You vibe-coded an app. Now get users.
Building got fast. Being found did not.
First brand read free. No filming.
The short answer
Your first users come from showing the app solving one problem, where people with that problem already scroll and ask: One short video a day on TikTok, Reels and Shorts, and real answers in the communities where the problem comes up. Launch directories bring a spike; daily posting is what compounds. Track which posts bring signups and make more of those.
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From shipped to first users
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Write the problem, not the features
One sentence a stranger would say out loud: “I keep losing track of my invoices”, not “AI-powered finance dashboard”. Every post starts from it.
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Find where the problem is discussed
Subreddits, Discord servers, X threads and niche forums where people ask for exactly this. Answer properly; link only when someone asks or the rules allow it.
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Post one short video a day
The problem in the first two seconds, the app solving it in the next twenty. Your face and a screen recording of the app beat a polished ad, and formats that already performed in your niche beat a blank page.
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One link, tagged everywhere
Send every post and profile to one landing page with a tag per source, so you can see which channel and which post brought each signup.
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Launch where builders look
Product Hunt, Show HN on Hacker News and startup directories give a one-day spike and your first reviews. Treat it as a bonus, not the plan.
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Double down on what converts
Every week, find the two posts that brought the most signups, not the most views, and make five more like them.
The channels, honestly
Launch directories
Fast and free, one spike, then flat. Good for feedback and a first badge; rarely a steady source.
Communities
The best source of your first 10 to 100 users and the most manual: you answer one person at a time, and self-promotion gets you banned.
Paid ads
Fast, but expensive before you know which message works. Run them after organic posts have shown you the angle.
Search
Compounds for years and takes months to start. Write the pages now; do not wait on them.
Short-form video, daily
Compounds within weeks and reaches people who are not searching yet. It needs volume, which is the part Percify takes over: it reads your landing page, deals daily ideas built on posts that performed, presents them with your own face and voice, and posts the ones you approve.
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Your questions, answered
Short answers to what people ask next.
Show the app solving one specific problem in short videos every day, answer people who already ask for that solution in communities, and send everyone to one tagged landing page so you can see what converts.
There is no honest single number. A launch day can bring dozens at once; daily posting builds over weeks. Measure signups per post, not per day, and the trend shows you sooner.
It helps people trust a new app, but you do not need to film. Percify presents each video with an avatar of you, made from one photo and a short voice sample. You can add a screen recording of the app when you want it in the post.
Yes. Percify has an MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor can deal ideas, approve them and schedule posts. API keys come with the Scale and Ultra plans, and the MCP server works on every plan, Free included, by signing in with your Percify account; what the agent makes is paid in credits.
Where your users already watch. Consumer apps usually start on TikTok and Reels; tools for professionals often do better on LinkedIn and YouTube Shorts. One video can go to all of them.
Your first brand read is free: paste your landing page and see the ideas. Making videos takes a plan or a credit pack, and posting for you needs a posting account: Scale includes 3, Ultra 10, and any plan can add one for $5 a month.