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Your product is dead when you want it to be or you've tried a million things that make sense and it just isn't working. It could be now, or later after you've t
by this2shallPass 5y ago
Your product is dead when you want it to be or you've tried a million things that make sense and it just isn't working. It could be now, or later after you've tried 100-1,000 more things and you are getting the same results.
You have to decide how to use your time and energy. They are precious limited resources. That might mean cutting your losses and doing something else now, whatever that is (including resting). It might mean trying more things on this project.
If $100 a month isn't a lot to you, and you're interested in making this project work, learning more, and getting better at creating a business, I'd do more work on it. You can apply what you learn to any other project you do, and some jobs as well.
You are getting some feedback (low sign ups, no paying users). You know alternatives exist that are getting some paid users. So you know something isn't working but you don't know what. It could be all sorts of things. Framing (copy, design), pricing, emails or lacks of emails (their subject line, what they say, etc). So many things and their combination could be the problem.
Have you read the Mom Test? Here's a summary:
https://www.slideshare.net/xamde/summary-of-the-mom-test https://www.slideshare.net/xamde/summary-of-the-mom-test
Here's a great guide about growth, marketing, writing copy,ads, etc: https://www.julian.com/guide/growth/intro https://www.julian.com/guide/growth/intro
I'd recommend getting more feedback from potential users to figure out what to change, and tinker with the website, pricing, and framing to get some users and paying users. Consider targeting a small niche of users, focusing on a sub-sub-group whose needs aren't being met with current offerings or specific feature that is lacking.
- fben 5y agoAs I spent more than 700 hours in application development, I think ... no I decided that I should never give up easily and I will try all possible channels, thank you very much for your explanation and motivation