🚀 How I validate ideas and generate MRR immediately (System)

Hey all,

I was recently replying to a post on the use of landing pages for idea validation and I thought my response could be helpful for other indie hackers.

I use a landing page that can accept payments (free on Mailchimp) in combination with prospective customer conversations to validate my ideas. To get these convos I use a form of growth hacking (that I offered as a service for my last Saas).

Here's what I do:

1. Prospective customer begins the conversation

2. I make small talk and then ask them something along the lines of "What's the #1 thing holding you back from making more money from your (real estate business, clothing brand, saas company, whatever customer I'm targeting yk...)"

3. If my product idea relates to their #1 problem 8/10 times, I know I've got a good start (sometimes I'll go into these convos without a product idea and by hearing their #1 problems I can Immediately come up with Saas ideas)

4. I'll ask them more about their problem (See what they're doing to solve it currently, how much of a problem it is, how much of a budget they might have to solve it, ect...).

5. I propose a price for the product and ask if they'd pay for it. If they say yes, I actually go for the sale and send them to the landing page to accept the payment.

6. The landing page might have more info about the product, and maybe a demonstration of how it might work. But mainly it serves to actually collect the payment. Email signups are not validation!!!! If you want to know if people will pay for this product, then collect payments! Not just emails!

7. It should also be noted that I am fully transparent that the product isn't ready yet, people might get angry if they pay and feel like they've been deceived. After the purchase, I like to put new users in a discord group where I keep them updated on the development/get feedback upon release.

If you want to know more about my process I'm happy to talk about it! Either reply to this, shoot me a dm on Instagram @owenthurm, or dm me on Twitter @owenthurm1.

🚨 I'm working on a no-code/low-code frontend as a service specifically for Saas apps. I want to save you the hassle/time of coding in React and hiring freelancers and I want to do it all seamlessly. If that's something that could help you out subscribe to my email list here!
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