First paying users - it feels good!
Gabriele Mazzola 🧭
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Hey everyone! 👋👋
Just wanted to share a success story to hopefully inspire other makers here on PH.
We have started brewing on the idea of Touring, our travel app, more than 1 year ago.
This is the timeline of our approach for the past years or so:
- Idea (1+ year ago)
- Prototypes & initial experiments on the field (1 year ago)
- First development (11 months ago): apps available for early adopters
- First launch on Product Hunt (9 months ago): 2nd Product of the day
- Deep dive and develop further (9 months ago -> 1 month ago)
- Second launch on Product Hunt (1 month ago): 8th Product of the day & apps available on the stores
- Marketing initiatives to drive traffic (few months ago -> current)
🎉 First paying users: a few weeks ago!
We had users buying Touring passes in Paris, Lisbon and other major cities (Touring works globally!).
It’s been a hard journey, and the journey ahead is even harder. But man, seeing people paying for something you are creating is such an amazing feeling. Hope you all get it with your products!
If you want to know more about the details of each of the steps above, check out this other discussion I made on PH where I dive deeper into them: https://www.producthunt.com/discussions/a-journey-of-more-than-a-year-and-two-launches-on-ph
Also, if you are curious and love learning about the places you travel to, consider checking out the app. It’s available on both iOS and Android!
📲 Get it for FREE at touringapp.eu
And feel free to connect on linkedin and ask any questions you might have! Glad to share and help 🚀
This is me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrielemazzola95/
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Amit Arora@amit_arora
The Action Tracker - Life Planner
it has been lot of hard work. congratulations for initial paying users. Feel joy to listen to your story 😊
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Vozo AI
Congratulations, Gabriele! The first paying users are always a huge milestone—keep up the great work!
Ceeya AI - Personal Brand Builder
Congrats! it sure feels good. Hope you get next 10,100,1000 soon. good luck
Truva
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Congratulations on your first paying users, Gabriele! It's inspiring to see the hard work and dedication paying off. Wishing you continued success with Touring!
vevy.ai
Awesome! Hard work pays off, keep it up!! 🚀
That's awesome, Gabriele! Seeing your hard work pay off is the best feeling. 💪
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Curious what the goal is now re: hitting user targets.
Congrats! You must be over the moon 🚀
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Wow, getting your first paying users must feel like discovering a hidden gem in a vast digital world! The journey from idea to transactions sounds like developing a map for an epic quest. Kudos on reaching this milestone in your Touring app adventure!
Congrats on the first paying users, that's huge! 🚀 I know that feeling all too well. Seeing users actually pay for something you've built is incredibly rewarding. If you don't mind sharing, what kind of marketing initiatives did you find most effective in driving traffic? Also, did you notice a big difference in user engagement after each PH launch? Super curious about your approach!
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Great to know about this success, Gabriele. I'm launching cxful soon, and yes the journey has been long covering a decade in this field.
Curious, what all did you do to market your product apart from Product Hunt?
@vertikanigam Personal network, socials, flier distribution in squares, influencers, paid search, organic search, product-led growth with sharing and referral program in-app!
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Congratulations! We're about to introduce payments soon, too, so I can feel your excitement :) So was your tool marketed as a free one before?
@natalia_toth Hope you guys succeed!
No it's always been advertised as a free app with a freemium plan :)
@natalia_toth But for early adopters, we had free unlimited usage until public release on the app stores
Congratulations! Great job on getting your first paying users! It's inspiring to see your progress from the initial idea to having users buy tour passes in different cities. Keep up the good work, and best of luck on your journey ahead!
Congratulations! Getting your first customer is always a great feeling. One to remember going forward.