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Thanks for sharing this, it's a good, realistic look at what a PH launch means (even a successful one at it). It matches what my opinion is on the subject rough
by godot 9y ago
Thanks for sharing this, it's a good, realistic look at what a PH launch means (even a successful one at it). It matches what my opinion is on the subject roughly. As a post-mortem, I think an ideal product for PH (that can take advantage of a successful PH launch) should include a signup step or at least some sort of email-subscribe step. The idea is that the PH spike gives you the burst of signups that establish a connection between you and your users, which you can then email/outreach later. In your case, it's a "one use" product without signups, so best case scenario is people will bookmark you, but may or may not remember to use you when they have a need for it in the future.
I don't know if this helps you at all right now, that you're past the point of the PH launch. At least, it'll be a good lesson for future PH launches. Do you have a long term plan for NameQL? The site doesn't suggest there's any sort of signup or premium service.
- mcrowe 9y agoThanks a lot for your thoughts! You're right. I would recommend the same thing to others launching on PH from now on. I didn't have any system in place to engage with users after they try it out. My product was easy to get started with, but also easy to forget. Glad my mistakes can be lessons for others ;-). My short term goal for NameQL is to make a really great free offering: support more TLDs, smarter suggestions, and to check for related trademarks, etc. For profitability, I was hoping that affiliate links would be enough to generate a decent revenue. It doesn't seem to be very effective, though. I'm considering adding value-added features for a small price, but I haven't planned out what those will be.