DoneMyBit

DoneMyBit was featured on BetaList (http://betalist.com), and it brought in great results.

A total of 57 visitors, ended up with 37 new registrations - that's 64% conversion. Obviously, those who clicked were already interested, but that's still way beyond my expectations.

Now's the true test - retention. The industry average is somewhere around 32% for 7D, but DoneMyBit is not quite there yet I feel. I'd be happy with 20% - keeping 8 users.

Also, interesting note - 51% of all my landing page traffic comes from mobile.

DoneMyBit lacked a good landing page, so I spent a few weekends analysing good and functional (converting) landing pages, and created one myself.

I'm pretty proud of the outcome.

Since DoneMyBit doesn't have any notable traffic, this won't make a difference, but it feels nice and I'm happy it's ready to accept visitors when the time comes.

I love the product and I learn a lot about product development.

I enjoy the journey, and I won't rush it a bit.

I finished reworking DoneMyBit pretty fast, and started using it personally. I also recommended it to two of my friends, who also started using it.

This time, instead of solving a problem I thought existed, I solved a problem I had. Now, the job is to find people in similar positions, with similar challenges.

Since DoneMyBit is a side project and I'm busier than ever, I definitely do not have the time to shape it into a real product now. But I find it very useful, and find the idea promising.

I had a big change in my professional career: I was offered a leading role in a newly formed company, leading a team of software developers.

I've had lead roles in the past, but this time, it was different, because the company was also new.

I had so much to do, I had a hard time keeping track of what needs to be done, and I needed a weekly planner tool desperately.

I checked all personal productivity tools and to-do lists, but none of them fit my need. They were either too complicated, or lacked a good overview of a week.

I figured, I could easily pivot DoneMyBit and make it useful for myself, and maybe others.

It took me three months to talk to some members of my target audience, and design and implement the MVP version of DoneMyBit.

I reached out to my minor audience, and also to some of my friends I thought would find it useful.

Since DoneMyBit lacked real validation, it did not gain any notable traction, and after a few months, was abandoned.

As COVID hit Europe, many companies were forced to go remote, and the majority lacked the necessary infrastructure to work effectively.

I came up with the original idea of DoneMyBit to help teams that became remote to share their progress and communicate clearly on a shared Dashboard.