Search Platform

2 Tips For Starting A Successful Search Platform (2024)

Updated: January 19th, 2023

Want to start your own search platform? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting a search platform:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a search platform?
-> Pros and cons of a search platform

Need inspiration?

-> Other search platform success stories
-> Marketing ideas for a search platform
-> Search platform slogans

Other resources

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a search platform:

#1: Lakshdeep Rajput, founder of SearchTap:

We chatted with with Lakshdeep, founder of SearchTap ($10K/month). In our interview, Lakshdeep says:

Always charge for your product/service when you're starting. While free users can help increase your market reach, the number of users is a vanity metric. You should be concerned with the number of paying customers and your MRR.

Additionally:

I think it’s very important for product companies to focus on building a more inbound sales process from day one rather than just relying on an outbound sales strategy.

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Read the full interview ➜