Hi Matthew, I'm in the same situation. I spent a few days working on the MVP and when it was 80% ready I published it.
How do I stop fighting the urge to delay
It will never be perfect and you will never be finished. Just do it :)
What platforms should I promote to?
Start with friends and family and ask them for feedback, if you haven't done so already. After that I would start with 1 platform, where you have a following and see what kind of feedback you get. I just shared my project on DEV a few days ago asking for feedback and got a lot of very valuable comments from the community.
How should I take criticism?
Ignore the jerks and trolls. Reply to everybody else. Consider the criticism and either build it in or if it doesn't fit, reply why it doesn't.
Do I need a super good looking landing page?
You should have at least some kind of front page to welcome users. It doesn't have to be super long, my landing page is a one pager with a heading, a tagline and 1 or 2 sentences.
If I'm launching it free for now, does it look bad if I try to monetize it later?
If you are open about it, it shouldn't be a problem. Will you make it freemium or go from free to paid for all?
Thanks for the tips. I think I'll spend some time on the landing page first then. I'm glad you got feedback from DEV! I hope I can get valuable feedback here too. That being said, I know I'm not that good at responding to criticism so I'll probably ignore it until the heat goes off. As for monetization, I think I'll do freemium for now, and maybe add some new features down the road for the paid version.
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Hi Matthew, I'm in the same situation. I spent a few days working on the MVP and when it was 80% ready I published it.
It will never be perfect and you will never be finished. Just do it :)
Start with friends and family and ask them for feedback, if you haven't done so already. After that I would start with 1 platform, where you have a following and see what kind of feedback you get. I just shared my project on DEV a few days ago asking for feedback and got a lot of very valuable comments from the community.
Ignore the jerks and trolls. Reply to everybody else. Consider the criticism and either build it in or if it doesn't fit, reply why it doesn't.
You should have at least some kind of front page to welcome users. It doesn't have to be super long, my landing page is a one pager with a heading, a tagline and 1 or 2 sentences.
If you are open about it, it shouldn't be a problem. Will you make it freemium or go from free to paid for all?
Good luck :)
Thanks for the tips. I think I'll spend some time on the landing page first then. I'm glad you got feedback from DEV! I hope I can get valuable feedback here too. That being said, I know I'm not that good at responding to criticism so I'll probably ignore it until the heat goes off. As for monetization, I think I'll do freemium for now, and maybe add some new features down the road for the paid version.