Thursday evening (Mar 26) we made a soft launch for https://uidesigndaily.com
The goal was to get some feedback, fix bugs and get about 30-40 subscribers in the mailing list, to see how the newsletter performs.
The launch went better than expected, and the feedback was generally positive.
Below are some numbers for those interested.
I posted it to 4 channels, IH, HN, Reddit and Twitter.
It was best received on HN with 203 points, it made it in the top 10, and it stayed on the front page for a good while. Reddit also surprised me, I posted in r/SideProject and got 26 upvotes and only positive comments.. ? That is so not what I expected from reddit... Was very pleasantly surprised to say the least.
Analytics:
Users timeline:
As you can see, there’s been a spike and seems like it’ll stagnate around ~150, but it remains to be seen. It might dip even further.
Newsletter:
Slack Community:
40 Members. Interestingly enough, the Slack ad only received 30 clicks total. This means most users came through the welcome email, which has a slack community ad included.
Ad Performance:
Feedback/Critiques:
Bugs:
Operational Cost:
$8 - $13 per day, most of which is egress traffic and server log storage.
Conclusion:
The soft went much better than expected, and it revealed some interesting insights about this project. We are going to make all the requested adjustments, fix the bugs, and prepare for the official launch.