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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

#21

Just because people signed up, it doesn't mean they will stick around. I would be curious how much will stick around.

Isn't that a different problem though? It's marketing to get them to sign up in the first place, it's product to get them to come back.

Re: Getting our first thousand users in one day

#23
post #6

8% 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 foun…

Uh, what's PH?

Re: Getting our first thousand users in one day

#24
post #6

8% 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 foun…

Uh, what's PH?

Product Hunt (https://www.producthunt.com)

Re: Getting our first thousand users in one day

#25
post #6

8% 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 foun…

Uh, what's PH?

Product Hunt?

Re: Getting our first thousand users in one day

#27
post #21

Just because people signed up, it doesn't mean they will stick around. I would be curious how much will stick around.

Isn't that a different problem though? It's marketing to get them to sign up in the first place, it's product to get them to come back.

Yes and no. You need the right marketing to attract the right users to your product.

Re: Getting our first thousand users in one day

#28
post #6

8% 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 foun…

Uh, what's PH?

Product Hunt

Re: Getting our first thousand users in one day

#29
post #6

8% 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 foun…

Uh, what's PH?

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Re: Getting our first thousand users in one day

#30
> Yesterday we launched Typefully, a write-only interface for Twitter, after weeks of work and refinement. I told the whole story on Twitter @frankdilo.

The idea of a write-only interface is interesting in itself. I was expecting to see something about it on the Typefully page but didn't.

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