I have a SaaS i’ve been working on for about a year now.

My problem is that after coding all day at work (remotely) I have a hard time pushing through my SaaS project. I go through spurts where I’ll work on it a bunch and then won’t work on it for weeks.

What has worked for you to find the energy and motivation to work on your SaaS?

Hey Redditers,

4 months ago I entered a very competitive space, a No-Code Builders. But I saw an opportunity in Directories, and jumped right in.

My new tool is No-Code Directory Website Builder. The idea of it came from customer from my other product. So I made this, in 3 weeks and launched on social media.

After 4 hours I made my first sale. People loved it. They started to compare the tool with some giants in the space, said that the tool is more SEO optimized, super easy to use (you don't have to trust me, but you can check our discord or the testimonials).

I started to try different marketing tactics, some of them were already proven from my other project, like niche newsletter marketing, that's one of the best marketing channels that works for me.
Another one, I just discovered, is Facebook groups.

There are a lot of LTD Facebook Groups, where you can sell your LTD plans. I ended up making almost $2K from one FB post.

And here we are, leveraging Social Media, FB and Newsletters reached 1,000 users in 4 months.

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TL;DR;

- Try to find newsletters that are in the same niche as your SaaS.
- Go to Facebook and find LTD groups and post there (be careful with rules)
- Post your journey on Social Media and start growing your SEO

Keep shipping!

We made a platform to help businesses get real users to complete simple marketing tasks—things like Google reviews, social media engagement, app installs, website visits, and even starting trends.

As a SaaS founder, you know how hard it is to get organic traction—sometimes you just need real people to interact with your product so it gains visibility. That’s why we built RapidWorkers.net, a micro-jobs platform where you can post small tasks, set your budget, and let real users handle them.

We just launched on Product Hunt today (link here) and are excited to hear feedback from the SaaS community.

Would love to know—how do you usually get initial engagement for your SaaS?

Let’s discuss! 🚀

Hi all,

As a founder of TiredOfThisShitly, I'm just a bit fed up that there can't be a single candid discussion on this sub without it being bombarded by "subtle promotion".

yea X sucks, Y is better

— the owner of Y

It truly seems like A LOT of people are only here to promote their own venture (which, if that's the case then game's already over).

Am I alone in thinking this?

It should be a place for likeminded individuals to share thoughts; it is not a place to try to get customers.

💡 Two months ago, I launched my SaaS. It flopped.

I thought I had a great idea, but reality hit hard:

• No users.
• No engagement.
• Just me, overengineering and second-guessing every move.

Fast forward to today – my SaaS just crossed $500 MRR. No big launch. No viral moment. Just consistent execution.

1. Here’s what actually made a difference: Launching early & ugly – I stopped waiting for "perfect" and just shipped.
2. Talking to users – Feedback > assumptions. Listening changed everything.
3. Posting in the right places – No ads, just showing up where my audience already hangs out.

I wasted months stuck in my own head. If you're in the same boat, launch sooner than you think. The real learning happens after people start using your product.

What’s holding you back from launching? Let’s talk. Drop a comment. 🚀

(PS: If you're curious, I’m building Subreddit Signals – no pressure, just sharing in case it helps!)

So for the past few months I've been building this thing for marketing agencies (named it Victoria cause why not lol). basically wanted to fix all the boring tasks agencies hate doing by automating them.

Typical dev moment - jumped straight into building without thinking. my friends were all "bro this is genius, agencies will throw money at you!" and my smooth brain believed them. eventually something clicked like "maybe talk to some actual agency people before wasting more time?"

Yeah that went exactly how you'd imagine 💀

First L: pitched to my old boss who runs an agency. dude hit me with the "we already got systems for that". (spoiler: their "system" is literally 3 interns copy-pasting stuff all day but whatever)

Second L: some other agency guy literally started checking his phone while I was explaining. wasn't even trying to sell anything, just wanted to know if this was worth building smh

Ngl I was ready to yeet this whole project into the sun. but then I actually got my act together and started doing proper research (found this tool called Refine Fast that helped me figure out what agencies actually need)

Big plot twist: I was being a complete moron about how I talked about it. nobody cared about "saving time" - but when I started talking about all the money they're bleeding from missed follow-ups and unbilled hours? totally different reaction

Now I'm actually pumped to build again. crazy how talking to the right people and asking the right questions changes everything. wish I'd done this before burning 3 months writing useless code lmao

For my fellow devs grinding on side projects - how do you validate your ideas? really don't want to waste another 3 months building something nobody wants.

For months, i was tired of finding components that i needed. Yes, like every other dev out there, i looked shadcn, aceternity and many more but there was always a catch mostly you needed to pay to have the component you like!

But not every one has the bucks to pay for a month worth of subscription just for a component and it's not always gaurenteed that you will find the exact thing you imagine for your glorious webapp.

