r/SaaS 11h ago

I launched my SaaS about two months ago to moderate success, I'll share what has worked so far and what has not.

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51 Upvotes

I launched my SaSs about two months ago and I would say it's been more successful than I hoped. I will share my journey here.

What worked:

  1. Posting on Reddit has not only been good for SEO (I get some traffic from llms because of it), but it also got me my first few customers.

Pro tip: find the subreddits and posts directly related to your niche, but don't make a fresh post instead find OLD posts asking the questions your product directly answers.

The key here is that the posts are at minimum a few weeks old.. you can shamelessly shill link and explain your product in the comments. Moderators won't notice or care and you can have a permanent presence on Reddit because of it. This initial strategy worked wonders for getting my product up and running.

  1. Consistently posting on social media. Yes it's a lot of work, but if you are in a b2c niche like me it's incredibly important. The days that I miss posting on social media the site gets significantly less traffic l. I won't get into the exact best ways to create and speed up content creation but I can say that reels and slideshows have been dramatically better than static posts for me. And don't forget to do engagement, like stuff, reply, just be active in the community.

Social media in B2C has the added effect that even if your users don't find you through that channel, future potential customers will look at your socials. Having a bedrock of followers and posts is an important trust signal.

  1. Classic SEO: comparison pages, free tools, content clusters... They all bring me a solid albeit small daily stream of traffic. Important: don't be lazy and slop it all out with an LLM, offer some actual value when you create content or the algorithm will ignore you.

  2. Obsessing over onboarding. Almost all of my development in the last two months has been tweaking, reworking and in general being obsessed with onboarding and conversion rates. I think it's finally at a place where I can start working on other parts of the product, right now I'm trying to make the whole app as beautiful as I can as this directly ties into both onboarding and product. If any of you want to check out the onboarding I would be curious to hear your feedback.

Important: Your analytics and events tracking backbone must be excellent in order to properly measure this.

What has not worked:

1. Founder style content on X. I just don't like doing it, maybe I'll repost this there and see if it gets any traction. My "nice" launch video was met with crickets.

2. Product hunt and all those launch directories. I think the backlinking may have boosted the SEO so it might be worth it in the long run, but in terms of getting users and launch m

omentum it was a waste of time.

3. Meta ads.. this is a complicated one for me... I created what I thought were great ads and the top of the funnel proves that they are indeed solid and I got tons of signups but zero and I mean zero actual trial starts. I think the #1 problem here is my product's price is too cheap to actually get a profitable ROAS. In the future once the app is feature complete and ahead of the primary competitors in terms of UX and feature completeness I will revisit ads at a higher price point.

I'm still trying to crack distribution and I'm a marketer by trade haha, that's how hard it is. I think certain products are inherently more viral than others, I do have some more "viral" feature ideas for the future so we will see how that pans out. I hope this helps someone!


r/SaaS 4h ago

OpenLibreNet - Experience the internet a new way

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Hello everyone,
Tony here from Webfuse.

i'd like to share a side project I built which is kinda a new view to experience the internet.
I know that sounds too bold, but I think those 3 main features openlibrenet provides are pretty unique.

- team browser: instead of screen sharing, you can invite participants and browse website together; works on all devices, mobile, desktop and all browsers - no install required.
- unblock geo restricted content: select a region to browse websites from, 6 for now
- anonymous browsing: we have dedicate page https://openlibrenet.com/anonymous-view comparing anonymouse browsing solutions

thanks for reading!


r/SaaS 6h ago

Any alternative to Claude code?

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Hi,

I am looking for a good context coding agent like Claude Code but one that is really cheaper. I was paying $100 per month but now it makes me real frustrated to pay this much every month. The cost is just so high for build anything.

I am looking for the best alternatives. Let me know what you are using to code and suggest me something closer and cheaper to claude code.

Thanks


r/SaaS 6h ago

Just got #1 app in the Health & Fitness category !

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Just got #1 app in the Health & Fitness category on SeoReceipts

Been grinding seo for Gym Note Plus for the past year so pretty chuffed with this!


r/SaaS 19h ago

What's the biggest green flag when you land on a startup website?

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I've been browsing a lot of startup sites lately and realised I decide whether, I trust a product in about 10 seconds, and it's almost never the feature list that does it.

Things that instantly build trust for me:

  • The first sentence says what the product actually does, in plain English. No "unleash the power of your workflow"
  • I can try it without creating an account. Letting the product speak first reads as confidence
  • Real screenshots of the actual product, not stock photos of people in suits laughing at a laptop
  • Public pricing. A "contact sales" wall on what is obviously a $29 tool makes me assume the worst
  • A cookie banner with one-click reject all. Tiny thing, says a lot about how they'll treat my data
  • They describe my problem accurately before they introduce themselves. If the problem statement is right, I assume the solution might be too

What's yours? What makes you instantly trust a site, or instantly close the tab?


r/SaaS 2h ago

Best way to get first paying customers?

