It's more than 3 months since coding my product. It was hard, still is… but now that I opened it up for beta users, I've realized why everyone talks about distribution.
I launched the waitlist a month ago, and got almost 450+ users, which felt like a lott!!! I thought launch would get better but all my emails are now dying in their spam folders even with a paid mailing service.
I can’t afford to hire a marketing person, and doing it myself feels like running in circles. I was even trying build in public on twitter for a month but barely getting any traction or users from there. I have now completely stopped working on future features and trying to completely focus on marketing it.
Ironically, the tool i built (Luua club) was meant to help people create content faster, yet I still find it hard to do it for my own product 😂
Any advice would be great! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Is the 450+ person waitlist a JOKE or am I just an idiot?
byu/itstronku inEntrepreneur
Posted by itstronku
8 Comments
Why do you think people are not signing up for your product? Anything in particular you observed?
First priority is deliverability and converting that list into engaged users, not just bigger numbers. Double check SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, send from a verified domain, warm up your sending, and prune inactive addresses so fewer messages hit spam. Segment the waitlist and send short value-first emails that ask one simple question or offer early access to spark replies. Use your product to create content about how it helped you make that email or a small growth experiment and share the results to build credibility. Try low-cost channels like relevant Reddit threads, Indie Hackers, partnerships, and a referral incentive to turn signups into active users. If you want quick help tightening email copy or turning an idea into platform-specific drafts, a coaching tool like Burst can help you keep your voice and polish posts without doing the writing for you.
😂😂give me the link to u app, will join, having 1 user is better than having nothing
It seems like you’re learning a pretty important marketing lesson – loads of people have interest, but much less take the time to engage.
Gotta start spending some time on communication to that waitlist my friend.
Wait list is good, but to convert these people to users you’ll need to do a hard job. Update them frequently. interact with them. Show examples of what you’ve built so far etc.
Growing a waitlist is awesome but getting real engagement is definitely tricky. What helped me was joining discussions where my ideal users actually hang out, instead of just relying on email. If you want to focus on Reddit, there are tools like ParseStream that can surface leads and real conversations about your product category. It frees up time so you can actually talk to users rather than chase spam filters.
If your product isn’t good enough for you to use. Maybe that’s why you can’t get other people to use it.
450 is an excellent amount of semi or fully qualified leads. Good work!!! Now work ‘em. Try and problem discovery.