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I build SaaS MVPs for founders. I don't usually do cheap work but this guy seemed like he genuinely needed the help, so I quoted him way under my normal rate for a MVP build. First mistake, but we'll get there. Scoped it at two weeks. He pays an advance through PayPal, I get to work. Every few days he shows up with changes. Can we add this. What if it also did that. At first I just built them. Eventually I said look, extras cost extra, and he goes yeah yeah build it, we'll handle it at the e...

honestly I'm tired of the doomer's post. Yes, AI made everyone faster, not just you. Yes, big players can clone your micro-SaaS in a weekend. All true. here's what the doomer's miss: every single one of those things is also working FOR you. You can now build in 2 weeks what took funded teams 6 months in 2020. The barrier to entry didn't just drop for your competitors, it dropped for YOU. And the tourists leaving is the best news possible. Less noise. Less "I made $10k MRR in 30 days...

Which one describes your situation best? A. Nobody visits B. People visit but don't sign up C. People sign up but don't pay D. People pay but don't stick around Curious what stage most SaaS founders are dealing with right now.

A lot of successful startups did not start with a “huge market.” Even now, a lot of YC founders are winning by doing something unscalable first: - manually onboarding users - sitting in customer support - editing outputs themselves - DMing users one by one

We’re EU based and need something with smooth signing flows, solid GDPR coverage, and an API that doesn’t take weeks to integrate. Curious what other small SaaS teams in europe are using ? and what actually held up after implementation.

A saree brand in India posted a reel. It got traction. By the end of the day, their team had 1,000+ DMs from people asking about price, fabric, availability. Three people. Manually replying. Every single day. I'd never thought of Instagram DMs as a "sales operations" problem before. But that's exactly what it was. The brand wasn't struggling with marketing, In fact their content was doing well. They were drowning in demand they couldn't process fast enough. Customers would DM, n...

Maybe a basic question, but I’m trying to understand how SaaS founders actually handle competitor tracking. Not the “enterprise competitive intelligence” version. More like: you’re a small team, you notice a competitor changed pricing, launched a new feature, updated their homepage, or published a comparison page. What happens next? Do you actually do anything with that information? For example: update your sales pitch change your outbound angle prepare an objection response ...

I assumed prospects would have lots of questions before signing up. Instead, usage was surprisingly low and most conversions happened without any interaction. Has anyone else found live chat less useful than expected?

Hi r/SaaS , I think it's safe to assume that many of us have spent countless hours investigating successful products and learning what makes them tick. Product Hunt is one of the best places to do that, but I feel its UX isn't optimized for quick navigation or getting a broader view of the market. That's one of the reasons why I built Product Atlas . I wanted a way to switch between categories, see the bigger picture of the day's launches instead of going through one post at a time, and ...

I’ve been building a pretty niche little SaaS: a decision-reflection tool based on I Ching and Zi Wei Dou Shu. Basically, instead of treating divination as vague fortune-telling, I’m trying to turn it into a structured way for people to think through relationship, career, timing, and life decisions. It’s definitely not the usual B2B SaaS, but I wanted to share a small milestone because the SEO side has started to show some real signs of life. Current numbers: 1,500+ registered users ...

I'm getting ready to launch my AI SaaS and I'm confused about the best approach. Should I set up a waitlist first to build anticipation and validate interest, or should I just launch publicly and start getting real users immediately? The product is functional and close to being production-ready, but I'm not sure if a waitlist adds value unless you already have an audience. My main goals are to get early feedback, acquire initial users, and avoid wasting time on things that don't move the busin...

I have been seeing a lot of niche SaaS getting developed. For example today I saw a SaaS for collecting payments and invoicing for recruiting firms I have a firm belief that if I build a B2B SaaS in a niche that solves that one specific problem of that niche business, instead of trying to go mass market from day 1 The saas shall grow It's also applicable for services too Would love the thoughts of people who have experienced this? ...

As a founder, you have to spent a lot of time, money and effort to bring a quality product to the customers. And still, you might feel it's not getting the customers and attention it was expected. You are not getting enough money from it to survive, and that will take you to a big disappointment and you might be thinking about stopping it. Does anyone here felt like that? And then later you found that things are working slowly, you are getting some paid customers and getting revenue and that b...

