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Ask HN: How to decide which idea to build into an app

I currently have a few app ideas and am unsure which one is likely to be more commercially successful. I would like to do some initial validation and use a quantifiable metric to determine which app to build out an MVP for. I was considering making a landing page for each idea and then using Facebook ads to drive traffic and then building out the idea with the most sign ups. Does anyone else have any processes they use to compare app ideas and get hard data on which idea to build into a product?

yellow_lead 5y ago
Your method is a good idea. Note that a failure in marketing the form is not surely a criteria for exclusion. Another consideration would be the one that you are most interested in, most likely to use, want the most. From startup resources here and elsewhere, I've heard this can be a huge factor.
Leparamour 5y ago
Do you expect people to sign up for a product that doesn't even exist yet and likely never will? Perhaps these threads will contain some useful info for you: (The Mom Test) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28667439 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28667439 (From side project to 1k/month) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24307434 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24307434 (Validate your idea/MVP) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26644616 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26644616