Sitefolios

I launched my project a little over a week ago and realized something: launching a project isn’t hard — the hardest part is getting people to visit your website.

We all have ideas, but how do you find the people who will actually be interested in your product?

Long story short, I launched sitefolio

, a website that lets you answer 5 questions and instantly get a ready-to-use portfolio. I created it because I was too lazy to update my own portfolio, and in the end I built a tool that does it — and lets you have one easily too. It’s really useful for interviews or simply to showcase your projects to recruiters. Feel free to check it out, it might be useful to you

Back to my solo-dev reflection: there are many ways to get your product noticed. The fastest ones are usually paid, and I didn’t want to spend too much before validating the product.

So I posted it on different platforms:

• Product Hunt → total flop

• Indie Hackers → where I got my first visitors

• And recently Reddit → one post got 3,000 views and brought almost half of my traffic

Honestly, I recommend Reddit to promote your projects and get your first feedback.

Speaking of feedback, I received a lot — positive and constructive — which helped me improve the interface. I also noted other suggestions that I’ll implement over time.

Revenue-wise, I’m at $0 for now.

But I think I learned something that will prove itself over time: at first, I let people buy the code for the portfolio template so they could host it wherever they wanted, modify it, and add whatever they liked, for $19 (market price). What I didn’t realize is that most platforms selling templates already have a reputation, so they feel more trustworthy than a developer like me who just arrived.

So I put my ego aside and lowered the price to validate the product and see if people are actually willing to pay for my work.

I’m continuing my solo dev project, and I’ll keep sharing updates on its progress. It’s fun to build something on your own, manage every aspect, and watch it evolve. I’m only at the beginning, and I’m not in a rush — I’m not aiming for a huge viral spike, but steady growth over the next few months.

Today I improved the core feature and fixed several bugs that were slowing things down. The app is now faster and more stable, but I know there’s still a lot to improve.

I’d really appreciate honest feedback:

• What feels confusing?

• What would you change first?

• Would you actually use something like this?

It’s hard to improve without real user opinions, so any thoughts (even critical ones) help a lot 🙌

#buildinpublic

Ok, how do you make a project succeed?

So far, after more than a week, I’ve relied on Indie Hackers to bring in traffic. The result: 54 visitors, a few users who tried generating their portfolio, and only one who completed it fully.

The goal of the project is to remove a complicated step in the job search process: creating a portfolio. The problem is figuring out how to find interested users. I don’t want to rely on a buzz effect, but rather on a repeatable method that consistently brings in the right people.

I’m sharing my thoughts as an independent developer—if you have any ideas, feel free to share. And for those who are interested, need a portfolio, or just want to test it, check out: sitefolio.net.

I launched my project SiteFolios a few days ago. It’s a website that lets you create a portfolio in under a minute.

The process is simple: you fill in some basic information, see a preview, and if you’re happy, you click the “Publish” button. Your portfolio is then ready and live.

However, I noticed that many visitors don’t complete the process. After analyzing the issue, I realized it’s likely due to the user experience. At the beginning of my form, there are 5 questions, but I hadn’t indicated how many there were. Without a clear indicator, users don’t know how long the process will take and often leave before seeing their portfolio.

To solve this, I added a progress bar and showed the number of remaining questions. It’s a simple change, but it should improve the user experience and increase conversion rates.

For those who don’t know, I created this project to make portfolio creation easier. Portfolios are always useful when applying for jobs or preparing for interviews, but they’re often tedious to create. That’s why SiteFolios.net exists: to make building a portfolio quick, simple, and accessible for everyone.

Hello! I created SiteFolios. Struggling to make your portfolio, don’t know how, or just feeling too lazy? The solution: SiteFolios.net — ready in 1 minute.

You fill in a few details, in barely a minute you get a preview. If you like it, click one button and you’re done — your portfolio is live with a shareable link.

I started from a simple problem: I had my own portfolio to showcase my projects, which I coded myself. Over time, I created more projects and needed to update my portfolio to apply for jobs or meet companies’ requests for a portfolio.

Most projects start from a problem, and that’s how SiteFolios.net was born. The site will likely be useful to you. I’m continuously improving it, so send me your feedback — it helps me make it better and more useful. Feel free to try it or share it with someone who could benefit!

I started from the laziness of updating a project to creating a tool that took more time to build than updating my own portfolio — but at least it’s useful for you, and it was fun to make. I’ll keep sharing progress, stats, and updates as the project grows.