Ask HN: Developers–How Did You Get Your First Paying Customers?

4 pointsposted 7 hours ago
by HSK11

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12 Comments

ls1911

7 hours ago

For me, paying for featured listings on launch directories (Product Hunt, There's An AI For That, PeerPush and few others) brought immediate, traffic with zero social effort that brought leads to start with.

Its not magic , you will have to work hard to get the users, but at least you will get some quality leads this way.

rosennn

7 hours ago

I think it all depends on your ICP, because launch directories are primarily browsed by other founders and developers Reddit might be a better option.

HSK11

6 hours ago

Reddit Posting or comments

HSK11

6 hours ago

Thanks man

krm01

6 hours ago

Close circle. Make something for your friends/family/colleagues. The best first customers are those that, right now, are in your phone's address book.

HSK11

6 hours ago

not sure if they will pay subscription, although they are using it

krm01

5 hours ago

that's a good signal. Not paying means the value isn't where it should be yet. Focus on that part.

HSK11

5 hours ago

no i already gave them premium subscription for free so that they can test

jdebre

6 hours ago

Watch out for where your users talk. Be timely to the signal. You can use free tools like trysygnal for that.

HSK11

6 hours ago

let me see to it.

usamar

5 hours ago

Through Refrence

brudgers

4 hours ago

One important part of getting paying customers is asking for money.

The most important part, however, is not making excuses for not doing so.

Good luck.