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I’m planning to launch my first MVP soon – a LinkedIn plugin. What would you recommend I focus on?

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For the past 3 months, I’ve been building a LinkedIn extension that tracks activity and helps users avoid getting restricted or flagged by LinkedIn by quantifying their actions over time.

It’s based on a problem I’ve experienced myself, and (as bad as this might sound) I’m hoping I’m not the only one who has this problem. 😀

  • The product isn’t fully finished yet, but the core functionality is already working well enough to serve as an MVP.

  • The remaining features will be blurred out as “Pro” features with an upgrade button that will actually lead users to a waitlist.

  • At the same time, I’m preparing the marketing side of the launch (creating visual assets, writing descriptions, and getting everything ready for the Chrome Web Store).

Here is the , btw.

  1. If you were in my position, what would you do to maximise the chances of people discovering the extension, installing it, and ideally joining the waitlist?

  2. And one more thing: do you think this idea has the potential to succeed?

P.S. I do not have a landing page yet, either. :D

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Aleksandar's advice is spot on - LinkedIn is the place to be - I'd be happy to beta for you :)

 Thank you so much. I created a waitlist, if you want to be notified when it is ready, I will sent an email:

 Please do

Hey Nika,

Interesting idea.

One thing I'd focus on before launch is making sure the messaging is built around the pain point rather than the feature.

Most users won't search for "LinkedIn activity tracker."

They'll search for solutions to problems like:

• "How do I avoid LinkedIn restrictions?"
• "Why did LinkedIn limit my account?"
• "How can I safely scale LinkedIn outreach?"

I'd also use the waitlist as a validation tool.

Rather than simply collecting emails, I'd ask subscribers about their biggest LinkedIn growth challenges. That insight could help shape both the product roadmap and future messaging.

For discovery, I'd lean heavily into founder-led content showing real examples of activity levels, warning signs and how users can stay within safe limits.

The idea definitely addresses a real problem.

The key question is whether the pain is strong enough for users to actively seek a solution and pay for it.

 Thank you for the list of questions they can search for. It is helpful. Regarding the questions within the waitlist – what can I ask here? I cannot make it very extensive for filling.

One thing I'd do is share your own story publicly. People connect with founders who built something because they experienced the problem firsthand.

 I am going to do it today – because LinkedIn blocked me again yesterday :D

hey Nika. before you decide what to focus on, clarify which user you are protecting.

flavor 1: the active recruiter or BD person whose income depends on LinkedIn volume. for them the differentiator is hard safety rails (rate quantification, daily caps, warning state). they will pay because the alternative is losing the account.

flavor 2: the founder or job seeker building presence. for them the LinkedIn algorithm itself is the threat, not their own behavior. quantifying activity does not solve their problem.

deprioritize flavor 2 at MVP. flavor 1 converts.

side note: building TAM Network for the flavor 2 crowd (receipts replace resumes, off-platform). happy to compare cold-start notes.

 I think that my possible target audience is creators like Jasmin Alic or similar.

In case of flavour 1: What would be the limit apart from the connection request and messages sent? What would they be interested in?

i'd spend time in Linkedin growth communities, founders groups and sales communities. The people most worried about account restrictions are probably already discussing those challenges somewhere. That's where your first users may come from.

 Now realised I am a part of some Discord and Slack groups, that could work too – thank you!

This hits close to home because I'm in almost the

exact same position right now building my first

MVP (an AI habit coaching app) and figuring out

the launch strategy as I go 😅

A few things I'd focus on in your position:

1. Launch the landing page before the product

even a simple one-pager with a waitlist captures

people who discover you early. Every day without

it is a missed email signup.

2. The "blurred Pro features" approach is smart

it shows vision without overpromising. Users

respect that honesty.

3. For discovery Reddit is underrated. Post in

r/linkedin and r/productivity with "I built this

to solve my own problem" framing. Those communities

love founder stories.

On your second question yes, it has potential.

The fact that YOU experienced the problem means

you understand it deeply. That's the best starting

point for any product.

Good luck with the launch! Would love to follow

the journey 🙌

 Thank you so much! :)

 Of course! Rooting for your launch, Would love to see how it goes. Feel free to tag me when you go live!

 Will do :)

Preemtive services is going to be really hot in the future. Not jsut for LI jail sits. But also for IRL sits. like legal, financial, compliance, etc. stuff that can get you tangled, but can also easily be avoided if you have something watching your back.

 My advantage is, that my current skills are very basic, so my product will be too :D Just because I wanna learn it on my own :D

I actually built a tiny version of this into my upcoming product. basically in prefs you can watch your rate limit and adjust update frequency to your need. As github is pretty strict with ratelimits. even 5000 calls an hour per user goes quickly when you got an army of agents and runner-bar running on top of their work. # Shameless self promotion plz forgive 😂

this is the world now. Ratelimits, Shadow bans, LI jail. And all of it is impossible to understand before it hits you 😅 so the pain is real. Definitely a painkiller product if it works as intended. Hopefully there isnt any blockers that makes it not work. You wont find out until its shippppppppppped 😅

 You are allowed to promote under my posts, you are a PH friend :D

i didn't understand the problem.

 The problem is that when you have a lot of unregulated activity on LinkedIn (too much engagement), LinkedIn can restrict your account and even ban it 4ever – so you can lose your community. My tool will prevent the bans.

I have the same problem on X. Any product recommendations that help?

 I do not know about any, but do you surpass their limits so fast? They are not so strict.

 I've had the opposite experience, X tends to shadow ban new accounts randomly. Also seeing a lot of reddit threads talking about the same issue. I'm launching my product soon and wasn't active on X earlier :) So I was trying to build an audience but X stopped showing my replies etc to people and I'm not even sure what the limits are.

 Maybe Product Hunt or LinkedIn are better places to start a community. What is the product? :)

 its an experimentation platform for anyone who has products being used by agents. we help test your product (right now devtools) and MCPs etc against major coding agents to see where they get confused/lost etc. Planning to do a PH launch next month :)

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