I posted Survais to Product Hunt on Friday... but literally nothing came of it. It didn't get any traction and I was stumped, feeling a bit down about the whole thing really. I did kind of rush it, and had no plan whatsoever so I do realise it was my fault.
However.... Yesterday morning I started getting some email alerts (I set up a personal email to me when a new user signs up to Survais), they were coming in every 30mins to 1 hour, sometimes even just minutes apart.
So I jumped on my little dashboard to see what was going on, and low and behold, the admins over at PH were after cleaning up my submission and reposting it (as I said, it was rushed originally).
It reached #2 at one point during the day but ended #3, which I am elated about. Got a lot of feedback and squashed a lot of bugs yesterday as a result. The signups were coming through even until this morning around 07:30!!
It was such a relief, I just had to share it with someone. I know that a PH submission is a short lived burst but if I hope I can leverage some of these users to help improve and grow Survais.
Anyhow, thanks for reading, just wanted to share an amazing day I had. It is just so hard to grow your SaaS as a bootstrapper, and I know sometimes you just need a little motivational boost to keep you going.
Don't give up!
Congrats! I love how you use your own product on the website. One little piece of feedback, in your plans, it took me a good 45 seconds to understand what is the difference between them. You might want to make it more clear.
Good luck!
PS I was searching for NPS tool for my day job and a lot of them are super expensive or very limited. I eventually settled for Pendo.io with their free tier, but I feel like there is a hole in the market for this. Should be a short sprint away for your technology. Food for thought.
Thanks Sergey, that is something I'll take on board, much appreciated!
Apprecaite the additional info too!
Congrats Shane! Inspiring. Hopefully the new traction will help keep you motivated. The Survais website looks nooice 👌
Thanks Jonathan, that means a lot!!
2 Years!? Your persistence is so amazing!!
Hah! Yeah it has been over 2 years since I started on Survais.
In saying that, I have gone through phases on/off with it. After the second rewrite it has seen much more consistency. From the start of the last rewrite to now has been around 6-7 months, and the blog has been updated recording stuff for the past 3 months or so.
I've done a few side projects in the past, but never had such persistence. It's because I actually needed a product like Survais, and once I developed and used it - realised how valuable it actually is!