​ Looking for ideas outside the usual AI hype.

I feel so happy to see that the tool which i initially created for myself just crossed more than 2000+ users today. I created this tool totally personalized according to my own needs but then i transformed it to be available to everyone who would need it. Initially i had set it without any authentication or database. It generated what i wanted from it and it gave me the final results in a downloadable html and json files. Now these 2000+ users come and use it for their own work. If an...

i'll keep this brief, i've always wanted to build a saas, but i literally cant find an idea, whenever i find an idea especially if there is competitors i can't tell if it's worth people paying for or not, so for example ill find a tool that is too expensive for providing too many services when people only come here to use one, so i think about making it cheaper and focusing on this main feature, my only validation for this is one or two people on reddit and common sense but i dont know if that's...

Had a pretty embarrassing one this week, but i do think there's something useful in it.. a bit of context first: i've been building my own little AI setup for outreach and dogfooding it on my own DMs. most of the time that's fine. this week it bit me on the arse. i messaged an engineer, sharp guy, about a technical thing he'd commented on. referenced his point, asked real questions, did everything by the book.. (same one everyone else uses right now anyways) honestly, it felt good when i hit...

Many platforms create public pages for their users. For example, profile pages, listing pages, shareable countdown pages, creator pages, directory pages, portfolio pages, etc. At some point, the platform may want to show analytics to each user, like: How many people visited their public page Unique visitors Top countries / referrers Page views over time Basic engagement or events Analytics per user or per public page But building this properly is not simple. You need to tra...

I'm the founder of StartupSubmit and spend most of my time researching where startups can get discovered online. Post your startup URL and tell me who it's for. I'll personally suggest 5 directories, communities, review sites, or launch platforms that make sense for your niche. No generic AI-generated lists. I'll try to make each recommendation relevant to your product and audience. Drop your startup below.. [link] [commen...

Hello everyone! 😄 I have a hobby project that seems to be quite popular on the internet. Users? ✅ Traffic? ✅ Nice feedback? ✅ Revenue? ❌ Should I be worried, or am I just successfully running a charity for strangers? 😂

Hey I’m working on some AI-powered apps (chatbots and agents) and keep hearing about the friction when trying to close enterprise deals. Specifically, the long security questionnaires that come up during procurement. Things like questions around prompt injection risks, how data is handled with LLMs, agent permissions and oversight, potential runaway actions, compliance with EU AI Act / NIST / etc. Curious from those who’ve been through it: 1. How painful has this been for you when selling ...

I've been building a SaaS in the sales training / skill development space and I'm running into a problem I didn't expect: I have no idea where the people in this niche actually hang out. I've had some success on Reddit because people are incredibly honest about their struggles there, and I've learned more from a few comment threads than from weeks of guessing. But it feels random. One post works, ten others don't. What I'm really trying to understand is how people who are good at marketing...

Hey everyone, I'm wondering how did you validate your SaaS idea with clinics or healthcare professionals? I’m doing research on credentialing workflows and curious how others approached discovery in regulated industries.

Please list your site here if your website offers a free tier that does not require a credit card to sign up AND is a true free tier as opposed to something like free for 7 days and then switches to a paid plan.

I spent 413 hours building a custodial USDT escrow SaaS. The dashboard was the easy part. A few months ago I worked on the build side of a crypto payment product for users who were not technical enough to manage seed phrases, private keys, gas, wallet addresses, etc. The idea looked simple on paper: user signs up we generate a USDT wallet user deposits funds user sends money using email/phone platform supports escrow At first glance it sounds like “wallet + transfer + dashboard”. I...

Inconsistency is key. Just posted something on Reddit about your SaaS? Sit back for a week and hope that post blows up. Make sure to never post within 72 hours of your previous post. Spend all your money right away. Need to pay $4500 for a CASA tier 2 verification for your SaaS to look presentable? Do it before you have a single paying customer. Be obsessed with making updates. Before you get a single paying customer, fall in love with making your product the best it can possibly be in ...