Ask HN: MVP using an off the shelf product?

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Just curious to know if any of you built your MVP using an off the shelf product.

If you did were you successful?

For e.g. Using discourse to start a community OR Word press to start a real estate brokerage page

We started our business with a single static page, then multiple static pages. The pricing page basically said "email us", the contact page just had an email address. All account management was an off the shelf API management system we paid 25 USD/month. Everything was manual, new customers had to be added manual to a text file, we created and emailed invoices with MS Office. To see if there is a market and customer demand it's enough.

How is your business doing now?

successful

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