So, i decided to take matter in my own hands and made a UI lib called UIblocks (beta) and started creating components that were typesafe, animated and all.

I am initially trying to make this as a side project and now the plan is to take component requests like what kind of things people actually want to use and yes it will be free don't worry about paywalls.

Further more trying to add AI integrations (This will be paid, cuz it will cost me too.)

So i need some feedback from curious ones!!

Happy to hear from you guys.

Me personally use AWS currently it’s expensive but reliable. What are your choices?

Edit:

here is by number of mentioned:

Hetzner | 15

AWS | 14

Vercel | 11

DigitalOcean | 7

Azure | 4

GCP | 3

Fly.io | 2

Render | 2

Cloudflare | 2

Railway | 1

Heroku | 1

Netlify | 1

Vultr | 1

Google Cloud | 1

I swear I see 95% of this sub trying to get users on reddit, or on places only other Saas builders go to (producthunt, ...).

Is it really where you target is? Do you only make products for other products?

What happened to sales? Real world sales? Talking to thought leaders, knocking at your future partner's door, going to fairs, ...

I feel like so many people complain of getting no/low MRR when they haven't even done the minimum efforts into building a real sales strategy.

Weekdays are for making moves, launching ideas, and scaling up!

What are you working on? Let’s connect and support each other.

Drop a comment with:
1️⃣ Your name
2️⃣ What you're building (keep it short & catchy!)
3️⃣ Your website link

Hi, I’m Matt! I built MX Suite—an all-in-one email solution with email hosting + email warming to make sure your emails land in the inbox.

Check it out: mxsuite.co

Now your turn!

Let’s network and grow together. 🔥

Whether you already have an idea you‘re working on or you’re just wandering around, let me share real quick a complete guide on how to make your idea miserably fail…

1. Build something nobody asked for. Spend 6 months in your cave developing the perfect solution, then act shocked when nobody wants to pay for your "revolutionary" AI-powered toaster management system. (You should build a product after you found who has that problem, not the opposite…) - If you need ideas for which SaaS to start, make sure to check out SoloCodeVenture, you might find something interesting there!
2. Price it like it's a hobby. Because who needs profit margins? $5/month for unlimited everything is totally sustainable. Your AWS bills will sort themselves out.
3. Make your onboarding a maze. Require 17 form fields, three verification steps, and a blood sample just to create an account. Bonus points if your "Getting Started" guide is a 400-page PDF.
4. Never market your product. Build it and they will come, right? Marketing is for those "sellouts" who actually want customers. Real founders meditate in silence waiting for organic growth.
5. Make your pricing page a riddle. Create 12 different tiers with confusing feature matrices. Make sure the difference between "Pro" and "Pro Plus Ultra" is impossible to understand.
6. Make your tech stack unnecessarily complex. Why use simple solutions when you can build a microservices architecture running on 14 different cloud providers? Your future self will thank you during 3 AM outages.

If you’re already doing them all or at least 1, you’re on the right path to make your amazing product fail 🎉

It's exactly one month today since I launched aiflyer.ai - a tool that helps you create designs, flyers, thumbnails, etc. by just chatting with it.

We'd have people use it for different purposes, from birthday designs to church flyers, to creating menu and to social media designs.

It's really exciting to see. As of today, we have over 2k visits, over 800 people that tried our test version, about 150 signups and 20 paid people. I know it's not soo much but I'm looking forward to how far this can go.
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The Strategy​

By signing up on Deel and setting up a business account, you can apply for AWS Activate, which provides up to $5K in AWS credits. However, Deel now requires additional documentation, making the process slightly more complex.

What You Need:​

AWS now asks for:

1. Company Information:
2. A Business Website
3. A Corporate Email

How to Do It Step-by-Step:​

1. Create a Deel Business Account – Sign up at Deel and complete your profile. Additionally, create a business website, a corporate email and social media accounts to meet their requirements.
2. Prepare the Required Documents – These documents are necessary for Deel verification.
3. Edit the Documents If Needed – If you lack any documentation, you can find templates on Scribd.com and edit them using a PDF editor.
4. Submit Your Application – Once all documents are prepared, submit them to Deel.
5. Claim Your Offer - Go to Deel -> Perks -> Look for AWS $5K credit and claim the coupon
6. Go to Amazon Activate and Signup - Signup with the code provided by Deel and wait until Amazon replies
7. Get Approved & Claim Your $5K Credits – If all documents check out, you should receive your AWS credits. Finally, register on Amazon for Startups and wait for approval.

Key Takeaways​

• AWS Activate offers up to $5K in free cloud credits.
• Deel is a verified partner to obtain these credits.
• All required documents can be easily sourced and edited.
• AWS may perform additional verification, so ensure consistency across documents.

