Ask HN: So how do you get alpha testers?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2086715

by jparicka • 16 years ago

9 9 16 years ago

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Say you have no friends/followers, how do you get some alpha testers for your app?

pghimire• 16 years ago

There are so many places. Given that you are limited on your budget, be prepared to contact anything tech-related you can find and submit your site. [Self - promotion - we'll entertain you - and feature you if you would like to submit yours at StartUpLift.com].

Goodluck with whatever you are building!

jparicka4• 16 years ago

StartUpLift.com, duh? :-)

I'm working on this http://alpha.beepl.com:8889/

nbpoole• 16 years ago

Hitting Enter in the search field on your front page sends an empty POST request to http://alpha.beepl.com:8889/, which spits back quite a bit of (what appears to be) sensitive configuration information.

jparicka4• 16 years ago

Ouch! Pricing: Our tiered pricing structure at $35, $50 or $80 levels I'm looking for something that cost $0.

3pt14159• 16 years ago

Honestly if you have no friends or followers you won't have any beta testers or early adopters either, unless your advertising budget is enormous.

Go to tech events. Make friends. Be involved.

jparicka4• 16 years ago

I wish someone have told me that 999 days ago when I joined ycombinator....

john_horton• 16 years ago

Depending on your needs, MTurk workers can give you decent feedback for very little money.

mailarchis• 16 years ago

Depending upon your target user segment, figure out what are their hangouts both online and offline, approach them personally and if thats not possible via email. talk to them about your product, understand their perspective and try to convince them to use your product.

For example say you are targeting college students, you can check out schools near your place, send out emails to college email group and get some feedback. f you are building something for developers, you can post it on HN and am sure you will get some useful feedbacks. All the best

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