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Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

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Post by I-M-S »

hashvin wrote: post #8
mpbm wrote: post #7

How many people want to do something social, but don't want to do it with their current friends? Have you found anybody who says they need to do this and are frustrated that nothing works right yet?

Hi! I have actually spoken to a number of different people regarding this and a vast majority liked and would use something like this. I do understand where your question is coming from so I am going to add some context to their responses. 1.) Some people said it would be awesome to use when they travel to meet up with people at conventions and or other tourist that are also traveling to go site-seeing or enjoy compa…

Perhaps you could initially target one of these groups and try to make Letz (+1 for that version of the name) the best app for their specific use case.

Also, one trick to make sure people in interviews are being honest with you is to get them to commit to a concrete action. It can be as simple as getting their e-mail address and then sending them an e-mail with a fake link just to see if they click on it, or as hardcore as asking 20$ in advance for a "premium access to the finished app". This way you'll see if they REALLY need what you are building.

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

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Post by I-M-S »

hashvin wrote: post #10
bestattack wrote: post #9

How do you know people want this? Tinder exploded because "lightweight" dating/hookup filled a niche that wasn't served by any of the intense, profile based existing dating sites. This moves in the direction of more intensity bc you aren't just swiping but, in some sense, agreeing to meet. This isn't necessarily a bad thing - and it may be good because it can absorb some of the Tinder backlash - but I think you need…

Before I started on development on this idea I run some surveys in order understand if people would use this. Not to mislead you I surveys about 60 people and the response was say 45 out of 60 responded that they would use this app, the demographic surveyed was 19-30 singles that have used mobile social platforms like Tinder. User acquisition is always a little daunting and considering this is a user driven app it is…

In my experience, tactics you mentioned are much easier said than done. You mention launching city by city - what I would suggest is focusing on how exactly you are going to launch in ONE city (the first one). I don't know your financial situation, but I think you are underestimating the costs of organizing even small-scale promotional activities and perhaps overestimating reach of you as an individual and/or willingness of others to share/help (if you have a development team, I can tell you they are mostly not prone of "leaving the building").

See my other comment how to gauge if user interest in interviews is real or hypothetical. Hope this helps!

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

#23

Post by hashvin »

I-M-S wrote: post #22
hashvin wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Before I started on development on this idea I run some surveys in order understand if people would use this. Not to mislead you I surveys about 60 people and the response was say 45 out of 60 responded that they would use this app, the demographic surveyed was 19-30 singles that have used mobile social platforms like Tinder. User acquisition is always a little daunting and considering this is a user driven app it is…

In my experience, tactics you mentioned are much easier said than done. You mention launching city by city - what I would suggest is focusing on how exactly you are going to launch in ONE city (the first one). I don't know your financial situation, but I think you are underestimating the costs of organizing even small-scale promotional activities and perhaps overestimating reach of you as an individual and/or willing…

Thanks, I appreciate the time taken to give this feedback. Honestly, I expect user acquisition to be very challenging, the industry average cost of acquisition is currently at around $2.50 / user and considering I will be running pre-rev for atleast a year will further stress the company. I am working on a concrete plan of action and am quite sure I can get down COA substantially considering I managed to get it down from another startup of mine from $1.00 -> $0.35 but that was in a completely different market and it was an easier sell.

I will check out your other comment, if you have any suggestions on marketing ideas I would appreciate it.

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

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Post by hashvin »

I-M-S wrote: post #21
hashvin wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi! I have actually spoken to a number of different people regarding this and a vast majority liked and would use something like this. I do understand where your question is coming from so I am going to add some context to their responses. 1.) Some people said it would be awesome to use when they travel to meet up with people at conventions and or other tourist that are also traveling to go site-seeing or enjoy compa…

Perhaps you could initially target one of these groups and try to make Letz (+1 for that version of the name) the best app for their specific use case. Also, one trick to make sure people in interviews are being honest with you is to get them to commit to a concrete action. It can be as simple as getting their e-mail address and then sending them an e-mail with a fake link just to see if they click on it, or as hardc…

haha, I like the $20 dollars commitment. we actually started development of a pretty much full blown app, I dont want to call it an MVP because this app is quite complex but I only did so because in order to give a good product/solution I wanted to make sure it could result in conversion/giving the users the desired result of their install. I will be targetting a specific market to start and be running a prelaunch campaign for beta testers in the upcoming week, I will let you know what the result is.

