# OpenPhone: How we got our first 1,000 customers

- Canonical HTML: https://growth.iangoh.com/sources/openphone-how-we-got-our-first-1-000-customers-openphone-com/
- Original source: https://www.openphone.com/blog/how-we-got-our-first-1000-customers/
- Domain: openphone.com
- Latest check: 2026-06-07
- Channels: Communities, Facebook Groups, Founder-led Sales, Lifecycle, Positioning, Product-led Growth, Research, Support, Word of Mouth

## Cited GrowthDex tactics

- [Disappointment survey segment before scaling outreach](/growth-ideas/disappointment-survey-segment-before-scaling-outreach/) - Ask early users how disappointed they would be if the product went away, then build outreach and roadmap decisions around the people who would genuinely miss it.
- [Facebook group comment gate before link drop](/growth-ideas/facebook-group-comment-gate-before-link-drop/) - In niche groups, post the problem and ask people to comment before sharing a link, so early demand shows up as public conversation instead of a suspicious drive-by promo.
- [Support through your own product channel](/growth-ideas/support-through-your-own-product-channel/) - Make the product’s core channel the support channel when it is credible to do so, so every support moment also demonstrates the product promise.

## Related reading

- [GrowthDex Blog](/blog/)
- [All growth ideas](/growth-ideas/index.md)