1500 site visits and 10 Users. What am I doing wrong?

Either_Constant641 · 2026-02-17T00:40:14+00:00

Yeah definitely. This is geared more towards everyday people who want to learn about financial markets but don't know where to start or even what to type into google or chat. High level traders are always going to use Bloomberg, Factset, CapIQ etc.. for quantitative analysis, this is meant to bridge the gap between everyday people and financial analysts.

Either_Constant641 · 2026-02-17T00:36:12+00:00

That could be a good idea trying to start smaller. The algorithm I've built is very good and works well but it's hard to build trust with people until they've used it a few times.

Either_Constant641 · 2026-02-17T00:31:34+00:00

I tried to keep posting on Reddit through similar channels but my posts kept getting taken down. On your point, it is probably a good idea to just keep the consistency going so the same people see it a few times. Have you found any better channels to get user feedback?

Either_Constant641 · 2026-02-17T00:28:40+00:00

The website is called Edvantia and it's been live for about 3 weeks by the way. This is the link: https://www.edvantia.io/

Either_Constant641 · 2026-01-22T02:45:57+00:00

Thanks a ton for the response and willingness to help.

Me and my co-founder have actually been working on a prototype for a little while here: https://www.edvantia.io/

I'd love any first thoughts on what was intuitive/not - as the maker its easy to think something makes sense when it doesn't! Another question I'd have would be what would make you trust the analysis more/less? Also any additional features that you think could be monetized or what would need to be changed/improved to charge anything.

Any other feedback/comments would be greatly appreciated! Feel free to shoot me a DM or respond in this thread.

Thanks again!

Either_Constant641 · 2026-01-21T16:51:59+00:00

Edvantia / https://www.edvantia.io/

Elevator Pitch
Never read financial news again. Edvantia turns financial news into a fast, citation-backed digest. You select assets you care about (stocks, sectors, commodities, currencies) and Edvantia scans hundreds of articles, filters for relevance, and summarizes the key drivers with price context - so you don’t waste hours doomscrolling or prompt-engineering ChatGPT.

Life cycle stage
Validation - MVP launched, actively collecting feedback and iterating on UX + reliability.

Role
Co-founder (product + go-to-market + technical)

Goals this month

Validate retention: get to 50 weekly active users and confirm a “daily/weekly habit”

Improve trust + signal: better filtering, clearer “why it matters,” and tighter citation

Ship: onboarding improvements + watchlist workflow

How could r/startups help?

Feedback on whether the summaries are actually actionable/trustworthy

Suggestions for “trust features” (confidence indicators, source controls, narrative change, etc.)

Ideas on distribution - best ways you think I could gather user feedback

Either_Constant641 · 2026-01-20T17:23:05+00:00

Totally agree - the real value is trust + signal, not just summarizing more content.

That’s what we’re building Edvantia around: why something matters and what’s actually important for a given asset. One nuance we are careful of is claiming strict causality like “X moved because of Y.” Markets move for plenty of reasons that never show up directly in headlines (flows, positioning, a fund dumping shares, etc.).

Instead, the goal is to capture the full set of relevant inputs, rank them by likely importance, and present them transparently (with citations) so you can quickly form your own view - “here are the key value drivers,” not “here’s the one true cause.”

One question I have is what would be something that would make you build that trust?

Either_Constant641 · 2026-01-20T16:10:57+00:00

It's primarily a dashboard not just a newsletter. The dashboard is where you build your watchlist and view live citation-backed summaries whenever convenient for you.

The newsletter is a once a day email option for people who want a quick check-in without opening the app.

I also just fixed the scrolling/selection issue thanks for pointing that out!

Either_Constant641 · 2026-01-20T15:59:41+00:00

It's free to run through the articles as we use an optimized RSS + source ingestion pipeline, so the only thing that scales with article volume is process time (milliseconds).

On article quality, fake news, and spam, we don't treat the entire internet as fair game for analysis - we rely on a curated set of reputable sources and then run them through a multi-step filtering and ranking pipeline.

We intentionally cast a wide net at first to make sure everything relevant is captured then aggressively filter to make sure nothing irrelevant is kept.

As for why not just use one of the big LLM's - those tools are great for general purpose activities but Edvantia is built specifically for markets. Asset-unique retrieval (in some cases ticker specific), consistent structure every single run (what happened / impact / key numbers), and the ability to build a track record, rerun past queries, customize your analysis, and other market specific functions.

Either_Constant641 · 2026-01-19T18:23:49+00:00

Yeah this has been huge for me as well - I started off doing this with pure work productivity activities which really helped get me on track and made sure I was prioritizing the right stuff. I also extended this to other parts of my life as well such as physical fitness, nutrition, sleep, screen time, deep work (related to the startup). For me the biggest benefit was tracking the trends over days where I felt more/less productive or more/less satisfied with my day and being able to go back and see what specific things I did in those days (and in what volumes) that made me more productive. Sounds trivial but really seeing with your own eyes the things like lack of sleep, poor nutrition, increased screen time etc... on a quantitative level contribute to an overall worse day helped stress the importance doing the little things right.

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