How IndieWait started?
It all started with a post I made in the X community Build in Public. At that time I was just genuinely wondering is there a platform for waitlists, but the idea got stuck in my head.
Week and half later as my birthday was approaching, I made myself a challenge to ship something for my birthday, as my first public project. I decided to actually build this idea and I only had 3 days left to my birthday. Also this neat domain was available.
This is why it started very simple and minimalistic with most functions stripped out. But now, it's gradually evolving with new features and improvements until it becomes a comprehensive platform for indie makers.
I hope IndieWait can help kickstart your journey, just as it did mine.
Cheers!
Love the story and the birthday deadline pressure! 🎉
How did you prioritize which features to ship first in just a few days?
Thanks.
Easy- it had to be directory. So it needed submission and directory. Basically that was it and main priority. Accounts and editing are for later.
Indeed for submission I could have used third party forms like many other directory sites are doing, but I wanted to make it preview listing for less friction.