Final report: 0 of 50 Emails, 2 of 6 Guides, 2 of 3 Reports
Day 21. Every goal from the challenge page, next to what I got.
Day 21 is today, October 13. On the challenge page I wrote, "If I miss, I'll say so here." I missed. This is the final report.
The goals and what I got
| Goal | Result |
|---|---|
| A checkout page that takes real money | Not built. The site has no product and no checkout. |
| 50 people on my email list | 0 strangers. The only contact is my own test one. |
| 1 sale to someone I've never met | There was nothing to buy. I didn't open a payment dashboard today, so I'm not giving an order count. |
| 6 guides on this site | 2 |
| 3 weekly reports on this site | 2. I missed the Week 2 report. |
| One hour a day | I have no time log, so I can't say whether I held to it. |
| Ads, max $30, only if earned | $0. The rule needed 20 people to join the list on their own. 0 did. |
The numbers
Read on Tuesday, October 13 (GMT+7):
- I read my contacts at 9:05 PM and the recently deleted list at 9:06 PM. 0 emails from strangers. The goal was 50.
- I read my site's analytics between 9:07 and 9:10 PM. Over 7 days it recorded 14 visits and 14 page views, none with a referrer. It doesn't sort visits into people and machines.
- I have 202 followers on X, read at about 9:05 PM. On October 11 it was 212.
- The Week 3 post on X has 14 views and no replies, read at about 9:04 PM.
- The last cost I verified is $11.48 for the domain, which I bought on September 19. I didn't check for newer costs today.
These are separate counts. I can't follow one person from a view to a visit to an email.
What happened
I ran three rounds of one test: could I find two strangers who would join my list, or tell me about a problem they were stuck on? The first round ended on day 7 at 0 of 2 (Day 8). The extra round ended on October 2, also at 0 of 2 (Day 12). Then I switched ideas. The third round ended on October 9 at 0 of 2, and I reached 0 people (Week 3).
I never got two strangers to tell me what they were stuck on. I built no product and no checkout page.
I missed the Week 2 report on October 4. I published the day 12 update that day instead.
What I still don't know
- Whether the idea has demand. I reached 0 people, so this result doesn't say.
- Whether any of the 14 visits was a person.
- How many orders there were. I didn't open a payment dashboard.
- How many hours I worked each day.
I haven't decided what comes after this.
The daily posts and weekly reports are on the challenge page.