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So I basically launched my SaaS and now I am wondering: how are people actually advertising these? I know there is platforms like tiktok where I can make videos about it, but is there any way to advertise for free?

Every week I receive emails from indie hackers with success stories which are very motivational but somehow make you feel very small compared to them. I always think about how many SaaS don't even get registered users or, if they get users, how many of them never get the first subscription payment. Then there is another group where I'm now, the ones with new users every day but just a few subscribers. And then the group with the ones who can live from their SaaS. What's that percentage, 10%,...

For a very long time, I have tried every possible way to distribute my SaaS to my users via numerous channels. Many methods failed, many worked, and I am still continuing with some. Last week I had my first high ticket conversion that really motivated me and now I'm thinking of strategy which everyone follows is reinvesting a good portion everytime. I'll not be putting the whole money but around 60% of profit to be on safe side, and starting out with Google Ads, kinda like performance market...

I am a full-stack/product engineer and I am trying to build a portfolio based on real SaaS problems rather than creating more fictional side projects. What I would ideally like to do is work with a few early-stage SaaS products that already have users and contribute to something meaningful maybe a feature that's been sitting in the backlog, an AI integration, or a workflow that needs to be built. My goal is to eventually document the experience as a case study: Before → Problem → What was ...

The math just doesn’t work out. Free tier users cost increased 10-100x because of inference cost. If your free tier uses LLMs and you pay the API costs, the math is horrendous: An average free user with 10-12 sessions a month and costs you around $2.80 per month. Heavy free users probably cost 10x. And even if 5% of users convert at $20-50/mo that just doesn’t work out. Potential fixes but none is optimal: Give free users cheaper models (but now you're demoing a dumber product). Credits,...

Excitement is killing me!​ I used to spend almost all my time coding and building products. But ever since I made my first few sales, i completely shifted. Now, I find myself watching and reading success stories as if I’m already there,like I finally get what it feels like.

AI made it possible for one person to build Maggi AI to $1M ARR in 12 months. Yet, It also made every advantage more fragile. I built the company without VC funding or a large team. One person, building inside an industry that refuses to stand still. From the outside, $1M ARR looks like validation. for me, this raises a harder question: What is an advantage worth when the underlying AI models keep improving and new competitors keep appearing? The honest answer is: not much, unless y...

Ok so it finally happened and I got my first SAAAAALE! But there is one funny and one weird part... The funny thing is that the very first user who signed up - deleted his account 😅😅 Now for the weird one - my SEO is not that great yet, In total I had 11 clicks(screenshot shows 12, but 1 of then is from me) and these 11 clicks generated 2 sign ups, from which as I said one user deleted his account but other.... Placed an order of roughly 200€! And thats a subscription 🤯! I haven't had suc...

I built something that automatically updates clients on where their case stands, so attorneys stop getting a dozen "any update?" calls and emails every week. Took 30 days to build it, mostly nights and weekends. Finally shipped it and put it on Product Hunt, honestly expecting at least a handful of signups out of it. Got some nice comments, a few upvotes, felt pretty good in the moment. Checked the numbers the next morning and nobody had actually visited the site. Zero signups. I t...

Hello there, fellow Reddit users. I’ve been developing a fitness app for the past month, and it’s nearly ready, but I have a major question on my mind: should I launch it as a website first, or publish it as an app on the Play Store or App Store? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Suppose someone is building a CRM for sales and one of the features is buyer engagement persona ...would you buy that product?

Hey everyone, I’m project manager at a growing B2B SaaS company and want to invest more seriously in SEO over the next couple of quarters. Until now my team handled most things in-house or used help from freelances. I feel we’ve reached the point where we need a team that can own the strategy, technical SEO and content as well. Usually the same names come up. SeoProfy WebFX Victorious Coalition Technologies OuterBox Thrive Internet Marketing. From what I've found, the first one...

I have over 5 years of experience as an app designer and developer. Now I run a website redesign studio called Glasspage. I'll give you suggestions to help make your website more clear, useful, intuitive, and aesthetic to new users. I'll critique the first 10 websites, then I have to get back to work.

Looking for honest input on valuation before I list this for sale. Numbers: MRR: ~$15K, declining (was higher a year ago) Trailing 12 months revenue: ~$327K Last 3 months revenue: ~$67K Profit margin: 40-50% Roughly 30-40% of the revenue came from one-time/lifetime deals; the rest is recurring 1,000+ active subscribers, all word of mouth + SEO acquisition. Runs with a small team (1 dev, 2 support) The decline is mainly because we shifted focus and budget to a different prod...

