3 days of zero user growth — here's what I discovered

I'm currently building Opinix, a survey rewards platform.

We reached 14 users, but we've now had three consecutive days with zero new users.

Instead of simply increasing marketing, I looked at what was happening with the users we already had.

We found that our early users were being disqualified from the available third-party surveys.

That means the problem isn't just acquisition.

If people can't consistently complete surveys and earn, bringing in more users just fills a leaky bucket.

So I'm testing Opinix-owned surveys next.

The experiment is simple:

Third-party inventory → disqualification

vs.

Opinix-owned surveys → completion → reward → return usage

I'll share what happens.

I'd also love to hear from other founders: what was the first thing you changed when you realized your acquisition funnel was actually being affected by the product itself?