Re:Side Project Launch Checklist
by userium on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @10:37AM
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I think that by fixing common problems before launching, you get more meaningful feedback later from your users. They won't concentrate on the obvious problems that could have easily been fixed.
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The benefit of launching earlier far outweighs the annoyance of trivial feedback. If someone is genuinely interested in the product they'll be willing to overlook critical show-stopping bugs that destroy data in order to help you get the product to a point where they can start paying to use it. A few missing alt tags won't make the slightest bit of difference to the user, and that's the person who matters.
But failing to launch of a month while you 'polish' things will make a difference. You'll lose out on feedback, potential customers, and give more foothold to any competition. Plus it's boring and expensive to not launch.
People who'll walk away because there's a spelling mistake on the contact page would never become paying users regardless of how great your product is. Ignore those people.