Felix Found His First Users in 8 to 10 Survey Replies. Ge Fei Carried the Question into Search

The survey asked what target users were experiencing and whether they would adopt the proposed solution. Felix does not describe an effortless rush of responses. In a comment, he says the post needed several attempts across communities, and the exchange mattered. The team spent time reviewing other people's projects.

Not every participant became an active user after the MVP arrived. Felix later says so directly. Validation produced a reason to continue, not a stable business. That expectation is closer to what an ordinary team can use.

Felix reports 475 new users on Product Hunt launch day and roughly 1,000 within a week. At five months, he listed more than 4,000 users, over 100 paying customers, and $2,300 MRR.

A commenter found older posts and questioned the revenue figures. Felix returned to distinguish one-time revenue from monthly recurring revenue. This article cannot audit either side. The durable part is the publicly documented sequence of survey, follow-up, and product improvement.

The second case works backward from the page. In a V2EX teardown of voiceisolator.io, Ge Fei looked at competition and then inspected the homepage. The title carried the core term, the description continued it, and the canonical pointed correctly. About 1,755 English words, H2s, a visual tutorial, and FAQs stayed around voice isolation.

The teardown does not prove why Google ranked the site. It supplies an editorial line we can inspect. The query appears in the title, the opening answers it, the tutorial completes the task, and the FAQ handles what remains.

Find eight to ten target users and save how they describe the same problem. Put the most repeated phrase into the title, H1, and opening answer, then add one complete tutorial. On day seven, ask participants whether they recognize their problem on the page.

Search will not provide stable ranking evidence in a week. The first cycle asks whether people understand the page and want to keep trying. After four weeks, no impressions point to indexing or query fit. Impressions without clicks point to the title. Clicks without use point to an unfinished answer.