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Building a Waitlist Before You Launch
What you'll learn How to build a 1,000-person waitlist in 30 days for ₹0 and turn 40% of them into day-1 users. Why it matters Launching to zero users = zero data = zero product-market fit signals. Waitlist first is the modern founder playbook. The playbook 1) Day 1 — Landing page with 1 CTA: 'Join waitlist'. Use Getwaitlist.com or Sub.club (free). 2) Day 2-7 — Post daily on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn about the problem you're solving (not the product). Link to waitlist. 3) Day 8-14 — Reach out to 30 relevant communities (Slack, WhatsApp, Discord) and share ONCE with a personal note. 4) Day 15-30 — Referral loop: 'Skip the queue — invite 3 friends, get in first'. Tools: SparkLoop, Viral Loops. 5) Post-launch — Email waitlist in batches of 50 to avoid overwhelming support. Watch conversion by batch. 6) Reality check — 30% of waitlist actually signs up. 10% becomes weekly active. Plan accordingly. Common mistakes No email verification (bots inflate numbers). Not warming up waitlist with weekly updates (they forget you). Launching to everyone at once (support explodes). Next action Ship a waitlist landing page today. Post about it on your networks tonight. First 100 signups this week.