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Genuine question for people shipping real products, not demos. I've settled into a pattern where I let AI handle the repetitive layer (validation, CRUD endpoints, test scaffolding, UI states) but I refuse to let it make the decisions that are expensive to reverse later mainly the data model, service boundaries, auth, and failure handling. A schema that looks fine and gets generated in 30 seconds has bitten me weeks down the line more than once. My working rule is simple: if I can't explain w...

You paid for the click. Then lost the customer. Not because your product was bad. Not because your pricing was wrong. But because visitors never saw the information that would have convinced them to buy. The discount. The free shipping offer. The limited-time sale. The product launch. The important update. Most websites assume visitors will find these things on their own. They don't. Help visitors see the right message at the right time, without redesigning your website or tou...

I'm launching publicly in a few weeks and I keep circling back to a founding-member lifetime deal. The upside tempts me, and the downside scares me: The product is $200/mo. The deal I'm weighing -> $200 one-time, capped at the first 50 users, "founding member" forever. Upside: I don't need the MRR right now; I need momentum. 50 people actually using it, sending feedback, telling their networks. A founding cohort that's invested because they got in early. At launch, that's worth ...

So I launched pretty much exactly 1 year and a few months ago. It was a rough ride with ups and downs. After one year, product started getting suggested in Google, bing, chatgpt etc on page 1. So I stopped advertising 3 months ago. Every week I get 100-160 website visits a week and each week without fail, I get anywhere from 2-4 new customers. Few weeks ago I decided to make comparison and seo pages so hopefully that will increase visibility over time. Out of 100+ people, why does only ...

Many SaaS founders here will have more than 100 customers, and while those who are still struggling to get early customers will be here too. For those early customer hunting SaaS founders, It will be an inspiring and learning topic if you all can explain how you got your first 100 customers. What all thoughts worked and what all things not worked as expected?

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Sell a B2B tool. Tried the usual LinkedIn DMs and community lurking for months, was slowly makin me crazy. What worked: i went straight at founders whod recently raised. They have budget, theyre buying tools, and they move fast. Built a list of ~20 recently funded startups in my niche - found them by searching "raised pre-seed/seed" on LinkedIn and having ChatGPT clean it into a table with their raise + what they build. Referenced their raise in every message, kept it tiny and person...

I know this probably sounds ridiculous to people who aren't building businesses. A few months ago, making even $100 online felt impossible. Today my SaaS is doing around $400/month. The problem is that $400/month isn't enough to change my life. It's enough to prove that the idea works. It's enough to make me believe I might eventually make a living from it. But it's not enough to quit my job, not enough to feel financially secure, and not enough to stop worrying about money. So n...

I spent years working in tech before deciding to build a SaaS product for local service businesses, plumbers, electricians, cleaners, landscapers, contractors. People who wake up at 5am, work with their hands all day, and check their phone occasionally between jobs. 12 months in. Here is everything I got wrong and what I have learned about building software for people who did not ask for it. **The market is massive and massively ignored** There are over 4 million local service businesses i...

I’m getting ready to launch on Product Hunt in the next few days and I’m honestly a bit nervous. It’s my first time doing this, so I figured I’d ask the community for real advice instead of just winging it. I’ve been grinding on the product for weeks and I’m excited (and terrified) to finally put it in front of people. Before I hit “launch,” I’d love to hear from folks who’ve done this before: • What are the most important things I should do in the final 48-72 hours? • How do you usually pre...

After about 3 months, my inventory manager app just officially went live on the Shopify App Store. Now that the building is over, I realize I am completely green when it comes to organic marketing and getting those first 10-20 users to test workflows and give feedback. Ad spend isn’t really an option right now. For the SaaS and app founders here who started with zero audience: How did you get over that initial hump and find your very first batch of users to validate your launch? s...

https://preview.redd.it/9gi3g4qfe36h1.jpg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d78b4b6e8d4239b2b2e1e3f892cb05d1a47b9500 I've been building automation tool for 2 months now. Most days nothing happens. Today I woke up to 31 new users and 2 paid customers. I genuinely don't know what triggered it. When I checked the analytics almost all of them came from one specific page: a comparison page targeting people searching for Autocrat alternatives. I built it a few weeks ago because Aut...

Hey guys, so today i'll introduce my SaaS product or rather I'm a co-founder of it. It's been live since february and we've got 1000+ subs (not so much paying users tho lol) but we primarly built it because we're passionate about sports betting. It covers both player props (player level data and team level (for the moment soccer only)). We cover vast amount of leagues (NFL, NHL, MLB, and 8 soccer leagues (EPL, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, MLS, UCL, Europa, World cup). But I'll fo...

After months of building, I finally launched my SaaS. The good news Product is live Users are signing up organically, feedback has been positive People are actually using it The bad news I have no idea how to consistently get paid customers. Like many technical founders, I spent most of my time building the product and very little time learning distribution. Right now I'm struggling with questions like 👉 Should I focus on cold outreach? 👉 Content marketing? 👉 SEO? 👉 P...

