EDIT: Will be going with the flow, get as much feedback and advice from you wonderful folks, and will keep you updated on the new stuff as we roll it out..
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Hey guys, thank you for your response. I am the founder of Betafy.
I really did not realize that we got submitted to product hunt. I think that this listing may be a little too premature. There are quite a few things are I am working on: Improving the UI, improving the backend algo to match startups with beta users and most importantly we are still a week or two away from piloting an improved SDK. Also we have had 60 startups who signed up via early access, and I am working with them to list them. Once they are there, and the SDK is scalable, we will be in a much better position for the exposure.
What do you recommend I should do? Would it be a good idea to request the listing be removed for now? Or just go with the flow and get to interact with folks that are interested?
Its just that I would like folks to not get a partial picture of the platform.
Thanks
Jeevan
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@fathomjeevan I would just go with the flow. The site may not be polished, but it's functional. You can always repost on Product Hunt for version 2.0.
@askdaylen Hey thanks, I have been having a separate conversation with Ben@product hunt as well, and this is his opinion as well. Thank you. Will be going with the flow.
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Great!
I'll be curious to see what type of products are featured here 🤔
@matthieudeluze I have been reaching out to Saas startups and B2C products as of now, because that is where I think I will be able to help most, atleast initially. But really any and all products are welcome. The backend algo should be able to do its best to help connect beta users.
That said, I am working very closely with every startup that has signed up, to improve the content of their listing. I am also doing a deepdive of every startup that is listing, just so that I know what they need. Which is why I am listing one startup at a time.
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@fathomjeevan Awesome!
That's a great process to maintain great content 👍 Might be a lot of work though, wish you courage and I'll keep sending more feedbacks while using it deeper.
@matthieudeluze thank you :) Yes, it is labor intensive, but immensely helpful (and fulfilling), getting to know startups personally is amazing, in addition to collecting relevant content. Will keep at it, and I look forward to you continued support and feedback.
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Cool product. I can see this being useful for location-based solutions. Wonder if a startup can request beta testers by region, city, zip code, etc. 🤔
@lindzora Hello Lindsay, yes that is the idea. Realized this early while talking to a delivery service app and a home security startup from the UK. Initially the algo will do the match up, but I am hoping to provide filters to a startup to be able to do this.
@tnsrig Thanks a lot. Yes, working thru the UI and we will be having update. Was wondering if you could elaborate on the weirdness, your feedback would help a lot :)
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Interesting. Will signup soon. Is there any cost? I couldn't see any pricing? If not, what's your business model? just curious.
@vinay123 Thanks. Have not published any cost, since I am still working on determining what my cost is. Ideally I would like to keep it free, because this is a result of genuine learning that came out of my interaction with many of my clients, but once I know what my costs are, I might introduce some paid features to cover my costs.
That said, I plan to keep the core features free.
Betafy helps startups maximize their beta by connecting them with relevant beta users, and by enabling the startup make sense of beta usage, to determine pivot points better.
@alexwinkyface There is an overlap no doubt, but the intent is different.
Once the Betafy SDK is live, betafy will do the job of both, connecting a startup with relevant users, and for a startup to be able to measure the interaction of the beta user and beta product non-anonymously.
While the measurement part is analytics, and has an overlap with other analytics tools, the intent here is for a startup to be able to pin point features of the product that are used the most, and for the startup to be able to interact with a beta user to understand the beta use.
The idea of the public listing is to give the startup an initial exposure to beta users.
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@alexwinkyface Please correct me if I'm wrong PH Team, but at this point PH is for polished products out of private beta and exists as a launchpad, community, and knowledge base of makers & new products. There is definitely a need for a pre-PH beta user acquisition — i.e. lowercase alpha, especially for products that have an offline component and need localized beta users.
From a user standpoint I'm always on the hunt for new stuff to try out and love to get it before it's available to the public.
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