Final Thoughts​

This method is a goldmine for startups or those running AWS-based projects. If done correctly, you can leverage these credits to reduce cloud costs significantly.

Anyone else tried this method? Let’s discuss in the comments!

But most Founders:

- don't realize how much their voice matters

- don't know where to start

- don't have the time

Here's a simple, repeatable process to turn your Founder's expertise content that drives qualified leads and builds trust at scale in the next 30 days:

1. Prepare 9 questions. Focus on your expertise, product functionalities, your audience's pain points, and how you solve them.

2. Record a one-hour interview in Riverside. Have a team member ask the questions. Keep it conversational, not scripted.

3. Turn the interview transcript into 9 LinkedIn posts in Google Docs.

❌ No fluff. No AI regurgitated nonsense.

✅ Just 100% authentic, relevant content straight from you.

1. Use Adobe Premier Pro to transform the one-hour interview into short videos (1-3 minutes). Each video is paired with a text post.

Save all videos in Google Drive.

You can rewrite a text 1000 times, but there's no way to fake it on video. Video builds TRUST instantly. At scale.

1. Save posts and video links to a Google Sheet with scheduled dates.

2. Block 10 minutes in your calendar every Monday and Thursday to publish the paired text and video on LinkedIn.

3. Use a spreadsheet to track the likes, comments, new followers, and profile visits from your ICP.

4. Respond personally to each comment coming from your ICP.

5. Send a personalized message to:

- every ICP who comments, likes, or reshares your content.

- every ICP who visits your profile, follows you or sends you a connection request.

1. Group 2-3 related LinkedIn posts together and build a blog article. From 9 LinkedIn posts, you can easily make 2 blog articles each month.

2. Post an article on the blog every two weeks and stick to this schedule. By posting these founder-generated articles, I have clients ranking 1st on Google.

🟢 This is how you can generate high-quality enterprise leads and build trust at scale in the next 30 days.

I joined this sub a while ago and the amount of new information I gained is almost 0. I understand the struggle, I have a SaaS myself and having 0 users hurts, but it's annoying af to be constantly spammed with ads. Opening this sub is no different from accidentally clicking on a phishing web page filled with ads. How about posts talking about the most effective techniques to do X, or my experience switching from this service to that service etc.

Building Archer AI, your next personal assistant. A place to build and discover AI agents for the non technical.

What are you guys building?

Please provide the following in the comments:

• SaaS Name:
• Website:

https://yoursaas.softr.app/submityoursaas

These days every tool or service I checkout, they all claim they have AI or is powered by AI. However most of these are old services or tools with a small AI add one, which usually makes things worse.

So curious, in your opinion, what are some truly AI first AI first SAAS tools?

Hi, my name is Viktor Seraleev, and I’m an indie developer.

Just over a year ago, Apple removed all my apps from the App Store, forcing me to start over from scratch. I began sharing my journey in a buildinpublic format, and within a year, I managed to grow my revenue to $9,000 MRR.

One key insight I discovered: up to 75% of all payments in my apps happen after users complete an onboarding with a paywall screen.

I wanted to automate the onboarding creation process and be able to tweak its design remotely. When I looked for existing solutions, I kept running into the same roadblock – every service wanted me to “book a sales call.” I wanted a transparent, developer-friendly tool with clear pricing.

So, I built an MVP for myself and called it StorySDK.com – an open-source SDK and web service for easily creating and integrating video stories and onboardings into mobile apps and websites.

It started as a tool for my own apps, but soon my wife asked me to create a story widget for her online store. Then, when I launched the landing page, something unexpected happened – a major Chilean mobile operator reached out, wanting to integrate my SDK into their app.

Building an infrastructure product is hard. Doing it after losing all my income due to app removals? Even harder. At one point, I even tried selling the project. I had negotiations with a YC startup – they had a strong sales team but struggled with product development. In the end, no one bought it. My project was still too early-stage.

Despite the challenges, I pushed through. Now, I have a stable editor, iOS & Web SDKs, and React Native & Android SDKs are coming soon. My SDK is live in 9 of my iOS apps, some early client apps, and my wife's website. Hopefully, the Chilean operator (2.5M users) will launch soon – I even received my first payment from them, but their internal bureaucracy is slowing things down.

Would love to hear your thoughts! Up to 1,000 monthly active users – StorySDK completely free! Early feedback from first users is crucial – it helps make the product better.

I've been through this rodeo before, so I hope to help some people with their product! Two weeks ago, I launched my finance app with very modest expectations. I figured I'd get a few downloads and maybe start by making $3 from users opting for the monthly plan.

Instead, I ended up making $30. Not life-changing by any means, but still 10x higher than expected. And the best part? It wasn’t because I got way more users. It was because 1 person chose the annual plan.

