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How to convert users into paying customers?

I have been actively sharing and talking about G&E (https://geeksandexperts.com/) on all the platforms I have been active on for the past few months. We are a marketplace for advice-sharing from indie creators on shipping, scaling or selling your side hustles.

The idea is to get rid of the "pick your brain" DMs so many experienced professionals get. Instead, hop on a call, get your advice and move fast!

Twitter: https://twitter.com/saigalsn
Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/@sneha_saigal
Indie Hackers of course

Even though I have got initial users and sign-ups coming from these sources, I have not got paying customers. Also, traction has been a bit slow and very handheld with activities like twitter DMs and cold outreach driving sign-ups.

Am I missing something "drastic" to drive sign-ups?
What can I do to get the first 100 paying customers for the product?

on September 29, 2022
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    A few things:

    • Most of the people I click on the front page do not have a 1-1 or group slot available. It would be worthwhile making sure that it filters to just available people otherwise I'm wasting my time.
    • Your landing page is clean but you don't talk about the product, what it does, or why it's valuable to someone. This leaves a lot to assume which is dangerous rather than guiding the user towards some sort of action.
    • The button "find an expert" doesn't work for me.

    I would also recommend installing https://www.hotjar.com/ and checking user behavior to see if people are getting stuck or lost anywhere so you can make tweaks to the site.

    If you want we can jump on a quick call to chat about it if you want some further tips. Just book a call here: https://www.imaginaryspace.co.uk/

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      These are really helpful tips, Harry. Thanks for such candid feedback, I really appreciate it.