Building a website builder, but it's different I promise!

I know, I know, yet another website builder.

I am building www.nolio.so. It is the easiest way to create UX portfolios for early-stage designers.

My overarching strategy

• I developed my own data on what UX designers want through interviews
• Got a product in front of them as soon as possible with mockups
• Currently getting their skin in the game by having 'em pay for pre-orders
• I'd like to launch the product already knowing designers like it

What I am realizing

• Early-stage designers pick portfolio builders largely based on advice from peers. Launching on Discord is one thing but I need to figure out how to get people talking about Nolio to their friends.
• I love software dev. and find myself saying "yeah 1 user test is enough" so I can get back to coding when I should be scheduling a lot more user tests.

Where I am at

• conducted 3 user tests with high fidelity mockups
• conducted 1 user test with V1 software
• Launched the landing page in a UX Design discord yesterday and got 2 signups within the first hour.
• Trying to set up demo calls with signups
• Reaching out to UX designers on LinkedIn to ramp up user testing