Ask HN: How long did it take to get your first customer?
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With BugMuncher it was less than a day , and Hacker News is directly responsible.
I posted a Show HN, someone at The Next Web saw that and wrote and article about BugMuncher. On the back of that article I had 5 customers with in a day! Of which I think 4 are still paying customers :)
I posted a Show HN, someone at The Next Web saw that and wrote and article about BugMuncher. On the back of that article I had 5 customers with in a day! Of which I think 4 are still paying customers :)
A couple days. I made about $16 before putting things on hold because I was too busy and because I needed to come back with a more scalable model.
But let me tell you, that first $16 is addicting.
But let me tell you, that first $16 is addicting.
About 2 weeks, my startup was targeted to students at a specific location.
Not much marketing was done; besides facebook and flyer distribution.
Not much marketing was done; besides facebook and flyer distribution.
Do you mean...
How long did it take to get your first customer?
-or-
How long did your first customer keep paying?
I am assuming the first.
How long did it take to get your first customer?
-or-
How long did your first customer keep paying?
I am assuming the first.
Title updated.
From pivot or from first iteration? If the former, a couple of weeks. If the latter, 5 months.
I'm still working on that.
From launch? Roughly an hour.
These days, the apps I build are a lot more complex and targeted to very specific business use cases... and I'm lucky to get a couple signups in a month, despite nonstop Google/Bing PPC advertising.