CarSearch Hub
Car Data Search Tool
Current Progress
My traffic growth is pretty consistent, and part of that surely must be due to the new frontend development and SEO indexing. I have about 10 or so users on a daily basis, though none of them are currently buying the product. That is to be expected, and I am perfectly happy letting people vet my business before they try it.
Whats working
For starters, I revamped my index.html and included sitemaps and a favicon for my site. This has already picked up my organic CTR from basic google searches. This is a free and easy way to get some traffic.
Next, I am focused on the niche communities relating to my project. Subreddits like r/carflipping and r/whatcarshouldibuy have been super useful. I follow the community rules and try to engage in meaningful conversation in the comments of posts like "How do I know if this is a good deal?".
Things to Remember
Focus on your ideal customer. A wise man once told me that your ideal customer is the most important customer. Focusing on the ideal customer allows you to cater to those who share similar characteristics and allows for natural growth.
If only 1% of people click on your link or site, as long as your social posts , comments and site design appeal to your ideal customer, then the follow through will be amazing on those clicks.
Bam. Just like that, the frontend is revamped with a sleek modern look. Thank you AI for helping me in all my design flaws lol. Interested in seeing a miracle? Checkout the new website and be amazed that it is more than just a scrap heap of html...
https://carsearchhub.com
It's official. You can now download your data as a CSV or as an XLSX file :)
I have had some requests for this feature, and since it was only a about an hour addition, it seemed worth the time!
Finally! Stripe is implemented correctly and working :) Users now pay for the data by the amount of data entries in each csv file. I did my best to make this as fair as possible. My eyes are glued to that stripe dashboard now!
Last night, I launched CarSearch Hub (carsearchhub.com). This is my debut into the indie hacker space! I am excited to learn and grow into a more self-confident developer.
For the next little bit, CarSearch Hub will be completely free. I am working to implement a Stripe payment process!
3 Comments
Good writeup!
Just some quick feedback: I went to your homepage and found it a bit difficult to use. Like, having to specify the exact make, model, and year I wanted felt like it took a a while, and then it gave me one result but asked me to pay to see it. Which felt too early in the process to ask me to pay. I'm not sure when the right time would be, though. But I hadn't seen enough value to think it'd be worth paying, as the #1 thought in my mind was, "I could probably get better data elsewhere, get it easier/faster, and get it free."
Hopefully this helps, as I know it's tough getting visitors but having no feedback from them whatsoever in the early days!
Super grateful for the feedback! I am moving away from this project now, I did not have good enough motivation for me to continue. Thanks for checking it out and sending me some feedback :)
Yeah I agree with Allen. I was not expecting to see the .99 before seeing any data. It's literally select a few dropdowns and bam, pay,
You could provide a sample file (limited to 5 results or so) containing the results of the search.
The other thing that I believe it's missing is the use case. How can this data be used and help the user?
Cheers,