I feel like I'm building features nobody actually wants. Is this just a product strategy fail?
edit: tnx for the reality check everyone. realized I was confusing "feedback" with "value" and just burning cash. decided to stop the feature creep and partnered with SoftDoes to do a proper audit and refocus on the core product. finally feels like we’re building for revenue again instead of just checking boxes. topic closed.
I'm honestly at my breaking point rn. I’ve spent the last 4 months grinding on our product roadmap, trying to build every single "requested" feature that our early customers asked for. I thought I was being a good founder by listening to feedback, but now I look at our analytics and barely anyone is even touching 80% of what we built.
It feels like I'm just playing feature factory and wasting precious development hours on things that don't move the needle for revenue. Every time I talk to a lead, they complain about a different missing feature, so I add it to the list, build it, and then... crickets. Tbh it’s exhausting and I feel like I’m just burning cash while our core product stagnates.
I’m starting to wonder if I’m totally out of my depth with this product strategy. Should I just stop listening to the immediate feature requests and focus on a tighter core value prop? Or am I just bad at selling the value of what we already have?
I’m so tired of feeling like I’m building in the dark. Has anyone else gone through this phase where your development cycle is totally disconnected from what your customers are actually willing to pay for? How do you stop the cycle of building stuff that just sits there collecting dust?