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Val Hinov is the founder of Thankbox an online group card tool that grew to $20k p/m throughout lockdown. Now Val is facing the challenges of what to do when your product scales, what to do when the wave that brought you success starts to slow and when your product has one-time purchase pricing model.What we covered in this episode: Where the idea for Thankbox came from? Lessons learned from a failed startup How he built Thankbox in 2 months How he got his first users for Thankbox Building a virality model Using Google Ads to grow quickly Advice for people apprehensive of using ads Why social ads didn’t work The effect of a one-off purchase pricing model Having a big drop in usersIndie Hackers Pod  The seasonality of online cards Outsourcing vs solo When to go full-time Recommendations Book: Atomic Habits  Podcast: The Revolutions Podcast  Indie Hacker: Andrea Bosoni  Follow Val Twitter PersonalSite Thankbox Follow Me👉 Listen to my new podcast, No More Mondays. Twitter Indie Bites Twitter Personal Website Buy A Wallet 2 Hour Podcast Course Sponsor - 4dayweek.ioAs indie hackers we’re always trying to squeeze extra hours in our day to work on our side projects. What about if you had a whole extra day to work on your projects, while still getting a full-time salary?4dayweek.io is the place to get a Software Job with a better work-life balance. All jobs have a 4 day work week contract and most are only 32 hours per week. Find the best remote tech jobs from companies with a great work-life balance at 4dayweek.io or hit the link in the show notes.👉 Try it here.

Val Hinov is the founder of <a href="https://www.thankbox.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thankbox</a> an online group card tool that grew to $20k p/m throughout lockdown. Now Val is facing the challenges of what to do when your product scales, what to do when the wave that brought you success starts to slow and when your product has one-time purchase pricing model.What we covered in this episode:<ul> <li>Where the idea for Thankbox came from?</li> <li>Lessons learned from a failed startup</li> <li>How he built Thankbox in 2 months</li> <li>How he got his first users for Thankbox</li> <li>Building a virality model</li> <li>Using Google Ads to grow quickly</li> <li>Advice for people apprehensive of using ads</li> <li>Why social ads didn’t work</li> <li>The effect of a one-off purchase pricing model</li> <li>Having a big drop in users<ul><li><a href="https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/221-valentin-hinov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indie Hackers Pod</a></li></ul> </li> <li>The seasonality of online cards</li> <li>Outsourcing vs solo</li> <li>When to go full-time</li> </ul>Recommendations<ul> <li>Book: <a href="https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5782/9781847941831" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Atomic Habits</a> </li> <li>Podcast: <a href="https://thehistoryofrome.typepad.com/revolutions_podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Revolutions Podcast</a> </li> <li>Indie Hacker: <a href="https://twitter.com/theandreboso" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrea Bosoni</a> </li> </ul>Follow Val<ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/ValCanBuild" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.valcanbuild.tech" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PersonalSite</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.thankbox.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thankbox</a></li> </ul>Follow Me👉 <a href="https://nomoremondays.fm/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Listen to my new podcast, No More Mondays</a>.<ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/jmckinven" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/indiebitespod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indie Bites Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://jamesmckinven.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Personal Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://whistablecraftco.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy A Wallet</a></li> <li><a href="https://2hourpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2 Hour Podcast Course</a></li> </ul>Sponsor - <a href="https://4dayweek.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">4dayweek.io</a> As indie hackers we’re always trying to squeeze extra hours in our day to work on our side projects. What about if you had a whole extra day to work on your projects, while still getting a full-time salary?<a href="http://4dayweek.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">4dayweek.io</a> is the place to get a Software Job with a better work-life balance. All jobs have a 4 day work week contract and most are only 32 hours per week. Find the best remote tech jobs from companies with a great work-life balance at <a href="http://4dayweek.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">4dayweek.io</a> or hit the link in the show notes. 👉 <a href="https://4dayweek.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Try it here.</a>

Growing an online card tool to $23k a month - Valentin Hinov, Thankbox

In this episode I talk to Indie Hacker Valentin Hinov (@ValCanBuild). He is someone caught the pandemic wave in the best way possible. He came up with an idea that not only helps teams feel more connected but also removed a huge pain for team managers. I'll ask him how he built it and how the model for the product has a built-in growth mechanism.  Send a Thankbox: https://www.thankbox.com/ Follow Val on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValCanBuild Read Val's journey: ValCanBuild.tech

In this episode I talk to Indie Hacker Valentin Hinov (@ValCanBuild). He is someone caught the pandemic wave in the best way possible. He came up with an idea that not only helps teams feel more connected but also removed a huge pain for team managers. I'll ask him how he built it and how the model for the product has a built-in growth mechanism. <ul> <li>Send a Thankbox: <a href="https://www.thankbox.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.thankbox.com/</a></li> <li>Follow Val on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ValCanBuild" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ValCanBuild</a></li> <li>Read Val's journey: ValCanBuild.tech</li></ul>

#222 – A Model with Built-in Virality with Valentin Hinov of Thankbox