About

firstthousandusers.com is a set of short guides on how founders, builders and indie hackers get their first users. Each guide covers one channel or tactic and sits at the stage of a project where it applies. The map shows which guides fit your product type, budget, time and audience.

How guides are written

• One tactic per guide.
• Steps come first. A reader should know what to do within a minute.
• Results are stated realistically, with no inflated numbers or promises.
• Each guide rates its fit for every product type and explains the exceptions.

Adding a guide

Each guide is one markdown file. Its frontmatter holds every field used by the map, the filters and the guide page. Adding a file adds a node to the map and a row to the list.

---
title: Post a Show HN on Hacker News
slug: show-hn
summary: Share something people can try right away...
stage: launch
channel: [launch-platforms, communities]
cost: free
time: day
needs_audience: false
fit:
  great: [devtool, oss]
  works: [saas, ai, extension, game]
  weak: [mobile, marketplace, newsletter]
notes:
  mobile: Link a web demo or a short video.
submitmap: false
related: [reddit-launch-post, product-hunt-launch]
---

## What to do
1. Make sure people can try it without signing up...