Thijs
@thysmakes
Thank you! Not really a good enough reason. I figured a leaderboard website and the actual property listing website would make sense to keep them split up. I also want to code the second website as this one is no-code, which seems to be quite limiting. But a lot of people say that I need to keep it as one site, so maybe I will!
The listings will be scraped primarily. And I'm doing cold outreach to real estate agencies to let them post properties. But I think it's an easier sell if I have some traffic on the website. I know land.com! They don't have an API I think. I looked for good API's but can't really find them or they are really expensive.
Yeah my gut reaction is that you'll dilute your seo/ efforts having to build awareness and drive traffic to different brands. With some DNS and server reverse proxy finagling, you could maintain your no-code site and coded listings site on the same domain.
I dig it. The more scattered the data is, the harder it will be... but as im sure you're aware that's also a huge signal that there's value in aggregating it!
propwire.com is also free. i don't think they have an api, but you might be able to scrape vacant lot listings from them
Hm good one about the SEO, I never thought of it like that. Nice that you think it's a valuable concept! I'm in the validation phase so this comment makes my day. Thanks so much for recommending propwire, I didn't know it! I'll definitely try that out. Did you use them yourself?
Yes I do! Crazy guy always swimming in that snow covered river😂 If you like that, check out Project Kamp, it's one of the reasons I started this website.
- Made with softr is limited to the tier i'm currently using
- I'll look for a way to group the filters. That's a good one.
- The spacing in the paragraphs, you specifically mean the space between the single sentences?
- I got a lot of comments about the Shire. I thought it was a nice gimmick. But seems people find it confusing. I'll remove it.
- I'll look in to the voting mechanism. I don't think I can change it in Softr.
- It's a good thing you clicked on a location! I'm actually testing it out to see if people actually click there and "expect" details on the Homestead Location. So this is great feedback. I want to keep the MVP small tho, so adding a detail page is something that i'll do when the product is validated.
Thank you so much for taking the time to roast my site!
I'm not sure about the amount of users. But maybe check some inspiration at remoteok.com/hire-remotely how the page is set up and what information it asks from a customer.
Also checkout jobboardsearch.com/ that has premium sponsored ad slots
To add to this. If a directory website has a lot of users. There are companies that pay to post premium ads on these websites.
I suspect this would require an “advertise” page plus sufficient users for such an expense. Though, how many users will be sufficient for doing these premium ads, if any, just as a gauge?
I'm not sure about the amount of users. But maybe check some inspiration at remoteok.com/hire-remotely how the page is set up and what information it asks from a customer.
Also checkout jobboardsearch.com/ that has premium sponsored ad slots
Maybe a small thing, but I only allow myself some time on X when I build something. So if I built a feature or fixed some bug I post that on X and then I have a few minutes to reply or engage with posts etc. So no building means no X which forces me to ship more.
I'd say this is easy to validate if the idea works. Make 5 chatrooms for well-known books on your website. Launch it on book subreddits or forums to see if it works.
One thing to keep in mind I would say is how to make this product valuable for a user? If I make a discord server with a channel for every well-known book, how is this different from your product?
Thank you for the feedback.
I like the idea for Discord but I’m not building for you and me. My wife is part of a couple of book clubs on Facebook. It is insane how many still use Facebook and have not ventured out to things like Discord.
But a simple chat app might be an easier sell.
Hm good one about the SEO, I never thought of it like that. Nice that you think it's a valuable concept! I'm in the validation phase so this comment makes my day. Thanks so much for recommending propwire, I didn't know it! I'll definitely try that out. Did you use them yourself?
I just found out about it a couple weeks ago from a random investment newsletter i subscribe to. Haha honestly mostly just using it to snoop on homes in my area since you can see historical data on ownership, sales, and loans for a given property.