That makes a lot of sense. My costs are essentially $0. My time is the largest factor. Agreed the user's are most likely "shortlived", but I collect emails which could be nice for something like a newsletter.
Yeah, newsletters seem big these days so that could work.
Alternatively you could let users make profiles with their preferences for their ideal job (remote only, MEAN stack, >£80k, etc) and notify them when a matching ad appears, you could even charge for this. This strategy allows you to also charge employers to contact/see your users, I think Dribbble does this, so it might be worth taking a look there.
Good luck and let us know how it works out, I love hearing about stuff like that.
There's your answer right there. Find remote employers who are hiring and pitch them on a paid listing with prime placement within the app.
Job boards are marketplaces. Supply = employers, demand = candidates. Charge supply for access to demand. You've built up the demand side of the marketplace first. Now you need to build the supply side. How are you pulling in listings right now?
Knowing that, IMO two key questions to ask yourself: how long/how many users can you scale to without monetizing? And how engaged are your users?
I think the play here is: land grab and sell your users to an aggregator at some point. So I'd grow it as fast as possible while minimizing distractions. Also, I'm assuming you've read Traction. I'd burn out whatever growth you're doing until it dries up or you're approaching the point where you can no longer support it without monetizing before digressing away from what appears to be working great.
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