#35I don’t know why, but I expected a much less professional site. That is a compelling site. I only figured out what it is you do when I got to the pricing, but I am not your target audience. Musicians might be able to see the value prop more quickly. Regardless, as one who has never even had the courage to hang his own shingle, I am impressed.
>I don’t know why, but I expected a much less professional site. I had the same initial reaction and I believe it's because we, or at least I, have become accustomed to lower quality / unfinished / very MVP type applications on the newer TLDs. Congratulations on your growth and success gigamick!
Thanks very much. I really appreciate that.
Re: Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue
#36Congratulations! It's honestly very encouraging to read about it taking so long. Usually you hear about these 3-month projects that hit 1k MRR like it's the most normal thing in the world. It might be a bit egoistical, but this makes me feel better about my project going at a snail's pace (after 6 months I have something barely resembling an MVP).
No, I see those stories in the same way that I see stories about people winning the lottery; it can happen, but it probably won't. Growing slowly has aided me hugely in being able to refine and optimise as I went. If I had the money to throw at marketing 2 years ago, to get loads of eyeballs on the site, it would have failed. Because the product wasn't ready then. It's been 2 years of listening to feedback and making…
Thanks for replying.
If you don't mind me asking, how did you get your first users and when did you decide it was worth asking money for?
Re: Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue
#37Congratulations!
Re: Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue
#38I don’t know why, but I expected a much less professional site. That is a compelling site. I only figured out what it is you do when I got to the pricing, but I am not your target audience. Musicians might be able to see the value prop more quickly. Regardless, as one who has never even had the courage to hang his own shingle, I am impressed.
Thank you very much. I have put a lot of effort into the homepage. Like... a lot. Months and months of A/B testing copy, images, price points. I'm happy with it and I appreciate your words. Thank you.
I would be careful A/B testing at such a small scale. You are going to hit so much noise, it's not usually a great use of time. Just make it feel good and go from there.
A/B testing works great at google scale.
Re: Show HN: After 2.5 years on my side project, it has hit £500/month revenue
#39Congratulations!
Thank you!
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank you very much. I have put a lot of effort into the homepage. Like... a lot. Months and months of A/B testing copy, images, price points. I'm happy with it and I appreciate your words. Thank you.
I would be careful A/B testing at such a small scale. You are going to hit so much noise, it's not usually a great use of time. Just make it feel good and go from there. A/B testing works great at google scale.
I hear you and sometimes the results weren't conclusive but I did uncover a few gems. particularly around pricing and the hero statement.
I would rather do it than not.