2012 saw no users of Zapier.
There are currently 1.5 million users.
and increase by 50% per year.
The hardest part is typically obtaining your first few users.
Here’s how Zapier’s creator Wade Foster achieved it.
- He checked out the user forums for Dropbox, Evernote, and Salesforce.
then searched for posts requesting integrations.
Something along the lines of: “I adore Evernote, it would be amazing if it integrated well with Dropbox”
- He simply wrote: “Hey, here’s how you can do it… ” in those forums.
Here are the API documentation for these two services, along with instructions on how to implement them if you know how to code.
Alternatively, I’m working on a project to create an integration for this; if you’re interested in learning more, visit this site and let me know.
- From each of those forum connections, 5–10 individuals were attracted, and large corporations’ forum personnel began approaching him about collaborations.
- Wade required one-time payments of between $1 and $100 to enter the beta.
The goal is to only invite those who genuinely believe this is important enough to pay for it.
Source: groovehq.com