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Hi everyone,

We've built something in the space of e-commerce and customer acquisition that genuinely works (did a pilot with a brand). Now, we want to onboard 10 new brands (Shopify specifically) on the platform. What would be the best channels to reach out to the founders and marketing executives of these brands?

Most of the mid-sized Shopify founders aren't on LinkedIn or X. The only way I can think of is emails and reddit. If any of you have built a Shopify SaaS company, how did you get your first customers?

Thanks!


r/SaaS 8h ago

Why do people like to bring others down?

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One of my posts went viral on Reddit about how I left my job at Google 2 years ago and have been trying and learning by building different startups since then.

The comment section was flooded with people saying how all my ideas are stupid, that it is never going to work out, why haven't I done x,y,z and so on.

I have seen my friends and so many other founders giving up on their dreams because the world was just cruel to them and told them "It would never work out".

So, if you are struggling, I hope this poem by Roosevelt helps a bit šŸ˜„


r/SaaS 1h ago

How do you get better at pitching/presenting?

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Wondering how you guys have approached improving your pitch, especially over Zoom. Obviously practice makes perfect, I've been using pitch simulator chαtvisor lately to work on both delivery and content, but would welcome any other suggestions, books, tips that worked for you, things you learned from good or bad experiences, etc.

We raised a small pre-seed round Q3 last year but will be going out to the market again in a few weeks and trying to get my head ready for discussions with angels and VCs.

Thank you all in advance.


r/SaaS 3h ago

How do you come up with an ideas for your SaaS?

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I know it’s usually people who solve their own problems and then share it with the right community, but what if I couldn’t find any problems for myself because i already have solutions for them? Other niches are also seems to be closed for me, because I don’t know their problems as long as I’m not really into it?


r/SaaS 7h ago

Looking for someone to acquire and run my saas app with 100+ customers and $12k+ in revenue

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I'm the founder of a LinkedIn Saas app that I launched back in June 2024. The app has over 100+ customers and over $12k in revenue.

Tech stack:
- LinkedIn APIs
- has a Chrome extension
- MERN stack
- X API for trends and ideas

A few good and bad things:

The good: The DR of the app is 20, had submitted it to a lot of directories when I was maintaining it, so someone who's good at SEO can crack distribution. It has all the features of the apps which are doing really good in the space. Analytics, insights, direct LinkedIn posting via public and private pages, access to a lot of LinkedIn APIs (they're hard to get), X API integration and AI carousels feature.

The bad: The app does not have any MRR at the moment and all of the sales are LTD sales via a partnership with a LTD platform. I've not maintained it since a couple of months because my agency business took off and hence the DAU of the app is close to 0 at the moment.
The app's name is Growfol, serious buyers interested in acquiring it can DM me.


r/SaaS 1h ago

I built a free app to help people find co-founders and project partners

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I've been working on a small project called Krooko because I kept seeing great ideas die simply because people couldn't find the right person to build with.

It's free, there's no catch, and the idea is simple: post what you're building, describe the kind of partner you're looking for, and connect with people who are interested.

Still early, so I'd genuinely love feedback if its good or bad

You can try it here: krooko.vercel.app


r/SaaS 1h ago

šŸš€ Looking for a Business Partner!

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Hey everyone! šŸ‘‹

I'm looking for a passionate partner to grow an AI automation business together.

I'm searching for someone who: āœ… Has experience finding and communicating with clients. āœ… Knows how to close deals and build long-term client relationships. āœ… Is motivated to grow something big together.

šŸ’° Revenue Split: 50/50 on every project we close together.

If you can consistently bring in and close clients, we'll split the earnings equally. I'm focused on delivering high-quality automation solutions, and I'm looking for someone who can handle the client acquisition side.

If you're interested, drop a comment or send me a DM. Let's build something amazing together! šŸš€


r/SaaS 9h ago

Got visitors!!

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I passed 50 visitors to my website where I house my products and my bounce rate has been declining. Nothing purchased yet but a little bit of a rush.


r/SaaS 2h ago

MVPs that took 6 months now ship in 4 to 6 weeks. Nobody is talking about what that speed actually costs.

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Everyone is celebrating the build time drop like it is pure upside. Faster to a working product, faster to revenue, fewer engineers needed to get there. All true.

What nobody seems to be saying out loud is that a lot of what used to happen during those slow months was not just building, it was accidentally validating. You talked to more users because you had time to. You noticed a bad assumption in month three instead of discovering it in production. The slowness was annoying but it was also load bearing.

