How could I start mass communication?
After a few months of intense coding, https://kaktana.com is now a mature product and has a few paying customers. We'd like to grow more and more, any advice on how to spread the word?
Thanks in advance!
Alex
How do you deal with promotional or informational videos created about your online or mobile product, when some details of user interface change?
I am building this strategic planner https://www.1st-things-1st.com/ and I introduce new changes every Wednesday. I want to create several video tutorials, but I am not sure whether I will need to update the video with each design update or if there is ... See More
From quitting Silicon Valley to failing four times and finally getting our first paid customer
[Quick tip]: Asked for advice on IH and not sure which advice-givers to listen to?
9 times out of 10, 'good' advice-givers (ie people worth listening to) will ask follow-up questions before offering advice.
Sometimes, getting you to ask yourself these questions is worth more than the advice (and was the real intention) anyway.
I've just done a "soft launch" of my supplement/nootropic research and evaluation tool: https://nutripeek.com
The application is pretty straightforward: research different supplements you'd like to take based on desired effects (anxiety, energy, mood, etc.), add them to your personal "stack", then request feedback with your stack URL.
I'm brainstorming ways to monetize it. Some... See More
What does your pricing model look like?
What challenges come from your pricing models?
Do promotions like "get 3 months free" really help? Do they set a false expectation?
Just added pricing to the Brooklet website and I'm looking for ways of making it better.
Anyone can contribute articles on Indie Hackers, which is great, but are there other such open blogs (is there a better name for these?) where it's easy to contribute?
Social Media Examiner used to be like this, and BuzzFeed also has/had open contributions, where else?
Hey everyone! I've created my first ever product video and would love your feedback.
You can watch it directly here or on the Emporter.app homepage.
In case you're curious, I followed this DIY guide to create the video.
Special thanks to my extremely talented friend @wuliwong for composing the music.
What is the difference between a Maker and an Indie Hacker in your mind?
🤔 Or is there no difference?
Myself and Hiten are doing research on makers. We’re digging in to learn:
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💬 How makers describe themselves
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🚲 What products they’re most excited about
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🏋 What habits help them as makers
We’ll be sharing what we learn in the coming weeks. We’d love your opinion: https://www.producthunt.co... See More
I need some advice on marketing my product the right way.
I've build https://terrajobs.de/ a jobboard for the german GIS / Geo industry. I've put up some useful blog posts and also managed to get some backlinks from universities and from some sites where my competitors are linked, too (all by cold emailing).
My problem right now is that the content creation path will lead me nowhere in the near fu... See More
First month reaching $2k
A few days ago we received the last payment of a new client, taking us to over $2k a month in revenue.
For the first time, we were able to outsource a big chunk of a project, since between my co-founder and I we just couldn't keep up with everything (good feeling).
February was a great month for us, since we met a ton new leads through referrals. And something quite funny happened: we got a new le... See More
"The last two years have been crazy, and not in a good way.
"It was only one month after I opened my office. Business was good. Me and my coworkers were going to lunch and I saw that there were police officers right outside of my father's store. My father came out and told me he'd been the victim of fraud. He lost his life savings in five minutes.
"He didn't take what happened very ... See More
Any past alumni from YC would like to share what they think of the program? Who would you recommend it for?
We're considering applying but would love to hear from someone who's done it.
Hey Indie Hackers! Inspired by Ryan Hoover's recent tweet, I started a collection of the best "How I did X" posts I could find across the web: https://find.xyz/map/great-how-i-did-x-posts.
Feel free to comment below w/ additional suggestions! #free-ideas #startup
How we’ve attracted top talent to our early-stage bootstrapped startup
Hi everybody,
Some time ago I posted a question about some advice on selling a startup or sideproject. Now, I have it live on Flippa and would love to hear if anybody has some great suggestions on pulling in extra targeted traffic. Are there any places were I can promote the listing that you think would bring it in front of some potential interested buyers (entrepreneurs, or developers looking to ... See More
How I Learned to Code, Quit My Job, and Bootstrapped a Solution
Question - does anyone have experience with "no code" solutions like bubble.is? or does anyone have recommendations for other tools?
Context: I'm in the early stages of my journey. Trying to decide if I should learn to code or use another tool like bubble to get a MVP into the world faster.
The next Portland, OR IndieHackers meetup is coming soon (March 7th)! If you're in the PDX area and interested in building your own projects—you should stop by!
We're a group of developers, designers, marketers, builders, and makers that meet up the first Thursday of every month to hang out and chat about our projects. Sometimes we'll brainstorm on a tricky problem or talk about indie/startup/make... See More
Wednesday Edition: Daily Stand Up!
Why?
That extra nudge of accountability to achieve even a small step on your IH journey each day.
