We have created a new type of VPN service with features not offered by anyone else. How does Indie Hackers suggest we market it and where?

Thank you! We were actually inspired by the minimalist designs apple use. We based all UI on simple, clean, to-the-point design. We have had mixed reactions with the website. Some love it, others hate it. The one thing we have managed to have all positive feedback on is our service.

The problem we are facing is marketing it and getting customers. You can read some customer feedback at https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/thread/3xk21zx9 and https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/thread/9p8qxvl9

Now the problem is putting it in front of people :p

Hi,

Sure thing :) In no particular order;

1. Streaming Automation - Connect to the VPN server nearest to your location and still access content from overseas streaming services. We take away the need for you to jump around VPN regions. You can also set regions for specific streaming services.

You can read about this feature at https://www.oeck.com/manual/learn/channels/

2. Device Profiles - You can have up to 100. Each profile allows you to have unique settings for when you log in. For example, you can have one for your computer, another for your iPad, another for your partner, another for your child, etc.

You can read about this feature at https://www.oeck.com/manual/learn/device-profiles/

3. Advanced Port Forwarding - You no longer need to keep track of IP addresses or configure your software to work with the VPN ports you are given. Just tell us which port to forward to and which device profile and it's done.

For example, if you set up a web server on your computer and enable port forwarding, regardless of which VPN server you ever connect to ( any server, any region ), to access your web server you would go to username-mydevice.oeck.me:portNumber - It stays the same :)

You can read about this feature at https://www.oeck.com/manual/learn/port-forwarding/

4. Ad, Malware, Social Network and Adult blocker - You can pick and choose which ( if any ) of the blockers you want enabled for each device profile. This allows you to turn on Adult blocking for children's devices but keep yours open. It is also very extensive and does a good job of blocking most ad, tracker and malware domains.

You can read about this feature at https://www.oeck.com/manual/learn/cerberus/

5. Custom filter - You can take the blockers even further by adding your own domain block-list on a per-device level. This gives you complete control over each and every device.

You can read about this feature at https://www.oeck.com/manual/learn/cerberus/

6. Custom DNS - You can set your DNS on a per-device level. You can choose for the VPN to give you complete control to your DNS, or set your DNS and still allow the VPN to take control over certain domains in order for the channels and blocking to still work. This means you can even use your own DNS if you wanted to.

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7. Automated server selection - We run special code on our network. This means when a user connects to a region they will always connect to a server with the most resources available. This completely removes the need to server-surf on the users end. They just connect to a region and they will be sure to jump on the server within that region that has the most resources available at that point in time.

You can read more about this feature at https://www.oeck.com/faq/technical/

8. This one is a little less unique, but we own 100% of our own hardware, including the routers. All of our VPN servers run without ANY hard drives at all. We have gone to great lengths to make sure our users get the best service and the most secure one.

We also provide a no-payment-needed free 6 hour trial.

Features 1 - 7 are all completely unique to our VPN as far as I know. We have had really good feedback so far. The few customers we do have praise the service and the customer support. You can read more about it in the following links;

https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/thread/9p8qxvl9?p=6
https://forums.whirlpool.net.au/thread/3q2lpj49

So far - happy customers. We just need someone to mention us, advertise us, etc. Any help would be appreciated!

Regards,
Peter @ Oeck.