I initially assumed users would go for the monthly plan just to try things out, but I also put the more expensive option for $29.99/year. That’s $2.50/month instead of $2.99/month, which sounds like a discount, but it means I got $30 upfront instead of waiting 10 months for the same revenue (assuming they even stayed subscribed that long).

Why did I put the yearly option on this product? I used to think that the cheaper the product, the easier it was to sell. Boy was I wrong and learned it the hard way. You need to do way more sales to reach what just a few pricier item sales would make. So finding 10 users paying $30/year will make you $300/year, while 10 users paying $3/month only really garantees you that first $30/month.

Tip that I also want to add from experience: It's important to ''Sell the Dream'' to your users. For example, if I tell you that I made a budgeting app that also predicts when you retire, that's cool but it's not COOL. But if I told you that I made a new financial tool unlike any other that will become THE place to see your financial journey from the day you were born until your death. Where you'll be able to track not just your past but your future, with different goal setting and their plan of action, many checkpoints, a comparison tool against the rest of the population, and an in-pocket financial advisor. It's suddenly a LOT more interesting and sticky.

If you're launching something, don't be afraid to charge more than you think people will pay or offer a longer-term option. A few high-value users will give you more bang for your buck than tons of low-paying ones.

As a consumer yourself, do you tend to go for the cheaper option, or are you willing to pay more upfront for long-term value? And why?

I wanted to launch my product (not going to advertise it) on that platform for the first time, and even during the pre-launch phase, I started receiving messages from so-called "LinkedIn influencers" claiming that I could get hundreds of upvotes for just $30.

As soon as the launch started, I saw nonsense products skyrocketing to the top of the list with over 500 upvotes. What I’ve realized is this: product owners are simply listing their products on this site to embed a pointless badge on their website (which only people familiar with it would even recognize).

Well, I could just create my own "ProductWant" embed on my website and claim to be the most voted product of the year—because, in the end, no one would even know what it really means :)

It’s truly disappointing to see that genuine products can’t get the recognition they deserve!

Has anyone tried hiring on Fiverr? If so, what do you look for in a freelancer? If not, are there any other platforms you recommend? I keep getting burned when I outsource anything, including testing. I paid £1200 for a WordPress site but had to trash it and build myself again. I tried to hire an SEO guy for £500, and the work was so poor. The work's quality is always subpar. I am too busy to do everything myself. Don't have enough money to hire full-time.

After working on quick projects for a year I decided to just built something fun for myself instead.

I’ve noticed that most audiotours stick to the same old, pre-planned paths, usually just covering downtown or the big, famous historical spots.

Living in a small city means we don’t have tons of well-known landmarks, but that doesn’t mean our streets and buildings aren’t full of cool stories, right? Think about that quirky alley down the street or the little stream nearby.

That’s where audiotouro comes in. When you’re out for a walk, the app uses your phone’s GPS to figure out exactly where you are, then digs up neat facts and local legends from the web, piecing them together into a fun story - like having your own pocket tour guide.

I really hope more people like it; it’s definitely gotten me out and about more often, which is a win in my book!

Let me know what you think: https://www.audiotouro.com

I have a computer science degree, landed a solid job, and quickly realized… I hate it. The corporate grind, the office politics, the endless hours staring at a screen, it’s just not for me. Remote work made it somewhat bearable, but now with everyone pushing for return-to-office, I decided to quit.

Now, I’m looking at a different path. I’m thinking about building a SaaS company focused on invoicing and financial management—something practical, something useful. Planning to bring in a couple of devs to help make it happen.

If you've started something similar or have insights on launching a SaaS without burning out, I’d love to hear your thoughts.

We’ve gained several hundred users and dozens of paid users over just the past 10 days. We’re building really fast to scale and improve the value for users but I wanted to get feedback on our pitch.

I initially thought that auto apply would be the main feature but lots of other products do that. I think our job matching score is unique and may try alternative value propositions focused on that and how we centralize jobs.

Some additional info I include with posts:

It started as a tool to help me find jobs and cut down on the countless hours each week I spent filling out applications. Pretty quickly friends and coworkers were asking if they could use it as well so I got some help and made it available to more people.

Our goal is to level the playing field between employers and applicants. We don’t flood them with applications (that would cost us too much money anyway) instead we target roles that match skills and experience that people already have.

In previous posts I highlighted our ability to auto apply to jobs. However, our users are also noticing we’re able to find a ton of remote jobs for them that they can’t find anywhere else. So you don’t even need to use auto apply (people have varying opinions about it) to find jobs you want to apply to. As an additional bonus we also added a job match score, optimizing for the likelihood a user will get an interview.

It’s as simple as uploading your resume and our AI agent does the rest. Plus it’s free to use.

Check it out at SimpleApply.ai