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How CSS Scan Grew

Browser extension for copying website CSS styles

How did CSS Scan grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

CSS Scan grew initially by validating the product concept through outreach in Brazilian Developers Facebook groups, where the positive response encouraged further development. After about a month of work, the product was launched on Product Hunt, where it achieved success compared to previous launches.

Channels

2 channels · grouped by how CSS Scan grows
  • Product Hunt

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “After the 50 hours of work, which took like a month, I launched it on Product Hunt and it was a success (compared to my previous launches).”
    high
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    “Live on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/css...”
    medium
  • Organic social media

    · 1 mention
    “To “validate” it, I reached out to some Brazilian Developers Facebook groups, asking if they would pay $1 for this extension, and the result was good enough, so I started coding.”
    high

How 3,117 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — CSS Scan’s highlighted.
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    66%
  • Social media
    64% ◀
  • Search/SEO
    58%
  • Email
    48%
  • Community
    37% ◀
  • Content/Inbound
    35%
  • Partnerships
    33%
  • Events
    25%
  • Paid ads
    24%
  • Outbound/Sales
    19%
  • Press/PR
    18%
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    12%
  • Podcasting
    4%
  • Building in public
    3%