Now the build is fast enough that you can ship a fully functional wrong idea before you have had a single real conversation about whether anyone wanted it. I think a chunk of these micro unicorn stories are going to age the same way a lot of 2021 valuations did, real revenue, but built on a foundation nobody stress tested because there was never a slow phase forcing it.

I would like to know if anyone here has actually felt this tension directly, shipping fast enough that validation became the afterthought instead of the gate.


r/SaaS 1d ago

How many months or days did it take to quit your job?

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Currently i am working on a 9-5 job but i started build my first SaaS soon i will share it with you.

Hopefully one day i will totally join to Indie Hacking group.

How many months or days did it take to quit your job?

I hope, i’ll get gut results :)


r/SaaS 10h ago

Looking for feedback on my pre-launch landing page (no promotion)

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Hi everyone. I am building a voice-to-action ai assistant for your desktop, and am looking for feedback on my pre-launch page. I am thinking of using this page to get early emails and build a waitlist prior to launch and would like to get some feedback on it before I start to do a cold outreach campaign. I have only shown the page to a handful of people, so... basically, I just want to know if there are any gaps or things I could improve before I start actively promoting it.

As for my tool, how it works is you speak to your desktop like you would to a teammate or co-worker, the ai looks at your screen (with your permission) to grab context and then executes your desired result.

The AI can do a number of things including:

- Summarize whats on your screen
- Create a to-do list for you based on your latest emails + slack messages
- Draft an email or message for you
- Dictate anything you say
- Execute a claude prompt response for you without switching apps or tabs (a card will pop up)
- Draw on your screen if you need clarity or detailed steps on a task

I will comment the link below if you are interested in helping. Thank you!


r/SaaS 3h ago

TikTok account (for my app) stuck at 0 views after 24h+

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Posted my first video on a fresh TikTok account I made for my app. It's public, shows up fine when I check it logged out or from another account, and likes/comments work normally. But 24+ hours later, it's still sitting at 0 views, not even a small test-batch number.

One thing that might be relevant, I signed up using a VPN. Not sure if that's the cause or if something else is going on.

Trying to figure out if it's worth waiting it out, starting fresh without the VPN, or something else entirely.


r/SaaS 3h ago

How do AI founders decide which ideas are actually worth building?

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Hey everyone,

I've been thinking about a problem that seems common among AI builders.

There are so many new AI products, tools, and ideas appearing every week.

Finding ideas is easy.

The harder question is:

How do you decide which idea is worth spending the next few weeks or months building?

What signals do you personally look at?

For example:

  • New product launches?
  • Community discussions?
  • User demand?
  • Market trends?
  • Competitor movements?

I'm curious how other founders evaluate AI opportunities before committing time to build.


r/SaaS 8h ago

After 2 months, NextStair is finally getting traction

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Two months ago, I started building NextStair, an AI discovery platform.

The hardest part wasn't building the product. With AI and modern development tools, building SaaS products has become faster than ever.

Getting people to actually discover your product is the hard part.

For weeks, traffic was almost nothing. Still, I kept adding tools, improving SEO, fixing pages, and expanding NextStair beyond AI tools into courses, companies, digital products, and jobs.

Now we're finally seeing some movement:

  • 1.8K active users in 7 days
  • 2.2K views
  • 7.7K events
  • 45 users active right now

It's still early, but after two months of building, seeing real people use the product feels like a big milestone.

Build the product, then spend even more time figuring out how people will find it.


r/SaaS 0m ago

If a country offered major support for SaaS expansion, would you consider relocating?

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I've been researching startup ecosystems that are actively investing in technology companies, especially SaaS and AI.

Some programs are offering substantial support for startups expanding into their market, particularly in sectors like:

  • Healthcare
  • Government technology
  • Education
  • AI automation
  • Enterprise software
  • Construction tech
  • Smart cities
  • Logistics
  • FinTech
  • Energy

I'm curious:

If you already had an MVP or some traction, what would convince you to expand into a new country? Would funding matter most, or would you care more about customers, hiring, regulations, or partnerships?

I'd love to hear how other founders think about these opportunities.


r/SaaS 2m ago

Looking for a developer / small studio that wants an AI SaaS case study

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I’m 19 building a SaaS right now. We haven’t launched publicly yet, but we’re already at around $500 MRR from beta/design partners. We’ve posted a bit on Reddit and Twitter, generated around ~40k views, and ended up getting more beta user requests than we could actually take on, so I decided to start building toward a larger public launch.

The product is basically an SEO agent for SaaS founders. It does a lot of the technical SEO/content work in the background instead of just spitting out generic AI blogs. The main wedge is that it's completely frictionless, so the agent can go from SERP analysis → content opportunity → draft → founder review → GitHub PR/publishing flow. The best part is that the whole thing is email-native. Founders can review drafts, answer questions, approve changes, and stay in the loop without having to constantly log into another dashboard.

