Ask HN: I spent months building an app and now I don't know how to get users

Re:Ask HN: I spent months building an app and now I don't kn... by petargyurov on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:00PM (#37676661)

I was in your position a few years ago. I believed that my idea was great and that that meant I will easily be able to grow organically.

Couldn't be further from the truth. Sorry.

You've already recognised this so I won't dwell on it too much. What are your options from here: IMO, "guerilla advertising", AKA promoting your work on Reddit and Twitter communities. Don't overdo it. But without cold hard cash for marketing I don't know how far you'll get.

As for the actual idea... eh, I don't get it. At first I thought it's just crowdsourcing but then I read that people offer a service in return. Isn't that just... you know... a job? There was a similar idea that appeared on the UK show Dragon's Den (aka Shark Tank in the US), but it was more for getting a loan from family and friends.

I like the website design, very friendly and approachable.

PS: the example campaigns on your site are too obviously fake: way too much production value in those photos!

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Re:Ask HN: I spent months building an app and now I don't kn... by krispetek on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:05PM (#37676741)

The idea is to give people a place where they could offer their services like tutoring, babysitting, home repairs, etc, services that they can provide after their work, like a side jobs to raise some extra funds for their cause.

Regarding example campaigns, yes, they are placeholder campaigns, just to show how they are supposed to look.

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Re:Ask HN: I spent months building an app and now I don't kn... by doctorpangloss on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @12:46PM (#37677419)

I would put a big prominent thing about yourself at the bottom that looks like a traditional recruit-me thing, then open source it all since it's Elixir and that's kind of niche.

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