Just Launched! Let me know what you think!
For the past 2 or so weeks I've been spending my free time working on urgenc.xyz
This is a product for fellow indie hackers who want to create a sense of urgency on their landing page during the period of building out the main product. This urgency can significantly boost pre-launch sign ups ultimately giving you a better launch.
A known way to do this is to allow visitors to reserve their username for the to-be-released app (can be extended to custom routes e.g. PayPal.me/cooldude). This requires a whole backend set up to perform the logic and a database to store reservations. The opportunity cost here is huge since this time can be spent actually building out the main product.
So I've built a product to do the heavy lifting here, all the creator has to do is just integrate their landing page reservation form with the urgenc product using our js library. Can be as quick as copying our example code.
Wanted to show the community here before I do a launch on HackerNews/ProductHunt (which I'll have to prepare for first as I have heard).
Would appreciate any feedback!
Congrats on launching, here are some suggestions that I have:
ReserveForm.create(<container id>)?Hey there, congratulations on your launch!
I have a couple suggestions for your landing page as well:
After reading the entire page, all I know is that it lets potential customers "reserve usernames" but what does "reserve" mean? Is the username stored to a list of unique usernames scoped by the project ID they input into the JavaScript snippet? Does it just compile a list of usernames, emails somewhere? Also, what's a "custom route?"
Maybe a personal opinion, but having the pricing information hiding behind the "Get Started" link made me a little surprised since I didn't any pricing info anywhere else.