I really don't know if I'm in a good situation or not. My app went live 4 months ago and I'm trying to figure out if this is normal. I feel like compared to the previous period, there are barely any downloads now. I'm 10K in debt and I have to pay it off and be done with it. I don't know if I should invest in the app so it can cover the debt (I haven't put money into the app, I only market it organically and just pay for monthly tool subscriptions). How and what would you recommend doing? I feel...

Big news folks, I just launched my first product. No customers. No money. No “PMF.” No fake MRR screenshot. No “just hit $0 ARR ask me how.” The only transaction I've had is from myself for a billing flow test. And yes, I refunded it. It’s an email validation tool. Yes, those already exist. Yes, bigger ones exist. Yes, mine is not going to “disrupt the $47B deliverability industrial complex.” I built it anyway. Why? Because my team was lighting money on fire paying the big guys f...

I’ve been building home3dplan.com, a 3D home design builder that lets you sketch floor plans and see them come to life in 3D. The idea is to make it simple enough that you don’t need to be an architect or learn some complicated CAD software just to plan a room layout or a full house. It’s at the point where I need real people poking at it instead of just me clicking around convinced everything works. I’m looking for a handful of testers who can try building something, break stuff, and tell me ...

Woke up this morning to a nice surprise: someone bought the $49.99 Lifetime subscription for my app, VaultAudit AI , on the App Store. It’s only my second lifetime customer , but honestly these early milestones feel huge when you’re building solo. Seeing someone trust your product enough to pay for lifetime access is incredibly motivating. Time to keep improving the app.

Hey all! I've been a lurker for a number of years and I think it's finally time for me. I built a tool that I think might actually be worth something! At its core it basically unifies every customer’s texts and emails into one shared conversation and is built for setting up AI agents to run your communications right from within the platform. It has a lot of moving parts but I think it can genuinely be the next big platform for managing communications. I'd love to trade beta testing ser...

Hey all, I worked tirelessly for the past few weeks updating my features, pricing and overall UI. Just launched the new features for my content growth saas just over an hour ago... I gained valuable feedback from the off which validated my new updates! Its great to see users making a difference in their content through something I made. Thought id share this small achievement as it gives momentum for further development and users. For those thinking about shipping new features o...

Habit trackers. Productivity apps. The single most saturated niche on earth. Every dev's first app. A graveyard. I built one anyway. And I even lead my marketing with habit tracking, the most crowded feature I have. somehow it still makes money... About me: dad, married, solo dev. Started building in November, launched Loggd on Dec 10. It's an all in one personal growth app. Habits, tasks, goals, focus timer, journal, all connected with gamification and a GitHub-style activity graph. Think...

Just launched my Saas getleadflow.co I have 0 users within the first hour of launching but I have 384 people on my waitlist. Sent out emails a minute ago. Lfg. When do I make my first dollar? When do I book a vacation to Bali and get to work from my laptop while sipping on some coconut? Honest answers only please 🙏

TLDR: Removing the signup wall before people could try the product tripled our conversion rate. Took us way too long to figure this out. --- Background: A while back I shared my playbook for getting to $200K MRR across 3 bootstrapped SaaS businesses. That post got a lot of traction so I hope you got something out of it if you saw it! It also resulted in this Starter Story interview , which was super fun The hack: This is one small conversion change that's had a bigger (immediate) ...

Hey all, I'm building a B2B SaaS aimed at early-stage founders (basically a GTM tool for small teams). Still in alpha with a small group of test users, and pricing is honestly the part that's giving me the most trouble before we go live properly. A few things I'm stuck on, would love to hear from people who've actually been through this: How many tiers is enough? Two, three, should there even be a free/freemium option? I'm worried too many tiers confuses people, but too few means I'm lea...

When you have a SAAS, that already have active clients, with subscription per seat model, how to introduce AI feature pricing, especially when some users dont use it and others consume alot of tokens

A lot of people told me you cant luach without, but it's really hard to build momentum on it, any advice?

Hey SaaS community, hope you're all doing good. My SaaS is actually doing pretty well so far, but I feel like I've hit a wall with growth. i've been building Termi Protocol , a niche desktop app for developers that visualizes AI coding agents in a cozy 3D workspace. So far I've had 2,292 unique visitors, 145 registrations, and 70 purchases . I launched on Product Hunt and finished #5 Product of the Day , promoted it on Reddit and LinkedIn, and even tried Instagram and TikTok. The problem is t...

Hello I have built my first SaaS project and I am looking for a service that will handle all the legal parts pertaining my product TCs, GDPR compliance Accessibility etc. The one time lawyer consultation could be an option but a more exhaustive service that just handles everything for a fee would be better I've stumbled upon Termly but was wondering if anyone has advice or personal experience and knows a better solution. Currently located in Germany so EU?Germany compliant would be ideal. T...