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Re:Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes i... by user_named on Monday June 26, 2023 @09:59AM (#36479730)
Nice site. The hard part is growing the user base. Have you started and how is it going?
Re:Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes i... by frizkyK on Monday June 26, 2023 @10:16AM (#36479929)
Thanks! Yup, almost hit 10k sign-ups!

Influencers played a big part initially, giving us a boost by mentioning our platform organically.

Growth has slowed down lately, but I'm going all-in on SEO. Found a bunch of untapped, high-traffic keywords with little competition. Fingers crossed for some serious results!

Re:Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes i... by user_named on Monday June 26, 2023 @10:23AM (#36479994)
It's cool that you're doing SEO and SEM in Bahasa. On your own or with a team?
Re:Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes i... by frizkyK on Monday June 26, 2023 @10:33AM (#36480126)
Doing it on my own. I'm running the platform, along with my girlfriend. She handles design and social media marketing, while I take care of development and SEO. Team effort! :)
Re:Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes i... by netsharc on Monday June 26, 2023 @10:40AM (#36480220)
My pet peeve: people calling it "Bahasa". It's called Indonesian. Or "Bahasa Indonesia". Bahasa just means "language".

Do you also ask people if they speak "langue" if you want to know if they speak French?

Re:Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes i... by _TwoFinger on Monday June 26, 2023 @11:05AM (#36480543)
Indonesians themselves call it "bahasa". I guess the user you responded to is either Indonesian, or has been there.
Re:Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes i... by netsharc on Monday June 26, 2023 @11:36AM (#36481129)
LOL, sibling comment voted to death, because I guess HNers know better than 2 native speakers (I am also one).

If you're talking about Indonesians refererring to Indonesian in an English language context, yeah some of them do this too (like the original commenter I replied to above), I can't imagine a context where an Indonesian would ask someone else in Indonesian if they understood "bahasa", because the Indonesian being asked would wonder "Which language do you mean?".

It would be like a Brit asking someone in London, "Do you speak language?".

But just like there's Singlish in Singapore, there's probably Indonesian English. Another pet peeve of mine is Indonesians using "married" as a verb (in an Indonesian sentence) instead of an adjective.

Re:Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes i... by _TwoFinger on Monday June 26, 2023 @11:44AM (#36481275)
> If you're talking about Indonesians refererring to Indonesian in an English language context, yeah

yes, my only source for my previous comment was a passport control officer asking me "do you speak bahasa" at the airport :-)

Re:Show HN: I built a website to buy and sell used clothes i... by user_named on Monday June 26, 2023 @04:52PM (#36485678)
Correct. I launched a product in Indonesia and our operations team there referred to the language as Bahasa.