What I learned from my first 2 months of being an indie maker

I launched my first side-project, Scrapbook, 2 months ago and it's been an amazing journey so far.

Here are some of the things I learned and enjoyed the most about it.

People are willing to pay for more than you think.
I wasn't convinced if people would actually want to pay for my product at first. That's one of the reasons why it took me so long to even start working on it. When I launched it though, I kept hearing that my product is a steal for this price! And this is something that I keep seeing over and over again when discovering new products. I'm thinking: 'who would pay for this?'. And then I learn that it's making couple k a month. Conclusion: if you're still hesitating about launching a product, don't. Just do it.

Maker communities are super supportive.
But you already know that if you're on IH ;) Use them to learn from other people's experience and get feedback on your project. And of course, always give back.

You make lots of valuable connections.
Running a product that brings real value to your users will result in making new connections. These people will help you improve your product further, new business opportunities will emerge, you'll start meaningful discussions with people who share common interests with you. I won't count how many great folks reached out to me either for help or just to exchange ideas. Also, remember to reach out to ALL your users personally in the early stages of growing a project.

Positive feedback from your users is super satisfying.
This has been one of the best motivators to keep going and improving my work.

Charge more.
You've probably heard this advice a lot already but that's because it's true. I've raised the price twice and I'm still hearing that my product is a great deal for the price I'm currently charging.

Seeing successful people buy your product is the ultimate validation.
Every purchase makes me happy and I'm grateful to each one of my customers. But when highly successful marketers and founders buy Scrapbook it erases all the remaining doubts about the validity of my product.

That's it! I hope this helps someone, especially the 'indie lurkers' out there ;)

I'll be super happy to connect with more makers, so don't hesitate to shoot me an email if you want to exchange ideas or discuss anything growth-related!