To join in:
01 Share your epic (a big chunk of work with a meaty objective) you'd like to complete by the end of February.
02 Share what you accomplished yesterday.
03 Share what you commit to accomplishing today.
04 Comment on at least one fellow hac... See More
Hi Indie Hackers,
My background is in corporate finance (financial analysis, modeling, cash flows, investments / financing etc) and I am looking to build an online business revolving around these skills.
Are there any finance-related pain points or unmet needs that I could help any of you solve?
Cheers!
Where do you guys go for advice?
Hey guys - I'm at a bit of a fork in the road with my business - getting advice on forums is helpful, though I'm at the point where I'd benefit from some time with someone that has gone through a similar journey, and to get some guidance on how to move through that.
Incubators appear to be great for this, though for those of us in the 'startups for the rest of us' ... See More
How I taught myself how to code, build a full fledged product from scratch, and how you can, too.
Okay so I've been thinking a lot about how to monetize the rss reader I'm building and I can't decide on a model...
Now I'm between these two options:
- Have a free tier with ads and limited features and a cheap pro subscription with no ads and all of the features.
OR
- Free trial with all of the features for X days and then monthly subscription
What would you recommend?
#product-feedback-request: Interview Insider - Making the interview process transparent
I'm working on a website that shows the interview process at different tech companies and allows you to filter by a certain type of interview, e.g "pair programming".
https://nifty-carson-ce6b5b.netlify.com
It's currently a work in progress but I'd love to get some feedback.
The goal is to eventually ... See More
Any of y'all have great survey response rates? (Above 20%) I'm writing a guest blog and I'd love to include actual human beings in my article rather than just citations to studies.
I'd love to know things such as:
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whether you've tested different incentives (could be financial, social, etc) and what works best
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if you've only tested a couple of methods - what made you test those particular metho... See More
I have created an app that that lets you easily find and switch between wallpapers on your Mac. It's called Wallpaper Menu and you can download a demo of it here:
http://ylin.co/wallpaper-menu.zip
My question for you guys:
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What do you think of the app, would you pay to use it?
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How should I price it? Monthly subscription, or one-time paid?
"Around 3 AM, Dean (my husband and co-founder) and I change shifts. I head to the nursery and hop into bed. I pray the little guy doesn't wake until 6 AM even though it’s a given that he'll be awake by 4 or 5. It's not a very sexy life 90% of the time, but the guts of business and parenthood rarely are. When people talk about 'work-life balance' my head gets fuzzy. It's a daily struggle. I fi... See More
What if you (or your co-founder) gets hit by a bus? 😱 🚌
My partner and I were talking about this on Sunday. (It's on our podcast, starting at 29:30).
Do you have a plan in place? What steps did you take? Is there a checklist that we can follow for Transistor.fm?
Ask IH: What city would be awesome for me to look for our next Indie Hacker Meetup ambassadors in?
Do any of you use a checklist for keeping yourself on track as a founder? I'm thinking of making something I can glance at at last once a week. For example…
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Are you actually talking to at least 10 or 20 users every week?
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Is there a long-term plan you're working through, or are you making day-to-day decisions?
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Do you know what potentially false hypotheses/guesses you're operating under?
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Wha... See More
#looking-for-cofounder | Beaker | Co-founder | NYC | Full Time | https://www.hellobeaker.com/
Chemist seeks engineering co-founder for Beaker, an early-stage startup bringing transparency and accountability to consumer goods.
Beaker leverages chemical expertise and a proprietary ingredient database to drive data-backed insights on product efficacy, quality, and safety. Think translator of scary ch... See More
I had a lightbulb moment tonight in the gym, here was my rambling commentary summed up:
"When in doubt, PIVOT! Don’t get so caught up in ego, romantic hustle porn realities and what you “think” the market wants. Feel like you aren’t making progress or sales aren’t going well? Consider modifying your business model/offerings. Profitability is key, not building a shiny object."
Long story ... See More
Giving back to the community: This Week - B2B Influencer Marketing Strategy.
Guys, due to the high amount of applications to the last post, I'd like to clarify:
a) the advice is only for B2B startups (yachts, fitness or food apps have different target audience from B2B products)
b) the advice should be executed within the next 6 months
Otherwise, I'm inviting you to:
In 3 simple steps, I'd show yo... See More
RE: Stripe Atlas. I am agonizing over whether to incorporate my company as a LLC or a C-Corp. Here's why.
Ideally I want to incorporate as LLC. The issue is that I have an employee and an advisor that want small amount of equity, and I cannot issue shares to them as an LLC (without putting them on my incorporation docs, which I don't want to do). So I have two questions:
A) Starting out as ... See More
Dear Indies,
I have just launched Resume Maker for those who don't want to take the pain of crafting resume. Its quick, hassle-free, very neat, easy to customized and most important its absolutely free.
