How do you validate if people will use your product? 🙄

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As markers, we all fall in love with the products that we are building. We can't stop obsessing about the next cool feature we want to add. 😮‍💨

The hard reality kicks in when we finish working on it and start promoting. 😅 This makes me wonder about the importance of validation at a low-cost stage. How does the community at PH validates their ideas before they jump into execution?

Personally, I have liked the old-school 1:1 user interviews. Maybe it also stems from my background in Product Management. What has worked for you guys? 💬

Richard Gao · Accepted Answer

I think there are various ways to do this, but it will depend on what the problem you're solving is. Interviews are better at getting very focused data and how you can address the issue, while surveys can identify trends. I wrote something for customer interview on indiehackers a while back: https://www.indiehackers.com/pro...

Halley Victoria · Answer

Squaredle is a word-building game where players have to swipe and connect letters on the grid to form correct words. The word should have at least 4 letters. The goal of the game is to find the final word. https://wordpuzzles.io/squaredle

Ahmed Ali · Answer

I have learned that the hard way and it's very common, but I made a business out of it as it's very tricky. -Avoid Surveys -Only quick market research, don't waste time on hypotheses -Use subscription tools to create a very simple funnel and burn some cash to get the real answers. - lead generation funnel and simple landing page within one or two days maximum - Be practical - Sneak on your competitors and start from where they are. - Use ( https://www.similarweb.com/ ) to understand how they getting traffic. - Use facebook library (. https://www.facebook.com/ads/lib... ) to see their ads, offers, value prop. Be practical, practical, practical. I lost 15k $ in my first startup because I was trying to build the perfect thing.

Masha · Answer

You should validate the idea with your target audience and potential solution you designed before you even start developing it.

Manas Sharma · Answer

@richard_gao2 thanks for sharing this article. It is quite insightful 😇

Manas Sharma · Answer

@maria_batryn That’s true! Iteration is definitely the key in building great products long term 😄🔑

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As you were a product manager, there will be nothing new for you that qualitative (the 1:1 and other deep studies) and quantitative (more general but still helps a lot) research helps. However, sometimes use cases are completely different from what you've expected, and I believe the iterative approach is the best.

Manas Sharma · Answer

@maria_batryn  I have launched Roundup on Producthunt today! 😇  I would greatly appreciate your support & feedback. 🙏

Qudsia Ali · Answer

The best way to validate if people will use your product is to conduct user research. This includes gathering feedback from potential users through surveys, focus groups, interviews, and usability testing. This allows you to gain insights into what people think about your product, what features they would like to see, and how likely they are to use it. Additionally, you can use analytics to measure user engagement and determine if people are using your product.

Boris N · Answer

You can have a idea using tool like Checkmyidea-IA

Manas Sharma · Answer

@halley_victoria  I have launched Roundup on Producthunt today! 😇  I would greatly appreciate your support & feedback. 🙏

Manas Sharma · Answer

@halley_victoria I’m wondering how this is relevant to this thread 😣

Manas Sharma · Answer

@charles_lee90  I have launched Roundup on Producthunt today! 😇  I would greatly appreciate your support & feedback. 🙏

Manas Sharma · Answer

@charles_lee90 Thanks for sharing your thoughts

How do you validate if people will use your product? 🙄

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