Launched a Typeform alternative and we hit $12k in revenue within 3 weeks of launch

[billyc115]

We launched Youform.io and within 3 weeks, we hit $12,000 in revenue.

It's a Typeform alternative that allows unlimited forms and unlimited responses (even on the free plan).

The Pro tier is $29/month (or $399 one-time payment for lifetime access) and allows users to remove branding, have their form on a custom domain, and a few other premium features.

I think Youform has resonated well because many people like Typeform, but hate their pricing. With Youform, we give them a similar UI and UX, but with reasonable pricing.

 

[alexandru]

@billyc115 Congrats! Hope did you market it?

 

[billyc115]

@alexandru We launched on X (aka Twitter) where I have 18,000 followers, and then just been sharing updates there since

 

[alexandru]

@billyc115 Twitter stills seems filled with indie creators.

 

[billyc115]

@alexandru Yeah, there's still a strong SaaS/tech/indie hacker community on Twitter

 

[katiejean]

@billyc115 How did you build your initial following if I may ask?

 

[bullmuse]

@katiejean Yeah, IMO building a following of 18k was the main success here. Hitting 12k revenue seems natural if you have that many organic followers already. Not to discount the product itself, but marketing is often one of the hardest parts.

 

[duke7779]

@bullmuse Agree. Building is easy. Finding audience & distribution is tough. That's my biggest struggle too.

 

[greatseams]

@duke7779 Honestly building an audience on social media is easy... Talk to people.

People think you need viral posts. Nope. Find people in your niche, follow interesting ones, then start engaging with them. And engage with people who engage with them.

Your goal is to have as many positive mentions of your name as possible in any given community.

So be funny or helpful or interesting.

This helps in two incredibly important ways: Network effect. And the other is that literally all social media platforms push people who use the platforms and provide high quality replies--more so than high quality content when you're first starting out.

I built 6k followers in like 2 weeks with several hundred likes doing that any time I posted doing that. Real people, no bots. Because I engaged with dozens of not hundreds of people a day with small, positive conversations in my niche.

The only thing... Is that it's kind of exhausting doing that for 4-8 hours a day. so if you have a budget, I'd hire someone to do it.

 

[michael_sf]

@billyc115 nice, what's your twitter? i just got started trying to be a little more active on following trends over there..

 

[billyc115]

@michael_sf https://twitter.com/mynameis\_davis

 

[michael_sf]

found it. you weren't lying, there's so much shit posting. and announcing someone you fired your co-founder. lol.

 

[billyc115]

@michael_sf Haha

 

[aby]

@billyc115 What content/theme were you posting about to get to 18k followers?

 

[billyc115]

@aby mostly SaaS related shitposts haha

 

[starryeyedmarisol]

@billyc115 love it

 

[ajj]

@billyc115 Brilliant

 

[rebbeca]

@billyc115 Hey, can you explain what is shitposting?

I saw this expression many times and I am not clear what it means.

English is not my first language

 

[billyc115]

@rebbeca Haha hard to explain. I guess a mix of sarcastic posts and memes

 

[rebbeca]

@billyc115 Ah, now it makes sense! I read a few of those on X