I would really appreciate your feedback on it. Please be so kind to participate. Your honest feedback will help us in giving seamless services.
PS : We have received 200+ upvotes on product hunt ... See More
🤓Top 11 Gmail add-ons for Productivity
How much time do you spend in your Gmail?
My answer - a lot.
No-no, even "A LOT!"😳
The first thing that I do when I come to the office is - open and check my Inbox.
The last thing that I do is - write the last email.
For me, it's the main communicational channel with leads, prospects, and partners.
I close deals, make partnership and build relatio... See More
Quick PostPerk.com update: We acquired our first customers in October '18.
Yesterday's revenue alone was higher than for all of Q3 '18.
Happy.
Hello everyone,
I have updated the landing page of my Instagram monetization online service here https://www.spotsy.me/
Since my latest post here I have made some edits to this page. Here are the most important:
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added a section with a live example of the HotSpots feature
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remove sections with light blue backgrounds
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rebuilt completely the "features" section
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moved down the "how... See More
Ask IH: Tentative pricing during free beta?
Should I commit to a pricing model during free beta?
Hi all. A few weeks ago I opened up free public beta access to https://plausible.io
The landing page explains that when I launch, all tiers will be paid. I've received quite a few comments from people saying they would like to know what the future pricing looks like before they to using Plausible.
I have a pricing model in mind. Should I just pu... See More
Tuesday Edition: Daily Stand Up!
Why?
That extra nudge of accountability to achieve even a small step on your IH journey each day.
To join in:
01 Share your epic (a big chunk of work with a meaty objective) you'd like to complete by the end of February.
02 Share what you accomplished yesterday.
03 Share what you commit to accomplishing today.
04 Comment on at least one fellow hacke... See More
Show IH: Connected Breath -- A 60-second group meditation to help you feel connected
Web: http://www.connectedbreath.co
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.phonegap.connectedbreath
iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/connected-breath/id1166443182
Hey Indie Hackers,
It’s been quite a long journey with this project -- almost 3 years. I’ve gone through several iterations of t... See More
Ask IH: Stripe Atlas or Estonia e-Residency?
Dear IH!
I'm having a dilemma right now. I have two options to establish a new company. They are Stripe Atlas or Estonia e-Residency.
Do you have any experience with both of them?
I have a 50% discount for Stripe Atlas (from YC Startup School). Which one would you recommend?
If I choose Stripe Atlas, I will create an LLC entity, not a C corporation. My... See More
Not sure if this already exists, but a friend of mine just told me about his frustrations of converting raw video material to Instagram TV, LinkedIn and Twitter, e.g
IGTV: turn video from horizontal to vertical
Twitter: trim video to 2.5 minutes
LinkedIn: burn in a thumbnail at first frame
Does anyone of you know if solutions like this exist? If not, would it be feasible to explore the... See More
Show IH: The Crypt - Summarized Finance/ Tech Newsletter using Text Summarization Algorithms
We recently spent the past 10hrs on the front page of HackerNews and would love to show y'all what we're building!
Using a number of Algorithms, I have automated (and still working on) building a scalable process of delivering high-quality article summaries through a newsletter.
I've been iterating quickly... See More
Hey Indie Hackers!
Hope you all had a great weekend!
Me and my team are developing a time tracking solution and we just made a beta version live.
There are yet a lot of gaps to fill and it is not completely perfect but we are hoping to achieve that soon.
It will be really helpful if you can take some time to test our App and share your feedback with us.
Here's the link to our website: https://staf... See More
👊Punch me! It is your turn...
In the last several months, I have critiqued your landing pages, judged your copy, questioned your business acumen... now it is your turn.
My brother and I have been working on www.onefinaldoc.com since last Christmas. I would really appreciate your brutal honest feedback, even though I guess IHs are not the target audience.
Is it clear what we are trying to solve?... See More
#looking-for-cofounder #developer #ask | Paris | Cognitive science | radically emancipatory science
Hi Hackers,
Any anarchists in here ?
We are a co-op of scientists and developers and we are looking for more irreducible freedom lovers to build together a rigorous, transparent and emancipatory scientific research infrastructure owned by the people.
This project* is backed by a strong business mode... See More
Question - is it 'ok' to use a significant outlier for a case study?
Background:
I'm putting together some case studies for PostPerk.com so that ecommerce brands understand the value we provide.
Realistically, that value is probably a 5-10% boost in sales for most brands.
We do have one customer, however, who has doubled their sales within a month by using PostPerk (and we can prove it).
Is it 'ok... See More
Hi all,
I developed a résumé builder app with advice sections to help people find work. I worked as a recruitment consultant for 3 years before completing my MSc Computer Science and wanted to share my knowledge.
I've been struggling to get the iOS app up the rankings. Retention seems to be a lot lower than for the Android version (which is older and has 79,000 downloads ... See More
Show IH: Karma Smart Habit Tracker.
