Launch ASAP or wait till MVP complete?
Hi All,
My first post here, very excited to be part of this community.
I've built my first side project couple of months back which is a free chrome extension to learn coding tips when you open new tab, check it here https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/coding-tips/gcjmgfcpbdkogbohifpkkifjpedapelg .
I'm building my second project, which is premium SAAS product. I've been coding on it for couple of weeks, it is a simple app where we post to users social accounts on user selected timings.
I'm done with basic features like adding different social accounts like (facebook, twitter and slack) and giving option to user to select timings to post whatever user want.
Coming to pricing, initially I was thinking of two options
- User selects timings (e.g., Aug-08-2018 to Aug-10-2018) and based on number of days user will pay the amount. (1 day 5$, 2 days 7$, 3 days 10$...etc not finalized on these yet.)
- Monthly pricing (10$ per month, 20$ per month) plans, here user has option to select timings which are repetitive (e.g., every weekend, every day evening in some timezone)
I'm done with first option where user just selects the timings once, pay the amount and we run it for whatever days user selected.
Is it right time to launch my app? or should I complete coding monthly subscription plan (which needs bit of coding) and then launch my app as it was part of my original plan?
I'm bit stuck here, any help appreciated.
Thanks.
EDIT:
I'm aware of buffer and other similar products like recurpost...etc. My product is different to those products. I'm not confident enough to share my complete idea yet.
isn't buffer a lot cheaper?
https://buffer.com/pricing
Yeah, I'm aware of buffer and my product is completly different from buffer, recurpost....etc. I'm not confident enough to share my complete idea so just gave a GIST of it.
I decided to try whip up a quick version of this for Twitter because I want to schedule 1000 posts (which would theoretically would be 6 months worth of content) and I don't want to pay what would amount to like $850 in my local currency.
I'd say there's room for lower end priced solutions with a lot of features cut back.
well an MVP (IS) the start that you are supposed to launch with but if it's not finished (basic features) then it doesnt make sense to launch because you wont get the right feedback on the features because they are unfinished.
SHIP IT! The pricing model is interesting and if it doesn't work falling back to monthly subscription is totally fine... you should start with the interesting model and see if it works first imo. Ship it!
Hey Sasikanth,
If you have already validated that the problem that you're trying to solve really exists (which is usually done by talking to potential customers and understanding their problems) then launching an MVP is a reasonable next step.
The purpose of the MVP is to validate if your solution resonates with your target customer. That is - does it really solve their problem and is it understandable for them. You want to launch as soon as possible in order to get feedback from real customers.
That being said, I don't know the details about your product, but pricing doesn't sound like a key feature or your key differentiator among your competitors. If that's the case, then I'd definitely go for a launch before finishing a different pricing model.
Hope this helps.
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Not sure if i really understand your product, but is it like Buffer.com to schedule posts for different social networks? Or do you take care for a few days about the accounts and post some content for the clients?