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by Jugurtha 1866 days ago
Sorry, but this looks exactly like the cautionary tale of what not to build in examples 'startup people' give. It's almost always a pet dating thing.

Again, my comment may not age well when your company skyrockets.

Anyhow, have you interacted with your target audience and have they voiced that this is a problem they'd pay money for to be solved ? Did they do that before you tell them about your app ? There are many people who talk to me about their apps, and unless they explicitely ask for my straight opinion, I won't dwell on it and just go 'Sounds interesting'.

How important is that for these people? How painful or deal-breaker is the pet part in that app? Has anyone gone "That guy/girl is super hot, but they have a [$pet_breed] so it's dead".

Is it a frequent thing ? What's the substitute ? What's the job to be done ?

Are the 200 users actually using it? How often? Do they use it for their own breeding, or for that of their pets ? As in there are some people who want to breed their pets and are picky with the mates.

If they're not using the application, why is that ? Why did they sign up in the first place, and what value did they expect? Did they even have pets or was it just another dating app to maximize their chances?

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Hi. Thanks for your honest opinion. That's what I am actually looking for. So many questions and for sure I have asked all those questions from myself and through research as I started working on this idea. We switched from only a dating app for animals to a platform that tries to address most of animal-human bond related topics. We added a pet adoption board, lost and found pet instant notifications, a social section to find pet sitters, etc. Kind of all-in-one app for animal lovers. I do need to reach out to more users to see how their experience is with the app. That is a great point you made. I think what I am wondering is whether it's time to not totally stop, but like pivot our focus on something specific like re-evaluate some services that we offer in the app?
>platform that tries to address most of animal-human bond related topics

I've never had a pet, so I would not know where to start. Would the platform provide guidance for a first time pet owner, something like a Duolingo experience with achievements that takes me from making sure the pet does not die due to something that is obvious for experienced pet owners but completely alien to me?

Would the platform be open for third party experts to publish their courses for specific breeds? Say I want to have a Dobermann; this breed requires experience which I lack. Would it be possible to follow a course for exactly that breed?

Again, I'm not a user of the application and don't intend to adopt a pet so my feedback is not worth that much, but I'm curious.