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by xavi 3634 days ago
I started https://omnimemory.com nearly 1 year ago. It's a spaced repetition flashcard system with a minimalist UI designed for both desktop and mobile.

It has a freemium model. It only has 35 signed-up users and nobody is paying. I only did some "marketing" for a couple of weekends (this is a side project), posting about it in some blogs, forums, Hacker News... I quickly got tired of this marketing work and moved on to other projects.
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udkl 3633 days ago
Why would I pay to use your app when there are freeish alternatives available ?

You do not seem to have a mobile app too. A mobile app would be most ideal as I could revise while travelling.

You could gauge market acceptance by advertising/promoting on school and college (SAT/GRE/IELTS) blogs and sites. Also language learning sites and forums.

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yranadive 3634 days ago
What is your bounce rate? Did you do anything like SEO?

If you have a high bounce rate, you might want to show the user a demo of how the product works.

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xavi 3634 days ago
Bounce rate for past June was 18.75%.

As for SEO, I just got a couple of backlinks by posting about Omnimemory on some websites. I considered content marketing but I haven't actually written anything yet.

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