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Awesome product! 10 years ago when I moved to Germany I had a similar learning system. I read books, I highlited the words I wanted to learn and once or twice

Awesome product! 10 years ago when I moved to Germany I had a similar learning system. I read books, I highlited the words I wanted to learn and once or twice a week I wrote them up in a small book. After a while a wrote a small VBA flashcard app for tracking my progress and randomizing the words. And that took a hell lot of time. With an app like yours I could have saved 30-60 minutes every week (2-4 hours every month) which is worth of 20-40€ a month (on minimum wage). That´s why a recommend you to spend way much more time marketing your app and finding the right customers, which means: - already learning languages (don´t get fooled by "If I had enough time, I would use it") - learning languages because they have to (living abroad or working international) - saving 2-4 (or more) hours a month is worth them at least 10€ (no students spending more money on boose than on books) IMHO you can find a lot of young professionals on forums like the "new in wahetever city" groups or expat groups in facebook. Good Luck!

steveridout 11y ago
Thanks very much! I've had many responses from people who had an idea to create something like Readlang, but only a handful who actually built their own app like you did :-) I agree I need to get better at finding those ideal customers, for whom Readlang should be a very easy sell.
- ZenoArrow 11y ago
  Your article on HN reminded/convinced me to sign up, have just done so. One thing I noticed is that the 'Premium' option is quite hidden, I wouldn't have gone looking for the 'Pricing' page unless I was following this HN discussion. I do think your pricing options should be more prominent. Perhaps you could have a 'Go Premium' link in the top bar for those who haven't signed up for this yet?
- NumberCruncher 11y ago
  Actually I was yesterday thinking about rebuilding my old app for the web, but if your app works fine I'm gonna pick me an other pet project. :) Anyhow, I signed up for a premium account. I couldn't figure it out how I can terminate the account if I take the monthly payment plan. You should make this clear at the beginning of the sign up process and not at the end: http://imgur.com/XFm13o9 http://imgur.com/XFm13o9 and should also put it here: http://readlang.com/termsOfService http://readlang.com/termsOfService I anticipatied some trust but I generally don't sign contracts without knowing how I can get out of them. This may scare the customers off. If I were you I would do this: - instead of building new features I would make the site look professional, this means all the boring stuff which makes you money, like easy sign up, better landing page (for that part you already have tons of advices here), a proper terms of servie, privacy policy, etc. and after that I would go hunting customers until I doubled the revenue - or I would find somebody who has experince with the business side of this, I would share the profit with him (the 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing) It is up to you, but if you want to stay a one man show you have to learn how to make online business. Otherwise you have to find a business guy. Good Luck!

steveridout 11y ago

Thanks very much! I've had many responses from people who had an idea to create something like Readlang, but only a handful who actually built their own app like you did :-) I agree I need to get better at finding those ideal customers, for whom Readlang should be a very easy sell.

ZenoArrow 11y ago
Your article on HN reminded/convinced me to sign up, have just done so. One thing I noticed is that the 'Premium' option is quite hidden, I wouldn't have gone looking for the 'Pricing' page unless I was following this HN discussion. I do think your pricing options should be more prominent. Perhaps you could have a 'Go Premium' link in the top bar for those who haven't signed up for this yet?
NumberCruncher 11y ago
Actually I was yesterday thinking about rebuilding my old app for the web, but if your app works fine I'm gonna pick me an other pet project. :) Anyhow, I signed up for a premium account. I couldn't figure it out how I can terminate the account if I take the monthly payment plan. You should make this clear at the beginning of the sign up process and not at the end: http://imgur.com/XFm13o9 http://imgur.com/XFm13o9 and should also put it here: http://readlang.com/termsOfService http://readlang.com/termsOfService I anticipatied some trust but I generally don't sign contracts without knowing how I can get out of them. This may scare the customers off. If I were you I would do this: - instead of building new features I would make the site look professional, this means all the boring stuff which makes you money, like easy sign up, better landing page (for that part you already have tons of advices here), a proper terms of servie, privacy policy, etc. and after that I would go hunting customers until I doubled the revenue - or I would find somebody who has experince with the business side of this, I would share the profit with him (the 50% of something is better than 100% of nothing) It is up to you, but if you want to stay a one man show you have to learn how to make online business. Otherwise you have to find a business guy. Good Luck!