Esports Gambling Startup - Struggling To Find Customers
Hey guys,
I've had this idea for 8 years and only recently had the opportunity to pull the trigger and built it. The idea is simple, gamers can make money playing video games competitively by betting against opponents. The MVP is ready to go but over the last 2 months I've had great difficulty reaching customers.
I'm targetting PUBG Mobile players from the USA (50 million). The hardest part is cutting through the endless spam to connect with players. Here's the problems:
- Each FB group is all spam from players trying to advertise their own streams making it difficult to have any conversation. That's even if my posts get approved.
- There are no forums of discussion on the game, it all comes back to FB
- Connecting through the game itself is difficult because even North American servers have people from all other countries.
I've found a few people who've said they're interested. Some have signed up and not used the product, some have not signed up even after stating they are interested multiple times.
Throw in the fact that this is gambling and people become even more sceptical.
To remove all risk for them I'm offering $10 worth of free credits just to get people to test it during beta. Any and all money they make will be converted into real cash when we launch.
Would appreciate any advice on what I should do moving forward. Has anyone had experience in this market before?
I stumbled upon your old thread, and I gotta say, your idea sounds pretty cool. I'm sorry to hear that you're having trouble reaching out to your target audience. It can be tough to cut through all the spam and noise, especially when you're trying to advertise something new. Have you tried reaching out to influencers in the gaming community? They might be able to help spread the word and get more people interested in your product. Also, I know you mentioned that people might be skeptical about the gambling aspect of your product. Have you thought about partnering with a reliable casino available online to help ease people's concerns? It might help to have a trusted third party involved in the process. Anyway, I'm new to this forum, but I hope my suggestions are helpful! Good luck with your venture! Oh, and here's the link to that casino I mentioned earlier: https://369joker.org. But don't worry, I'm not trying to make it the main focus of my post. Just thought it might be helpful!
My suggestion you need crazy fanatic egoistic games. For example Dota. I play the game and they have tipping mechanism inside the game where you will use it just to piss of you teammate or enemy when they make mistake. They also have prediction where you can make prediction and announce it to the enemy and can see your winning streak. Its more of trashing talking stuff. Maybe introduce your product to DOTA2 players i can see they are interested on it.
Good idea, although i'm not targetting PC users at this time.
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I've tried discord and had no such luck. Reddit I will look into.