Founders, how did you get your first customer(s)?

Jiro Santos10mo ago3 replies

Programmer here. Keen to know how you got your first customers to buy your product, especially if it's a digital product.

Would appreciate your tips and suggestions on how you started and what you did to achieve it.

SalesGrowth

3 replies

Alfred Lee10mo ago

For me, one of the best places have been social platforms where there are targeted communities.

Here are some of them:

  • Facebook Groups (Entrepreneur communities, tech / app discussion groups)
  • Reddit
  • Quora
  • LinkedIn Groups
  • X Communities (not so effective but it's getting better now)
  • Online forums

These are free and you can easily get targeted users for your product.

Just my 2 cents. Keen to know what others do too.

You get your first customers by reaching out to friends and old colleagues who might need a digital product like an app or website.

Tell them about your skills and ask if they have any small task you can help with.

Do the work well and ask for payment plus a recommendation to others.

Vu Thu14d ago

The way to get your first customers for a digital product is to begin with people around you and places online where they look for tools like yours.

List ten people from your school or work who could use what you built and send each one a message about it. Tell them the main problem it solves and offer a small discount so they try it and give you their thoughts.

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