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Cool! How's it been going (business wise)?

It's going ok, but could be a lot better. I work full-time on it and barely earn enough for a living at the moment.

I need to focus A LOT more on marketing. The product is already really good, and existing customers really love it, they even send me emails saying how much they like it. I am a developer at heart, so marketing has always been tough for me. I tried various partnerships, and currently I'm implementing some systems to help with that (affiliate system, preparing some influencer marketing, etc.).

Pretty cool. That's a challenge many developers face btw. Good luck with that. Moreover, this market is crowded, so your messaging and positioning will require a lot of marketing money to be effective.

Thanks!

The market is indeed crowded for analytics platforms, but actually not many focus on the self-hosting aspect.

Positioning is indeed tricky, self-hosting is not for everyone.

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