Title: Four months ago, one of my projects was ready to be posted on &quot;Show HN&quot;, and so I did. After a couple of hours it reached the frontpage and traffic was through the roof. A handful dozen of trial users signed up, and with feedback of the community, I thought that if I were to spend a bit more time on it, this would be the side project I could continue working on and make some side-money with.<p>Long story short, four months later, I am the only user of my service. I hired a brand strategist who looked at the market, with who I forged a marketing plan, and with who I set goals. Needless to say, none of them were met.<p>What does&#x2F;can this mean? Should I accept that what I built will only be used by myself, or is this a phase each product&#x2F;service goes through? If only there were one extra paid user, I would have enough motivation to continue, but with zero conversion the motivation starts to fade.<p>I think it is irrelevant to re-post a link to the project, but feel free to ask&#x2F;look it up if you think it&#x27;s relevant.
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