Client Portals
Simple client portal for freelancers
Today I launched on product hunt. It was probably too early, but there's no going back now. I don't think the site messaging is as good as it needs to be. Hopefully I can get some traffic for the launch so I can determine what my next steps should be.
I usually only see positive milestones, but this is not one of those.
After posting my latest project to several places I was able to get a grand total of 0 users. There are a lot of reasons why that might be the case. Maybe I didn't find the right audience. Maybe I didn't do a good enough job explaining why it was useful. Maybe nobody else is really interested in it. Maybe people just aren't looking for this type of thing right now.
This project wasn't a waste of my time. I initially built it for my own freelance business. It is still disappointing when you get excited about something and then reality doesn't match the vision.
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Hi @smithgeek,
I looked at your website and I'm probably not your target audience. But maybe your target audience do not understand that it's for them.
Instead of talking about features you should talk about use cases. Is this intended for designers? For agencies? You should mention that. Features are irrelevant - talk about the value that I will get, and try to be very specific. Don't just say "documents".
For instance, talk about how a freelance designer is sending in email pdf.final.final.v7, and then sends final.final.final.v8. And how with that portal the customer will always have access to his latest version and he'll be able to share it with his coleagues.
Talk about how he's trying to send that 26mb file which os just over the limit of gmail and he has to reduce quality or zip or use dropbox.
Make people understand the pain that you are solving.Another thing - it might be too early for pricing. Try give away the product for free during beta so you can get some feedback. Or at least have a free tier which is generous enough so that some people can start work with it and provide valuable feedback.
If you have coleagues that you can give away some accounts, or in designers communities, etc.If this has solved a problem for you, it is likely that it does for others too. You just have to be more sharp on the messaging.
Good luck
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You and me both buddy. It's tough but keep it going.
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I checked your site, I think its great, the only thing I would change is your main tagline, need to be shorter and sweeter. I too struggle with this. Should say for freelancers somewhere.
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Welcome to business, keep going. I love and sell CRM's with client portals.
Today I'm launching the indie hackers discount! This is a great community and it only seems fair to me to give value back to a community that has given me great value. So anyone who wants to sign up for clientportals.app can get 50% off! Just send me a message and I'll apply your discount.
My new project was just approved by Indie Hackers!
I'm hoping that some of the work I did for my own freelance business can help other freelancers. I know that my freelance clients appreciate the ability to find everything in a single location. I also think it helps me to come across as more professional in the industry.
As a freelancer, I found that I needed a simple place where my clients could go to get important documents like assets, contracts, invoices, etc.
I quickly put together a simple page that I could send out to my clients. After the initial success, I started thinking that this is something other freelancers could use as well.
I took some time over the next couple of weeks to make it something that I could open up to other people to use.
I don't know if this is a tool that is going to see much adoption, but I still have plans to make improvements for my own freelance business!
I'm a freelancer and so I work with multiple clients at a time. Keeping track of documents is always a challenge for me and the clients. Clients have to email to get files all the time.
It would be easier if I could just set up a portal where my clients could log in and easily access all their important files.
I'd also like them to be able to get a quick overview of where we are in the project.
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Good luck 🤞