I run Research Terminal (researchterminal.ai), an AI visibility solution that helps companies increase their mentions, citations and presence across AI models. It works well for established companies with existing authority, but I want to test how quickly it can generate meaningful traction for a company with a brand new domain. Who I'm looking for: A founder / company with a real product. Product is ready to ship. You're entering the marketing and growth stage. Your website/domain...

Anybody else here love working on their project on any time they have? I literally won’t stop coding and talking to customers because I just love seeing my product give value and improve

Hey r/SaaS , I’m a full-stack developer currently building a web-based spatial drawing and visualization platform, and I’m looking for some harsh feedback on the business case and Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy. The core idea is to give non-technical users in industries like real estate, warehousing, and logistics the ability to interactively map, visualize, and extract data from their physical spaces. Right now, a lot of these industries rely on static PDFs or clunky, expensive enterprise C...

I’ve used LinkedIn boosted posts to get a lot of traction. Should I be considering sponsored posts or traditional LinkedIn ads? Any help appreciated!

Hello! I wanted to share a small milestone: I just got my first trial user who isn't a friend or a family member !! I'm really happy about it, can't wait for the million download, but one step at a time haha. For context, it's for my app Hopopop, which helps you become smarter before you scroll: https://hopopop-app.com/

https://preview.redd.it/0ggrvhams26h1.png?width=834&format=png&auto=webp&s=6d1d6906a4d7b12efb953045527b92e638512de2 Feeling so hyped! I just received my first ever SaaS customer from a single Reddit post talking about what I’m trying to build! A few days ago I posted about compile.lovable.app in r/lovable It’s a simple tool that allows you to turn your Lovable project into a native Mobile App (iOS/Android) and push it to the app store with a one click . by the way, i...

serious question for founders who have real paying customers. I don't want advice like : post on linkedin do DMs do emails Because none of them works at early stage. It's too hard to get your first paying customer. And I really want to know what worked for you? And if emails worked for me then how did you get those mails? Did they really answer your mails? After deploying, when did you get your first customer? How did you define what acquisition channel works for you? An...

Something confuses me about the idea of building a SaaS. Why would someone spend 4–5 months creating a digital product and then earn only around $1,500 per month from it, when a regular job could potentially pay more with less mental stress and effort? I feel like I might be missing something important about the SaaS mindset. Is the goal simply to grow it over time, or is there another reason founders choose this path instead of taking a traditional job? I'd love to hear how experienced Sa...

last month I increased my price from $9 to $19. result? half my customers cancelled within days and the churn rate hit craaaazy ! now I make almost the same money but with way less stress and support requests. It felt like shit at first, but I think it was the right move. anyone else scared to raise prices? Did it work out for you or was it a disaster?

What's the best tool to build a landing page, showcase some of your product, collect emails to validate demand? I know there are a million tools, and the urge to build the page myself is strong but I just want to spend as little time and effort as possible on this and am hoping someone on here has the solution for me. Please share your experience. Also, if you have notes on this specific validation method, please share as well - I am not sure if landing page + email collection is the way to g...

Hi Everbody, Today, I have launched my first SaaS app after building it for 2months with handling my office work. It social media scheduler app which helps you to draft, publish or schedule post (X and LinkedIn). I haven't used 3rd-party vendor of integrating Social media APIs, nativity read docs of X and linkedin developer apis and integrated into my system. So that I can keep pricing low compared to market. I'm launching as Pay as you use model, so you only pay for what you post. No S...

Hi everyone, Today feels like a small but meaningful milestone for me. As a solo founder, I've been building GoMind AI largely on my own, spending countless hours designing, researching, learning, and developing a product that helps overwhelmed and busy minds manage their day with less stress and more clarity. A few weeks ago, I launched the Pro Plan with the goal of making powerful productivity features accessible at an affordable price while solving real problems people face every day....

I thank everyone from this sub reddit, I got my first sale and I am already excited https://preview.redd.it/pldpmjsw316h1.png?width=1340&format=png&auto=webp&s=95c74c7e629243d1e4bc94dfbcabc2bafa18ed78

hey everyone, i’m looking for honest feedback here. i’m a freelance developer and recently i’ve been talking with a lot of freelancers, tradespeople, consultants and small business owners. one thing keeps coming back. when i ask them how they set their prices, the answer is usually: “i looked at what competitors charge” “i charge what feels right” “i’ve always used that rate” “i increased my price a bit this year” but very few people actually know if they’re making enough margin on a pr...

What we found Based on our review, we identified the following product categories on your domain: Artificial Intelligence/Creative Generative AI (text, images, music, etc.) Digital Content/Marketplaces These categories fall outside what Paddle is able to support right now. Why this matters As your Merchant of Record, Paddle takes on the legal, financial, and tax responsibility for every transaction processed on the platform. Because of that, we can only support product categories...

I've been watching the SaaS space closely, and I'm seeing a worrying trend. Founders are leveraging AI to ship features at lightning speed. But here's the catch, they're completely skipping QA. No testers. No bug hunting. No real user simulation. Just push to prod and pray. The result? Broken UI flows Inconsistent state management Silent API failures Users who feel like beta testers (unpaid ones)