I started working on a MVP for some marketing tool a few weeks ago.<p>I've found maybe two or three competitors, and I realize that they just have so many features that I don't have and that I'll realistically never have the time to make them in the next few months.<p>I'm already trying to do just ONE thing well, and they seem to do it so much better, on top of X other things.<p>At what point do you decide that it's good enough to actually ship?<p>Can price and simplicity be enough of a selling point?(and in my case it's "simple" because there just isn't enough features for it to be complex lol)
You should think about why you're building the software.<p>If there are other established companies with many customers, you feel their offerings aren't incomplete or have bad UI/UX, and aren't too expensive then be prepared for it to fail as a business. However if you want to do it because you enjoy the work and don't care about making money then go for it. Another thing you think about for making this MVP is to ensure you have proper users otherwise you'll have no "expertise" to evaluate what you built.
"I'm already trying to do just ONE thing well, and they seem to do it so much better, on top of X other things."<p>If this was the situation, why bother continuing?<p>If you can do ONE thing to the same level as your competitors, and then price lower because you don't have all the extras, then maybe...but, if you cannot even match their core capability...
Simple is good but you’ll need to find very specific customers that are just trying to solve one problem or customers that are super early in their needs