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by jherg 2231 days ago
It's a Remote Job Board for iOS https://apps.apple.com/us/app/remotely-job-search/id13495238...

"Remote job boards" are a dime a dozen on the web, but first of its kind in a mobile app.

The easy answer is to sell featured job postings, but my users are candidates and not employers.

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> my users are candidates and not employers

There's your answer right there. Find remote employers who are hiring and pitch them on a paid listing with prime placement within the app.

Job boards are marketplaces. Supply = employers, demand = candidates. Charge supply for access to demand. You've built up the demand side of the marketplace first. Now you need to build the supply side. How are you pulling in listings right now?

Knowing that, IMO two key questions to ask yourself: how long/how many users can you scale to without monetizing? And how engaged are your users?

I think the play here is: land grab and sell your users to an aggregator at some point. So I'd grow it as fast as possible while minimizing distractions. Also, I'm assuming you've read Traction. I'd burn out whatever growth you're doing until it dries up or you're approaching the point where you can no longer support it without monetizing before digressing away from what appears to be working great.

Monetize through preferred placement of job ads (like weworkremotely.com)

Grow through advertising of your own

Get purchased by indeed.com or whatever.

Profit

I'll take a 1% cut for coming up with this plan for you

> "Remote job boards" are a dime a dozen on the web, but first of its kind in a mobile app.

LinkedIn has a mobile app. Several in fact.

Time to email some recruiters at companies with remote positions (which I imagine is a lot of companies right now).