New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Launching niche service soon, how should I prepare?
Ask HN: Launching niche service soon, how should I prepare? 2 by thedangler | 1 comments on Hacker News. Hello, I've been working on a niche product MVP for little over a month and I believe its ready for beta testing. What are some steps to help with a solid beta launch? Here is my list before launching: 1. Web page demonstrates features and what problem it solves. 2. Join a beta wait list that adds to a community, for support, videos, feature requests. 3. Posting messages on specific communities on social sites like Reddit, discord. 4. Offer lifetime pass for decent price that will give the users a boosted plan. Current issues: I have no idea how to price it out. It will be broken down into 3 plans for most people, then special cases will have 2 additional plans. Some features have real measurable costs for example bots, SMS, etc. Not sure how to mark those up. Make them A-la-cart? I still need to build iOS and Android applications but won't do that without real feedback a...