O-Goo Marketing Tool
Marketing Management and Analysis Tool for Offline Business
Took a short break. Finished Stripe integration for payment. Open Beta ended.
I had been hacking around very intensively for a period of time. After the first beta version was out, I took a break and spent more time with my family. It's always very hard for a indie hacker to constantly spend a large amount of time on a side project, and most of them just die after the first break. I'm glad I've come back, and finished another feature for Stripe payment. As I didn't drop the project, a short break makes me feel fresh and more efficient when I revisit the project.
Now most of the infrastructures are ready. I will spend more times on adding new campaign types and acquire more users. Keep hacking!
I've bought a domain for my o-goo app. I'm not quite sure if it's too early or too late to buy this domain. I just feel I could buy one at the moment that my MVP is ready to share. I did do a survey about the price when I named it to avoid getting into a situation of either changing my product name or buying a super expensive domain.
Product Hunt and Indie Hackers may be 2 of the most friendly platforms for hackers to launch products. I did it on IH, since I'm indeed an IH. PH now follows.
- New domain: https://o-goo.co/
- Product Hunt Post: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/o-goo-marketing-tool
I've managed to add promo code features plus revamp the UI to accommodate the new multi-campaign-type product design. It seems that the development speed has been faster recently. I read it somewhere that "Profit is the king. Speed is the Queen". I hope I can get the king later :p.
Another thing is that I've switched from firebase hosting/functions to vercel.com. The reason is also about the speed. Vercel is just too good at deploying nextjs web app. It's all about speed.
Now it looks more like a product. The Open Beta is still there. Time to find some real users!
After another 2-week hacking, I've got the MVP running. with available features
- Affiliate link and QR code
- Marketing performance tracking
At the same time, I did a micro pivot. Instead of focusing on affiliate marketing, I aim to support as many marketing campaign types as possible for physical shops. I think the problem I'm solving here is to help physical businesses leverage marketing technology with little overhead. With that said, API support is now marked as a feature with lower priority.
I still decided to release the open beta as I completed the very first campaign idea, affiliate marketing. The sooner I could get feedback the better. Although it's often said that FREE is probably not a good idea, the open beta will still remain free before I complete another 1-2 campaign tools, buying me more time to develop features and still gathering feedback at the same time.
Special thanks to @treychong for thoughtful suggestions.
After hacking for 2 weeks, at the same time taking care of my twin babies, I've made the mockup of my MVP, with the upcoming functionalities ahead:
- Affiliate link and QR code
- Marketing performance tracking
- API support
Now it's time to get some real feedback.
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I just took a look at your site, looks like a cool product! I have added some feedback in the link below:
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Exciting!! But, it would have been better if we can check on how your landing page looks like. Is there any link you'd like us to visit?
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Thanks for the reply! It’s the same link of the product. I also added it to the post 🙌
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I've seen a lot of affiliate marketing around the online stores, and a lot of individuals promoting products to earn profits. I am wondering why this happens way less in physical stores? I think a good tool may help, and the market is quite large.
Let's go hacking!
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