Week One Recap.
Tinyproj launched in the late hours of Sept. 13. A week or so later, here’s where things are after sending two emails (there was a mid-week send on Wednesday due to project demand — not a bad problem to have.)
- 6,430 have registered for the weekly emails
- Now that some of the buzz has died down, we’re adding roughly 200 users/day
- 64 projects have been submitted in total
- 31 of those have been approved and paid (with a few more in the queue)
- Just as many have been rejected or asked for clarification for not meeting our guidelines
- The average user requests an intro to 2 projects
- Projects receive, on average, 74 intros each
- The average project has a budget of $1,900 and has a timeline of about 1 week
I couldn’t be happier with the response thus far, and on both sides of the equation. Folks are loving the projects and seem to be enjoying the curation I’ve been trying to do. Those who have paid to list projects are thrilled with the amount of quality intros they’ve been getting.
It’s also been exciting to watch the product transforming before my eyes. For instance, based on overwhelming feedback from project owners, earlier today I pushed a brand new dashboard for projects where one can manage and respond to interested talent. This should also cut down on the email overload Tinyproj was causing up to this point. There’s also some stuff in the pipeline that deals with feedback mechanisms for both projects and talent. The future seems bright for this experiment turned revenue-generating product. Also newly launched are the Tinyproj Guidelines, which set forth what we expect of our users and projects.
You should follow @Tinyproj on Twitter for more quick-fire updates, and by all means, if you’re a developer or designer, or have a small project and need talent, please give Tinyproj a shot.
-Kyle
