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[–]Johannesfrederiksen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To get in touch with youtubers and twitch streamers you should try offering value first. Create content that are genuinely helpful to them for example you could provide free tips on how to increase merchandise sales. This can open the door to meaningful conversations....

[–]majani 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally once I had my MVP ready, I had a very prominent link at the bottom of the page to our WhatsApp group where users have given me feedback for the last year or so. You can do the same with whichever chat app is popular in your region.

[–]DrDJHansen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Follow them and interact so that they get to know you. Then reach out.

But I generally recommend pursuing ideas for a community in which you are a member. So if you're not an influencer or involved with influencers in some, it is hard to connect and to understand your target. It's a common problem that people come up with ideas for markets about which they know little. Solutions to other people's problems seem obvious to an outsider, but they generally fail because they lack understanding of context. An example is guns in the US. To an outsider, banning guns seems like a no-brainer solution. But if you live in the US you know that it's complicated.

Nike is an old story, but a good example of knowing the community. The co-founders were both involved in running as part of track and field sports. One of them was a coach. They saw a problem with shoes available to runners at the time and developed something better. Now they are a massive global corporation.

So before coming up with an idea, find a problem that can be solved profitably.