How to research market/demand for a software idea

**99miles** · 09-22-2009 03:07 AM

I have an idea for a piece of software to build on my own. I am curious how to go about researching how much demand there might be for it. I am just an individual without a bunch of money backing me up, so I'm not looking for big expensive processes -- I'm just looking to get a general idea.
By Googling I see there's not a lot of competition, so that's a start. What else can I do?

**europromotional** · 09-22-2009 01:33 PM

everything depends on you. how you want to represent and advertise your products plays a vital part.

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**inle** · 09-22-2009 10:26 PM

What's your industry like?
Who's your target customers?

Research on these..

**Scar Tissue** · 09-23-2009 03:08 PM

I find some useful stats when I do marketing research on Twitter, Blog pulse and Boardreader.

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**hitboxnow** · 10-01-2009 10:16 PM

Google is a great start believe it or not. I think google is everyones friend. If it's not on google then it doesn't exist. If they do exist, they aren't marketing themselves correctly. You can see how many people are looking for your product or service by checking out the google keyword tool.