New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: 57 sales totaling $1,539 for micro-SaaS? Is the idea dead?
Ask HN: 57 sales totaling $1,539 for micro-SaaS? Is the idea dead?
18 by ilyaovchinnikov | 11 comments on Hacker News.
Hi friends, I'm making a small web service based on GPT4 for non-English speaking audience. It creates marketing strategy for marketers and business owners. 4 years behind, 9 ideas with 0$ mrr, thousands of hours on my ass, living on credit, dreaming and here I have my first 57 sales (one-time payments) for 1539$ in just 2 months. I was happy, but not for long. I learned an interesting detail, making the first sales doesn't mean that the idea will eventually survive and work in the long run. It just shows that the idea is proven. All my sales came from non-scalable channels (telegram chat with marketing strategists). I started looking for the same segment online: - Buying promotional posts on telegram. - Wrote articles on local startup sites. - Did search advertising in yandex.direct, google ads - I did sms mailing. Nothing. Not a single sale. Absolutely the same offer. I have a question. Could it be that it was just a mirage? These sales confused me and gave me faith in an idea that is dead? Or should I dig further, test hypotheses, spend time looking for a segment? Friends, please share your experiences. Thanks in advance.
18 by ilyaovchinnikov | 11 comments on Hacker News.
Hi friends, I'm making a small web service based on GPT4 for non-English speaking audience. It creates marketing strategy for marketers and business owners. 4 years behind, 9 ideas with 0$ mrr, thousands of hours on my ass, living on credit, dreaming and here I have my first 57 sales (one-time payments) for 1539$ in just 2 months. I was happy, but not for long. I learned an interesting detail, making the first sales doesn't mean that the idea will eventually survive and work in the long run. It just shows that the idea is proven. All my sales came from non-scalable channels (telegram chat with marketing strategists). I started looking for the same segment online: - Buying promotional posts on telegram. - Wrote articles on local startup sites. - Did search advertising in yandex.direct, google ads - I did sms mailing. Nothing. Not a single sale. Absolutely the same offer. I have a question. Could it be that it was just a mirage? These sales confused me and gave me faith in an idea that is dead? Or should I dig further, test hypotheses, spend time looking for a segment? Friends, please share your experiences. Thanks in advance.
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