After 4 months of hard work, I am very excited to launch my first online business! I coded the web application from scratch and have finally deployed everything to production. I have a full-time job and a child to look after, so it was no easy job to get here. But it feels amazing to finally have done it. I am sure that there are imperfections on the site but I think I reached a decent MVP with the core features. I am now preparing my strategy for the next phase which is marketing the product. The app is more of a B2B software so I need to plan around that.
I did get some degree of exposure through some Reddit posts I made and surprisingly got quite a few people sign up to the free trial.
I thought I share with everyone here to give you some inspiration and hope!
For those interested here is the product: www.parcelfriends.com
P.S. if everyone has any feedback I'd be very very it interested to hear from you. Also, if you have experience selling and marketing a product in this domain, I would be really grateful if you could share some advice. Thank you!
Here's a short review on the website @parcelfriends ->
https://app.ruttl.com/share/D9sfrlUk4caauAEOFaZz
Let me know if you have any questions!
Thank you so much! I appreciate the time you invested in providing me with feedback. Very helpful.
Anytime!
Wow something to be really proud of! I too work a full-time job and have a child to look after so I know first hand the struggle.
Couple of feedback items that came to mind...
Why is the product image and description hidden in the About page and not on the home page? (or why is there an about page at all, since it actually describes the workings of the product and most people only scroll down and then leave a page).
Pricing - any better naming for the buckets? I'm not sure who exactly is the buyer in this type of service but do people refer to themselves or their buildings as Standard or Enterprise? Is there something more inside-industry you could use?
Just overall, I'm never a fan of stock images when you are describing your product - I'm not sure how far along you are but having actual screens or even just abstract representations of the screens would go a very long way.
Awesome job, I look forward to posting my SaaS, and you definitely inspire me to continue.
Those are very good points. Thanks! I am working on a video on how the product works, which I will be putting in the landing page.
Good luck! Exciting times ...
thanks!
Hi, I took few minutes to publish ParcelFriends on Product Startups.
Kindly write to me if you require any edits.
Good luck to you
Venkat