📊 January stats for @quickapi - Getting started.

Page views: 4196
Visitors: 2241
Signups: 46
Customers: 0
MRR: 0$

Let's see what happened and what's next for February 👇

For my 1rst month, I picked up the project from previous owner @mddanishyusuf:
• Got hands dirty with the technical stack (Mongo, Gatsby, Digital Ocean, Express)
• Contacted 100+ users with a nice email
• Called 4 leads.
• Sent 20+ cold Linkedin msg.
• Wrote a few posts

The aim was to understand what's interesting about QuickAPI's value proposition of "Selling any data as an API in minutes" and help me shape what's next, which brings me to my February goals 🎯

1. Convert a customer
👆 Is the project more than just "nice"?

2. Try a complementary value proposition: "Monetize your API"
👆 Can I use it to sell my API? (more on that coming)

3. Getting more traffic
👆 Reach 3k visitors and 100 signups with good examples and use cases.

I'll keep posting my progress here; follow @dot_louis to see how I get this bad boy business from 0 to something!

January stats for QuickAPI

I've got 2 value propositions for @quickapi, which are probably aimed at two different personas.

1️⃣ Distribute and sell your raw data (CSV, Gsheet, Airtable) via API access.
2️⃣ Monetize existing APIs without having to dev billing, auth, etc.

Problem: I don't know who needs 1️⃣

1️⃣ Turning data into API products is the most confusing for me, but it's the value-prop of QuickAPI's landing page as of right now.

I'm sure some people would be interested, but I don't know where to find or how to describe them.

2️⃣ Monetize APIs in record time.

The first time I saw QuickAPI in the wild, I was looking to monetize jobtitlesai.com and immediately saw the opportunity if I could add the API as a data source.

So I *think* I kinda know the target market: Indie makers, and SMBs.

Anyway, I'm going to make two separate, clear-cut landings.

1️⃣ quickapi.io
2️⃣ quickapi.io/api

First problem: I have two value propositions

So... I bought a company on Twitter...

It may seem risky, but I actually was following Danish's journey for the last year, which contributed a lot to building trust.

https://twitter.com/mddanishyusuf/status/1596155000321118208

Why build when you can buy? 🤔

• Domain name alone is probably worth $5k.
• 250 (freemium) users
• Product itself is already working without additional dev time
• Side-riding Mohd's recognizable and trustworthy brand.
• Most importantly: I had $5k to spend with limited risk

I've been launching many different projects in the last 2 years, and none have generated significant revenue. So how about I throw even more money out the window, you ask?

Aka: so you think this will work this time?

Yes and no 👇

Yes, because I've learned a ton in the last 2y.
A bit from people, NOT from books, mostly from experience.

For one, I've stopped shipping countless features unless I've understood who they are for.

Also, I wouldn't spend time on it if I didn't think it would work.

No, because I know it's a game of stats.
This shot may not be the one™️, but each time I increase my chances.
People considered successful have launched *lots* of projects before, just like @tibo_maker and many others.

https://twitter.com/tibo_maker/status/1614967014031822848

That's just the start. Happy to answer questions about the acquisition process, Quick API, or any other topic.

Consider following @dot_louis if you want to learn in real-time how I turn quickapi.io into a working product.