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by Joakal 5403 days ago
Startups are generally told that popularity is a nice problem to have. Further it sounds like you're over-scaling before you release it. I have no idea what you're releasing though.

If you wanted to look at monetisation opportunities, even if it'll cost a lot of money, you need to say what you offer. Then people can say what you can sell. eg Allow people to do 10 images. Want to do more than 10 a day? Premium account! But how do you define a price?

Recommended material to read about: Marketing, monetisation and something about releasing often (self-educational?)

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> I have no idea what you're releasing though

No - I remember the knockoff debacle with the phone-me-to-tell-me-I'm-awesome idea, and while I agree with the "get over yourself, no-one cares" advice, I'm finding it a bit hard to swallow. It's a very obvious gap that's been sitting around unfilled for ages, and I'm not exactly quick to get things done :)

Thanks for the advice - over-scaling is right on the mark, I think.