ValueMachine

We hit 1000 users today! No money was spent on advertisements, just posted in on various subreddits (~5 posts total) and people seemed to really like it! The site is a lot more stable and the data is a lot more high-quality than before, so the DAU has been getting better as well. Looking forward to adding another zero to that user count next!

Mad a post on /r/options promoting the site (the only subreddit that allowed me to promote it) and it blew up (by my standards)!

https://www.reddit.com/r/options/comments/ithc41/free_paper_trading_app_with_realtime_options/

I got 500 users signed up in 2 days, and more are still trickling in. I think this means I've got product-market fit, but there are still a number of bugs to get figured out (as well as basic site functionality, like resetting passwords or changing your display name).

This was just getting the app out in public. It had a lot of bugs and it could only trade stocks, but it was hosted and out there. Social login was supported as well as email/ password. Adoption was pretty slow, but it was available to the world and allowed for iterating on design/ usability/ bugs.