Getting our first thousand users in one day
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Getting our first thousand users in one day
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Re: Getting our first thousand users in one day
#2Congrats on launching the app! You have mentioned the earnings from a tip-jar system. I also noticed that Typefully links to Mailbrew. It will be interesting to see the traffic numbers to Mailbrew and how many of them ended up signing up/paying for Mailbrew.
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#3Is this a sort of Twitter Reddit crossover ? I like the two the way they are. One for short form and the other for long form expression.
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#4Congrats to the Typefully team, I really like the idea, and I'll give a it try soon.
Also thanks for sharing the numbers, and the your insider thoughts.
For everyone else building a product, don't let this success stories discourage you from launching your product sooner, you are not expected to have 1000 user in a one day, launching is not what you want to celebrate, you need to launch as soon as possible, and celebrate product market fit if it ever happens, learning from your users is what can get you there, but you need to launch first!
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#5It's interesting to see the difference these days between PH numbers on launch day and after being featured in the newsletter.
I launched last week and got to the number 3 product of the day. Traffic stats similar to yours. Next day after the newsletter went out and it was a bit of a letdown. Not what I expected.
Would be interesting to see these numbers for you. Maybe PH isn't the launch pad it used to be
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#68% conversion rate is pretty good for a PH/HN audience.
Three things I'm sure helped the signup rates, which others should copy:
- Low-friction registration using SSO.
- Glimpse of the product in the background.
- Let guests see and click on gated features. (Even if visitor clicks "Or try it instead" they still see "+ New Draft" button, which leads to the signup prompt again.)
I've tested these in other apps and found they significantly increase signups. The first because of low friction, the second because--I suspect--it shows the visitor what they're about to experience in just a few more clicks, and the third because it shows the guest what's possible and offers multiple chances to sign up.
Well done!
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#7> sparking a controversial discussion in the comments.
I suppose that generates views but to me it seems a cynical abuse of the platform.
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#8> sparking a controversial discussion in the comments. I suppose that generates views but to me it seems a cynical abuse of the platform.
not his fault people seem to like a fight. It says more about human nature than it does about him.
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#9> sparking a controversial discussion in the comments. I suppose that generates views but to me it seems a cynical abuse of the platform.
not his fault people seem to like a fight. It says more about human nature than it does about him.
Well, it certainly says something to profit off it.
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#10Thanks so much for being forthcoming about the donations you received, as well as your commitment to maintaining free features. I've been weighing a paid subscription against voluntary donation for my own bootstrapped product launch, and I seem to keep finding more evidence that the donation model probably isn't the way to sustainability.