UnlistedJobs
"Scraper-powered job board aggregating listings directly from company websites, surfacing jobs not posted on Indeed/LinkedIn"
Marketing Channels
HackerNews
This HN thread generated significant engagement (32 replies), detailed feedback, and partnership offers. Creator actively engaging with every comment.
HN 'Who wants to be hired?' threads
Creator building promo code functionality to give away access to job seekers posting in HN's monthly 'Who wants to be hired?' thread — using HN's existing community as a distribution channel.
Word of mouth (job seekers)
Commenter lippihom said they'd share with friends who are looking. The value prop (jobs not listed elsewhere) creates natural sharing among job seekers.
Growth Levers
- Scratch-your-own-itch origin: built it to find own job, then productized
- Unique value prop: jobs not listed on major job boards (competitive advantage)
- Promo codes to HN 'Who wants to be hired?' participants (targeted distribution)
- Active community engagement — creator responds to every comment with substance
- Free trial could unlock word-of-mouth referrals (currently missing)
First Customer Strategy
Built the scraper originally to find their own next job. After it worked, turned it into a product for other job seekers. The personal origin story validates the tool — 'I found my last day job by using a scraper.'
Pricing Insight
Paid product but struggling with monetization model. Creator dislikes charging job seekers but hasn't found a good way to monetize companies. Free trial absence noted as a barrier — commenter lippihom said friends would have tried it with a free trial.
New Market Opportunities
- Competitive intelligence for companies Companies could pay for alerts about what roles competitors are hiring for, combined with hiring trend data over time. B2B monetization path that avoids charging job seekers.
- Job market analytics / heatmaps Demand trend graphs by role+location, geographic heatmaps of job density. Could help job seekers decide where to relocate and give the product a data/analytics moat.
- Auto-apply integration Partnership offer from Skyvern to add auto-apply functionality via API. Creator declined for now but it's a potential premium feature.
Key Takeaways
- • Building a tool to solve your own problem is the strongest validation — 'I found my last job with this'
- • Monetization is the hardest part for tools that serve job seekers — B2B competitive intelligence may be the path
- • Lack of free trial is a real barrier for word-of-mouth growth in job search products
- • HN community threads (Who wants to be hired?) can be a targeted, high-intent distribution channel
- • Active, substantive engagement in comment threads builds trust and generates feature ideas
Sentiment Analysis
10 Pos / 4 NeuNotable Quotes
"I found my last day job by using a scraper that visits company websites — Jabbs (creator)"
"This gives the job searcher an advantage to find jobs not listed on job search sites — Jabbs (creator)"
"Have a few friends that are looking that would for sure have checked it out had there been a free trial — lippihom"
"You should consider exploring whether competitive companies could be customers — dchuk"
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