I’m (20M) a web developer from a developing country, and I’ve been trying to sell websites and digital solutions locally. I don’t just pitch “nice websites”, I study each business, identify their core problems, and propose strategic solutions.
In one case, I even did two weeks of unpaid research and consultation to solve payment and international delivery issues for a fashion designer, hoping to close the deal. After that? Silence. This keeps happening. Interest at first, then nothing.
It feels like most businesses here operate in survival mode. If what they currently use “works,” even if it’s inefficient, they don’t feel urgency to improve. Social media is enough. Anything beyond that feels optional. Now I’m questioning everything:
- Am I over-delivering without validation?
- Am I targeting the wrong market?
- Or am I just in an ecosystem that isn’t ready?
At what point do you stop trying to optimize your approach and start considering changing environments entirely? I'm really considering operating in other countries.
Would appreciate honest perspectives.
Web Developer in a Small Market, Am I the Problem or Is It the Environment?
byu/_itaky inEntrepreneur
Posted by _itaky
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I’m old so I have lived before there was an internet and startup was very difficult you were limited to your geographic area. The beautiful thing about the world wide Web aka the internet if you have the right product it doesn’t matter where you are build it and they will come. Obviously with the right promotion. If you think you have a product that somebody else cannot offer look for places where people are asking the questions or the pain points regarding their day-to-day grind. Write helpful articles were responses that’s solve these problems.