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

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Post by hashvin »

blitzo wrote: post #20
hashvin wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was hoping this question would come up. Not because I have the required answer at this time, but because I wanted others to chime in and give me some thoughts and perspective on this. We have not done extensive researched on liability the company might face due to an undesirable outcome from use of the service. Likewise we have not looked at any coverage options as of yet. We will definitely do so before launching…

i suggest mobile phone fortification before every possible meetup. i don't know in any other country but in mine mobile phone is attached to citizen'S ID.

On this topic we have all accounts tied to Facebook and we are checking for the Verified tag on accounts. I know this is not completely reliable but its a starting point right? Otherwise we need to get into manual verification which would limit scale ability and growth rate.

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

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Post by I-M-S »

hashvin wrote: post #24
I-M-S wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Perhaps you could initially target one of these groups and try to make Letz (+1 for that version of the name) the best app for their specific use case. Also, one trick to make sure people in interviews are being honest with you is to get them to commit to a concrete action. It can be as simple as getting their e-mail address and then sending them an e-mail with a fake link just to see if they click on it, or as hardc…

haha, I like the $20 dollars commitment. we actually started development of a pretty much full blown app, I dont want to call it an MVP because this app is quite complex but I only did so because in order to give a good product/solution I wanted to make sure it could result in conversion/giving the users the desired result of their install. I will be targetting a specific market to start and be running a prelaunch ca…

I would be most interested, especially to compare how your experience differs from ours (we also have a B2C app that needs to overcome the ghost town syndrome in order to be successful).

You can reach me at e-mail written in my profile!

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

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Post by thecneu »

hashvin wrote: post #23
I-M-S wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In my experience, tactics you mentioned are much easier said than done. You mention launching city by city - what I would suggest is focusing on how exactly you are going to launch in ONE city (the first one). I don't know your financial situation, but I think you are underestimating the costs of organizing even small-scale promotional activities and perhaps overestimating reach of you as an individual and/or willing…

Thanks, I appreciate the time taken to give this feedback. Honestly, I expect user acquisition to be very challenging, the industry average cost of acquisition is currently at around $2.50 / user and considering I will be running pre-rev for atleast a year will further stress the company. I am working on a concrete plan of action and am quite sure I can get down COA substantially considering I managed to get it down…

Is this available yet? Also I think letz will be easier for the app search engines. There is a lot of Let's * apps out there.

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

#28

Post by hashvin »

thecneu wrote: post #27
hashvin wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, I appreciate the time taken to give this feedback. Honestly, I expect user acquisition to be very challenging, the industry average cost of acquisition is currently at around $2.50 / user and considering I will be running pre-rev for atleast a year will further stress the company. I am working on a concrete plan of action and am quite sure I can get down COA substantially considering I managed to get it down…

Is this available yet? Also I think letz will be easier for the app search engines. There is a lot of Let's * apps out there.

Not available yet but projected launch this summer. we are currently working on onloading strategy to get users on quickly upon launch.

We saw the same problem you described with alot of Let's we will probably change it. Im on the fence but there are more pros than cons to the change.

Re: Apply HN: Let's – Meet amazing people, do fun stuff

#29

Post by hashvin »

I-M-S wrote: post #26
hashvin wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

haha, I like the $20 dollars commitment. we actually started development of a pretty much full blown app, I dont want to call it an MVP because this app is quite complex but I only did so because in order to give a good product/solution I wanted to make sure it could result in conversion/giving the users the desired result of their install. I will be targetting a specific market to start and be running a prelaunch ca…

I would be most interested, especially to compare how your experience differs from ours (we also have a B2C app that needs to overcome the ghost town syndrome in order to be successful). You can reach me at e-mail written in my profile!

IMS cant find your email in your profile not there. "Let's" stay in touch and try to help each other with our growth strategies.

Do you see what I did there? lol

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