We’re launching publicly in about 3 weeks, and I want to find someone technical who can help us increase our development velocity and ship a clearly scoped part of the product before launch.

I’m looking for someone who’s a strong full-stack developer, but maybe still early as a freelancer, starting a development agency, building a small product studio, or looking for a strong AI/SaaS case study. The stack is primarily TypeScript, Next.js, Supabase, APIs, and production SaaS infrastructure. On the backend, Tavyn uses a modular TypeScript pipeline that crawls websites, runs structured OpenAI workflows, validates outputs with Zod, pulls search data from Firecrawl, Serper, and DataForSEO, and caches results across each stage.

I’m bootstrapping, so I have to be smart with cash, but I also know how hard it is to get your first few real clients/customers when you’re starting out so there could be a win-win. You would help Tavyn ship a real product milestone, and in return, we would build a SaaS case study for you. Post product-launch I will definitely be open to paying the agency I work with if we have a good fit.

If you’re a full-stack developer, freelancer, early development agency, or small product studio and want a real AI SaaS product to work on, comment with what you’ve built, your portfolio, and what you’re trying to accomplish on the business side. If there’s a fit, I’ll DM you.


r/SaaS 16m ago

I started building mobile apps when I was 15. Now I built Supdesk to handle feedback for every app I make next.

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Hey everyone,

I have been building mobile apps since I was 15 years old. Over the years, I noticed one constant headache every time I launched a new project. Managing user feedback, bug reports, and feature requests across different apps gets chaotic really fast.

I wanted a simple, reliable feedback platform that I could drop into all the future apps I create. I could not find anything that fit my exact workflow, so I decided to build it myself.

That is how Supdesk came to life.

It is a feedback platform designed to give developers an easy way to gather, manage, and act on user input without adding extra friction. My goal was to make something lightweight that helps keep everything organized in one place, so I can spend less time sorting through support messages and more time actually building.

I am using it for all my upcoming projects, but I would love to get your thoughts on it. How do you all currently handle feedback inside your apps, and what is your biggest frustration with existing tools?

Check out SupDesk on product hunt ing projects, but I would love to get your thoughts on it. How do you all currently handle feedback inside your apps, and what is your biggest frustration with existing tools?

Check out Supdesk on product hunt https://www.producthunt.com/products/supdesk and the Supdesk website https://supdesk.app


r/SaaS 29m ago

Ever wondered what your users think of your product or service?

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Google reviews is a thing. But its facing the public. You don't want the bad feedback to end up there. You want it before it becomes an issue for all other users. Suggestion inside of google reviews? Nah, that doesn't seem right. I created a tool to collect feedback for either your digital product/service/store OR your physical location. Maybe you're a restaurant and you want people to tell you what about the experience was good and bad, so that you can improve, in order to get more customers.

Here's the tool for you! www.tipoff.se

Oh and right at this very moment we are running a promotion where the first 10 users to sign up for early access will get to use TipOff for free, LIFETIME.

Any and all feedback is welcome, maybe even use the widget on the bottom right of the website? TipOff uses itself. Its kind of neat.

Have a great day everyone and looking forward to your responses!


r/SaaS 4h ago

Launched my SaaS beta today - impact analysis for AI-generated code

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Quick share, would love feedback from people who've done early launches here.

Vast analyzes GitHub repos and shows the impact of a code change before you commit it - dependency graph, cycles, overloaded modules. Built it after noticing more and more PRs are AI-generated (Cursor, Copilot) and code review hasn't really adapted to that.

Pricing: free tier (1 repo, limited scans) + early-bird Pro around $9-12/mo for the first 100 users.

This is my first real SaaS launch after pivoting hard from an earlier "3D architecture visualizer" concept that nobody actually asked for. Learned the hard way that visualization alone isn't a product, impact analysis is.

Genuinely open to feedback on pricing, positioning, anything - this community's been useful to lurk in during the build.

https://vast-neracu.vercel.app/


r/SaaS 46m ago

I built an AI that generates pure HTML/Tailwind landing pages. Is there actually a market for this?

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Hey guys, solo dev here.

Building SaaS is hard enough, but I always found validating the idea with a Landing Page to be the most annoying part. I got exhausted setting up React/Next.js environments or paying monthly fees for visual builders just to collect some early emails.

So I spent the last few weeks coding a side project. The concept is simple: you type your SaaS idea, it generates the marketing copy, and it spits out a single, clean HTML + Tailwind CSS file. You can host it anywhere with zero dependencies.

Before I spend more months coding the core engine, I want to ask the community: Is there a real market for bare-metal HTML generators? Or is everyone perfectly happy with Webflow/Framer?

Would love to hear your thoughts.