Validate With 3 Paying Customers in a 48-Hour Window
Validate With 3 Paying Customers in a 48-Hour Window is a first users & traction tactic for getting your first users: A pre-build validation test where you try to collect actual payment from three customers inside 48 hours before writing any product code.
It's a strong fit for teams of almost any kind, and works especially well for Founders prone to building before validating. As a first users & traction play, plan for medium effort and expect results to show up quickly, all grounded in 1 linked primary source.
- Channel: First users & traction
- Best for: Founders prone to building before validating
- Effort: Medium
- Speed: Fast
- Sources: 1 linked primary source(s)
Why does first users & traction work for this?
Money changing hands is the only honest validation signal, and building first then hunting buyers is backwards.
The exact steps (5)
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