[Jemaclus]

> how would i break into the market and find my first customers?

It's the Field of Dreams model. Build it, and they will come. Do some basic marketing. Worst case scenario, you built an uptime monitor for yourself!

I'm not sure diversity has to exist, honestly. If I'll pay one service $10/mo for uptime monitoring, and you have an identical uptime monitoring service for $10/mo, then it's just a flip of a coin which one I'll go with, right? There's no differentiating factor other than randomness. So go for it. Build it. Put it out there. You'll get _someone_. And over time, you can iterate based on the needs of the demographics that have chosen you. Maybe the people gravitating towards your stuff are more interested in cron jobs than websites, or maybe they're monitoring competitors rather than themselves, or maybe they're keeping tabs on government websites. Who knows?

You don't have to have all the answers right now. Build something and see what happens, then iterate from there.

[satvikpendem]

This is exactly how I operate too, clone then iterate. Just make a clone with the basic features as your competitor and then naturally you'll have thoughts like, "hey, this could be better this way." You only learn once you start, not before.