We have been working on this for one week now. It's a simple new page extension which allows you to track your online and offline habits.
We are trying a business model - you can add habits for free but you need to pay to delete them.
You can discuss it on Product Hunt here https://www.producthunt.com/posts/karma-smart-habit-tracker
Or you can Install it here ht... See More
The internet has a bad reputation with non tech users. People are afraid of fraud because it is so easy to put up a fake product websites. Some sites like trustpilot try to solve this with user reviews but these can also be faked easily. We need a system with Strong Identity to make fakes prohibitively expensive.
Imagine a Graph of Trust where a legitimate startup founder can create an ID based on... See More
Signup / Login Flow UX Feedback
Good morning, fellow hackers!
I wanted to get some feedback on all of your thoughts about a new-ish style of signup/login flow I've started seeing.
I recently started using https://www.notion.so/ as my place for notes and journaling for my indie hacker adventures.
One feature that I thought was particularly thoughtful was their signup/login flow. To sign up, all you... See More
Show IH: Ultime.me - Animated Meme Editor
Link: http://www.ultime.me
Hi All!
There are currently quite a number of image & video captioning apps to choose from,
and none of them really provided all of the features or UI ergonomics that I want when making memes.
Even desktop image editors like Gimp, Photoshop, or Krita, are surprisingly hard to cajole into rendering readable, nicely outlined (d... See More
"I consider myself an accidental entrepreneur. Growing up I wasn't that kid selling lemonade on the corner for 10¢ a cup or starting businesses out of his college dorm. None of that stuff. I was very much raised in this mentality that you go to school, you get good grades, you get a good job after school, and that's kind of the path of life. My parents paid a lot for my education. Private sch... See More
5k users!
The key to reach a nice looking growth rate, 5% to 10% weekly, is to ask people to help you. Go ask the bloggers, youtubers, reporters, and website owners as many as you can.
Hey guys,
We launched a social good software http://www.taliware.com/ to close the existing loopholes in the US judiciary system. Taliware's Biometric Geolocation Authentication app-service helps individual fend against false stalking accusations, discourages witnesses from lying under oath as well as from presenting false affidavits and much more.
We would appreciate indiehackers community's poin... See More
Feedback please!
We have recently made a tool that helps people estimate how much it costs to build an MVP.
Would love to hear from Indie Hackers community on how we can improve this tool.
#marketing #product-feedback-request #idea-validation
eBay meets Patreon web app. The idea is that traditional celebrities auction off their time (caddying for Tiger Woods for golf charity, a traditional example), and that this new class of mini-celebrities--creators, streamers, and influencers--can do the same, mostly virtually. The site is built and a functional MVP.
I'm somewhat at a loss of wh... See More
🤝 Show IH: indie.help - Help and get help from fellow indie hackers.
Link: https://indie.help/
Are you a programmer who needs small design help? Are you a designer who needs help installing and configuring the latest Javascript library? Do you have a landing page that could use a marketer’s eye? You are one of us.
We built https://indie.help to help fellow hackers, programmers, designers and make... See More
200 paying customers
🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊🎉🎊
A few people have had the bright idea of there being a #meta hashtag where we can discuss the state of the community and the website itself. I figure #meta will be a great place for me to keep you all updated as well, so here's a list of a few things I'm focusing on for the website right now:
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Performance. The site is too slow and has been for a while. Lots of fixes in the pipeline.
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UX issues, ... See More
What's the most annoying aspect of remote work that you did not find a solution for yet?
Hi there indiehackers,
I'm a self-taught web developer who currently is working 5h per day onsite for a web development agency and also 3h per day remotely for clients on fiverr. In the near future I would like to increase my remote working hours and decrease the onsite ones as I begin to really love the perks... See More
Feedbacks ? I made a product to help solo indiehackers connect with each others and share experiences.
Good morning, everyone!
Last week-end, I had an idea for a small online service. Something that completely meets my expectations. For the explanation, I have been running a blog about video game development for some time now. However, I'm all alone on this project and I don't know anyone who does... See More
Hey guys, Renee Dua is going to be live on Startup Circle today at 1 pm US Central.
Renee built Heal, a HealthTech startup that connects patients with doctors for an on-demand visit, after a long night spent in the emergency room waiting for her young son to be treated.
Heal has so far raised over $71 million.
Renee will talk about fundraising, launching startups in highly regulated industries, co... See More
Bootstrapping a Hardware Product to 7 Figures Despite Student Debt
Those of you who offer SaaS subscriptions at different price points, what percentage of your customers opt for each level?
Having 3 different monthly plans at different price points is a common strategy. I'm interested whether most people opt for the cheapest plan or your designated "best value" (middle?) option? Has anybody tested how the distribution varies as you adjust the offerings? See More
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