Api

8 Tips For Starting A Successful Api (2024)

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 19th, 2023

Want to start your own API? Here are some tips you should know:

Learn more about starting an API:

Where to start?

-> Api plan
-> How to finance an API?
-> How much does it cost to start an API?
-> Pros and cons of an API

Need inspiration?

-> Other API success stories
-> Marketing ideas for an API
-> Api slogans
-> Api names

Other resources

-> Profitability of an API

We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for building an API:

#1: Ervin Ruci, founder of Geocode.xyz:

We chatted with with Ervin, founder of Geocode.xyz ($30K/month). In our interview, Ervin says:

Just do what you enjoy doing and you might very well stumble upon a rewarding experience along the way.

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#2: Ervin Ruci, founder of Geocode.xyz:

We chatted with with Ervin, founder of Geocode.xyz ($30K/month). In our interview, Ervin says:

Identify your strengths and do what you like to do. Having a sense of purpose is important, especially when that purpose is to solve a problem you can muster the ability to solve.

Additionally:

The greatest resource is the general availability of technology. With a cheap laptop connected to the internet you can learn and create anything you want.

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#3: Ervin Ruci, founder of Geocode.xyz:

We chatted with with Ervin, founder of Geocode.xyz ($30K/month). In our interview, Ervin says:

Being a product that other people will pay you for, then you are on the right path to success.

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#4: Guillaume Monnet, founder of Mockoon:

We chatted with with Guillaume, founder of Mockoon ($0/month). In our interview, Guillaume says:

After a burnout in late 2020, I decided that my best choice was to quit my job and focus full-time on this project.

Additionally:

I will focus a bit on building a cloud offering that some users are awaiting. It should bring financial stability and transform this endeavor into a small business from which I can make a living.

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#5: Guillaume Monnet, founder of Mockoon:

We chatted with with Guillaume, founder of Mockoon ($0/month). In our interview, Guillaume says:

Study the media you are going to post on and plan accordingly. You want to avoid launching on a website when the time is not right, especially when talking about Product Hunt!

Additionally:

Launch early but gather feedback earlier. Contrarily to the adage, nobody will come, even if you build it. You have to find your users. Go where they gather, talk to them, but most of all, listen to them!