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Ask HN: Is ok if I have a few subscribers in the waitlist but a 29% week growth?

2 pointsby IsraCVabout 10 years ago
Hi everyone!<p>Three weeks ago I put online a landing page for my app and start looking for early traction, I&#x27;m testing different traction channels to see which one performs better, organically.<p>Right now I have 58 subscribers in the waitlist, it isn&#x27;t much but it started with 31 subscribers on the first week, the next week it growth at 29% and the week after that it growth 45%.<p>Is this ok or do I have a problem?, How could I get better results?

4 comments

bbcbasicabout 10 years ago
There are so many factors in play here, it is hard to answer your question.<p>What are you expecting, what are your goals? Paid or free app? Who signed up for the list. Are they targeted? What % of them do you think will download? Do you have other ways to get people to download your app instead of the waiting list? What are you doing to build a relationship with the list to entice them to download. Is the app any good? Is it exciting? Does it solve a new problem? Do you need a wait list at all?<p>As a quick answer I suggest forget about the wait list and make your app awesome! Then drive people to download the app, not join the list.<p>Build a list once you have the app, to remind people how great&#x2F;useful it is with helpful articles etc. So they keep using it.<p>P.S. the percentages you mention are meaningless on such small numbers. Forget about % growth until you have a few 1000 in the list.
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byoung2about 10 years ago
It depends on the app...if it is a game for teens, a dating app, or a social network you need much bigger numbers. If it is a financial planning app for billionaires under 30, you have the whole market already on your waiting list.
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FlopVabout 10 years ago
Looks a lot like <a href="https://offerupnow.com/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;offerupnow.com&#x2F;</a>
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JacobAldridgeabout 10 years ago
byoung2 makes an important point about the product and therefore the market.<p>My additional question is how long you can sustain your growth - ie, will you keep growing at 29% or just keep adding 20 new people per week. One is good traction, the other incremental.
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