How did you acquire your first paid customer and what did you learn from it?

My first paid customer was from one of my Reddit DM's. But it takes so much time to find the first paid customer.

I am still working on getting my first paid customer for https://url.cafe [URL Shortener]. Right now I have bing ads and I am planning to get in touch with some digital marketers.

My story is rather simple. Someone liked what I was wearing and I told them I made it. Word of mouth is evergreen.

I began mailing design and consulting services to my friends. I started out sending an email with a questioning, open-ended subject line like "Do you need a logo?" or "How can I help you with designing your website?" Many of them ignored the mail, but others replied and asked what their options were.

Through social media, Facebook and Instagram particularly :)

I made Facebook ads to acquire customer from all over INDIA. I learnt that it takes time to build trusted customer

great

For us, it was through contacts and was close to 'free'. Gained lots of learnings - regarding product needs, use cases etc.

Hustle. Spoke to hundreds of people and found one to take a punt

I was like wow, God is in control and about making it for me. This is real OMG