Mine Product Forums to Find a Problem Thousands Share
Mine Product Forums to Find a Problem Thousands Share is a first users & traction tactic for getting your first users: They scanned dozens of product forums and found thousands of people asking for the same thing — custom domains for the public sites they built with those products — and that became the product.
It's a strong fit for teams of almost any kind, and works especially well for founders looking for a validated first product. As a first users & traction play, plan for medium effort and expect results to arrive at a steady pace, all grounded in 1 linked primary source.
- Channel: First users & traction
- Best for: founders looking for a validated first product
- Effort: Medium
- Speed: Medium
- Sources: 1 linked primary source(s)
Why does first users & traction work for this?
A problem people already beg for in public is pre-validated demand you didn't have to guess at.
The exact steps (4)
The full step-by-step this founder ran, what they posted, where, and in what order, plus the watch-outs, is part of the library.
Sources
- Source — IndieHackers · indiehackers.com