I have a marketplace that was soft launched a few months ago. The first version is to release "sell products" feature and the second version is to release "sell services" feature. The "sell products" feature wasn't done right b.c. it was a result of a pivot and we are currently at a funny angle. I'm currently focusing my energy on customer development of "sell service", and it's not ready for development yet. I feel like the "sell service" feature has a bigger market, market that I'm more familiar with and it's more exciting. Now my questions are: - Should I put the "Sell Products" feature to the side for now? If so, do I need to keep this features live? Would it demoralize my team mentality if I hid the current features, and start from a landing page of "Sell Service"? - Otherwise, should my team fix the "Sell products" feature (It's ready for development) while I'm doing the customer development of "Sell Services" feature? However, my resources are very very limited. Is there any rule of thumb I can follow? - How do I do a proper launch and the prep work so I can launch "sell services" feature better this time?
My vote is to kill it. Focus your team on what's important for your business. Just because it's done is not a reason to keep it.
I always think. If the feature is not helping the product achieve its primary goal, it most likely getting in the way of it.
It's really hard but keep your product focused and trim fat when possible. You and your Team should be ready for it. Clear goals help this process.
Answered 10 years ago
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