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So you are saying that I should be working on to convince incubators how my website would sustain its user base or why would someone sign up to my web applicati

So you are saying that I should be working on to convince incubators how my website would sustain its user base or why would someone sign up to my web application?

YuriNiyazov 14y ago
This is what you need to be working on: 1) Assume that the website is designed and coded, and is available for someone to get to via www.yourtravelwebsite.com 2) Now what? You now have a new website amongst billions of others. How are you going to get the first 100 people to use your website? Are you going to spam them? Are you going to beg your friends? Do you have a lot of traveler friends that indicate that this is something that they would use (and really use, not just because they are friends with you)? Do you understand where current travelers hang out to do their research? Do you understand how you are going to convince them to switch? Are you going to just leave links on forums? Are you going to be making deals with other travel agencies? If so, what is it that you have to offer them - why would they say yes? How would you even find travel agencies that are interested - would you just march into their office unanncounced? I could go on and on, but you get the idea - the "create a website" part to you seems very challenging, as it should be. But, I have created many, many websites for my small "business ideas", and I have completely failed in the "get other people to actually use this thing that I created" department. So, that by far is your biggest blindspot, and it's the biggest because it will only appear after you would have invested many hours and/or many dollars into making the website.
- vizual_artist 14y ago
  Thank you for your feedback, I really appreciate it. You do raise some valid points, and I think this is something that I thought i would address once the website is made. But I think working on it from an early stage would be more beneficial, than working on it after I spend countless hours.

So you are saying that I should be working on to convince incubators how my website would sustain its user base or why would someone sign up to my web application?

YuriNiyazov 14y ago

This is what you need to be working on: 1) Assume that the website is designed and coded, and is available for someone to get to via www.yourtravelwebsite.com 2) Now what? You now have a new website amongst billions of others. How are you going to get the first 100 people to use your website? Are you going to spam them? Are you going to beg your friends? Do you have a lot of traveler friends that indicate that this is something that they would use (and really use, not just because they are friends with you)? Do you understand where current travelers hang out to do their research? Do you understand how you are going to convince them to switch? Are you going to just leave links on forums? Are you going to be making deals with other travel agencies? If so, what is it that you have to offer them - why would they say yes? How would you even find travel agencies that are interested - would you just march into their office unanncounced? I could go on and on, but you get the idea - the "create a website" part to you seems very challenging, as it should be. But, I have created many, many websites for my small "business ideas", and I have completely failed in the "get other people to actually use this thing that I created" department. So, that by far is your biggest blindspot, and it's the biggest because it will only appear after you would have invested many hours and/or many dollars into making the website.

vizual_artist 14y ago
Thank you for your feedback, I really appreciate it. You do raise some valid points, and I think this is something that I thought i would address once the website is made. But I think working on it from an early stage would be more beneficial, than working on it after I spend countless hours.