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How Shipper.now Grew

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How did Shipper.now grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Shipper.now initially gained traction through Reddit, which helped increase their monthly recurring revenue from $50 to $1,000. They also focused on SEO by targeting high-intent keywords related to their competitors, which contributed to their growth. Around day 50 of building in public, growth accelerated significantly on Twitter (X), where they made about $20,000 MRR in one or two weeks by using their own product and sharing links in tweets.

Channels

5 channels · grouped by how Shipper.now grows
  • SEO

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “At the same time, we focused on high-intent SEO keywords like alternatives to X, how much does X cost, with X being our competitor's names.”
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    “At the same time, we focused on high-intent SEO keywords like alternatives to X, how much does X cost, with X being our competitors' names.”
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  • Reddit

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “Reddit drove the initial traction. We're regularly getting 400 upvotes, and that's really pushed us from $50 to 1K MRRs.”
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    “Reddit drove the initial traction. We're regularly getting 400 upvotes, and that's really pushed us from $50 to 1K MRRs.”
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  • Twitter

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “Then things went parabolic. In one or two weeks on X, we made about 20K MRR by just dogfooting the product. One trick I learned from Rob Hylum at SuperX was to always add your product's link in the second tweet to squeeze more attention and get that extra traffic to your website.”
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    “Around day 50 of building in public, X started working. Then things went parabolic. In one or two weeks on X, we made about 20K MRR by just dogfooding the product.”
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  • Product Hunt

    · 1 mention
    “In short, we got our first users through Product Hunt, Reddit, SEO, and then X, Twitter.”
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  • SEO

    · 1 mention
    “We use WordPress for SEO on our blog and PSEO pages.”
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How 2,669 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Shipper.now’s highlighted.
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    68%
  • Social media
    58%
  • Search/SEO
    57%
  • Email
    47%
  • Community
    33%
  • Content/Inbound
    31%
  • Partnerships
    30%
  • Paid ads
    24%
  • Events
    24%
  • Press/PR
    18%
  • Outbound/Sales
    16%
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    8%
  • Brand Authenticity
    2%
  • Product expansion
    2%