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Try to start with something very small. If people use it, add features and charge for a "Pro" version. This process should teach you a lot. Even if you don't ma
by roosgit 5y ago
Try to start with something very small. If people use it, add features and charge for a "Pro" version. This process should teach you a lot. Even if you don't make it all the way to generating money.
My experience was something like this: I had a small niche website while having a job. This website was making less than $50/mo from ads. When I quit my job to start an online business, I wanted to make something new, a community. But I had no experience with that type of website. Not only did I spend a lot of time (12 months) building the "product", but I also had no idea how to market it and no idea how to make money from it. Eventually, I started making small websites again, similar to the one I already had. I used the same platform, so a new "product" was ready in less than 3 months, sometimes less than a month. Surprisingly, at least to me, these small websites grew bigger and bigger, so they have become my source of income.
After all of this, the lesson for me was to stick to what works and what I can do.
Regarding point 6, I also have that problem, so I try to see if I can offer something more, different or if I can remix it. If not, I move on. I don't find it satisfactory to just clone an existing product.