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r/SaaS on 2026-10-23
- 1Situation these daysby u/MercenaryAlpha99 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 2Anthropic at $2 Trillion vs. 35 SaaS Companies at $948 Billion Are AI Valuations Getting Out of Control?Survival getting tougher day by day.by u/Ok_Force4354 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 3The guy she tells you not to worry about...by u/LateElk7337 · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 4I posted a demo of a new software feature. 27 hours later, another developer posted a near-identical demo.And I found the instructions to reproduce my feature in their own source code.https://preview.redd.it/pa3xpe1sllwh1.png?width=1800&format=png&auto=webp&s=4765c18de848b9583ac7612ab0af585e09a9018e I'm a solo developer. My software, CalcuFloor, grew out of geometry work I'd originally developed for RampNerd, a mini…by u/Proof-Pause3542 · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 5one person farmed our AI free trial with 9 apple IDs and ran up ~$1,900 in image costs. how do you stop this without punishing real users?our image generation bill basically tripled in 9 days. installs were flat, revenue didn't move, no launch, no campaign. I spent two evenings staring at dashboards before it occurred to me to just ask. asked claude to dig through posthog…by u/buraste · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 6First paying user after 4 monthsI started my journey 2 years ago and locked in at this February. Built like 8 apps(did not even deploy some of them). This august wandered for the product idea and found one related to real estate. Built it. Then tried to organically…by u/MaterialSeparate2042 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 7You are not dumb enough to succeed.Click-bait, but not really. Occasionally, I encounter software ideas that sound, to be frank, dumb. Dumb, as in, it makes me ask why anyone would pay for the product. One such app is AbMaxx, which claims to use AI to evaluate your abs…by u/xarchive-app · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 8You didn't kill SaaS. You just invented a new form of unemployment.I swear, r/SaaS has developed a new type of unemployment. The full-time SaaS doomposter. I've been scrolling this subreddit all week and apparently SaaS is dead, AI wrappers are worthless, and nobody will pay for software anymore because…by u/ufvvrayane · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 9Got fired, built a product for a year, and nobody uses it. Tell me why.I got fired last year and started building Daftak , a knowledge management tool. A year in, almost nobody uses it, and I’d like to understand why. Could you take a look and tell me why you think that is? Is it the product or just a lack…by u/InevitableHealth2729 · first seen 2026-10-17 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 6 captures
- 10Programmers who built software before AI, how does it feel now?Genuine question for devs who learned to code the hard way. Years of debugging at 2am, reading docs nobody explained properly, and building things from scratch just to understand how they work. Now someone with zero background can…by u/This-Ad-4174 · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 11You think SaaS is oversaturated? Think about this.Imagine 100 people decide to build a SaaS. 50 never actually launch. Of the remaining 50, 25 give up after a few months because they aren’t getting users. 15 stop improving their product or marketing it consistently. That leaves 10 people…by u/DefiantIngenuity2366 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 12It took me a year but I have crossed 1M+ impressions finallyEveryone was building a directory last year so I thought of building one but growing it was tough as I don't have any audience on social media. So I learnt pSEO and revamped the website a couple of times and now it's been more than a year…by u/PMYashi · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 13Rented someone else SaaS and scaled to $3.9k MRR 😅I probably build 10+ SaaS nobody asked for. So I tried the opposite...found a SaaS which knows it has customer and offers whitelabeling. Put my brand on it and purely focused on marketing through Linkedin outrach and organic UGC videos…by u/engagepilot · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 14Whop raises $200M at a $5.1B valuation as it expands into payments and business infrastructureDidnt realize Whop had gotten this big already. they just raised $200M with Sequoia leading the round and Shopify Ventures joining. What surprised me more is seeing payments and payouts become a bigger part of what theyre doing. i still…by u/Putrid_Meal_3231 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 15I made my free trial card-required and it almost doubled my salesUntil August 2025 my SaaS had a free trial with no card required Around 98% of signups started the trial, but only 5% converted to a paid plan And every single trial cost me AI and API money On top of that most of my traffic was coming…by u/AdOutside6466 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 16If software keeps getting easier to build, what happens to its value?I've been thinking about where software development and SaaS might be heading over the next 5 years. I'm building software in Chile, and one thing I've noticed is that creating the product and finding people willing to pay for it are two…by u/alonsolab · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 17I Am Shutting Down adultdatalink.com (Adult Content API) After 2 Years & Open Sourcing The Code on GIthubGood Afternoon Everyone, Some of you might remember adultdatalink.com from the pornstar stock market index post I made here a while back. That one blew up way more than I expected and the project kept growing from there into a full API…by u/adultdatalink · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 18Have the “replace in a weekend crowd” never heard of open source?Just wondering if they realize they’re wasting their tokens. Genuinely every paid software has an open-source, local alternative. The “Adobe Suite” story was especially funny. The suite that guy built is terrible. The open source…by u/Small-Let-3937 · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 19Everyone says "talk to customers before building." But how do you actually find them?I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Say you're a developer building software for plumbers, accountants or construction companies. You don't work in that industry, don't know anyone there, and cold messages barely get replies.…by u/Humble-Market-158 · first seen 2026-10-17 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 6 captures
- 20Why do SaaS beginners fail?What is the main cause of begginers that fail in starting or not getting good result from SaaS now a days ? Why? Is it because they do not try or have lack of knowledge or something else 😕by u/Comfortable_Wolf9434 · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
- 21Got first organic paid user after 6 months, guess where it came from?I started building my micro saas in April 2026, completed v1 in May, but I did not know how to properly market it as I am a software engineer. Started learning the process but got bored and slowly abandoned it due to increasing pressure…by u/Abject-Mongoose-8894 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 22$600+ MRR from one simple commentLast week here on reddit I replied to an SEO thread explaining how I keep backlink outreach active every week for my saas the comment got 5 upvotes... then, Edward Sturm (a SEO youtuber) included it in a video that now has around 13k…by u/Strong_Teaching8548 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 23How many times had SaaS died in the last few years?Im tired of seeing doomposters, especially on X claiming that SaaS is dead when the demand for software engineers is at all time high and SaaS companies are still making a lot of revenue. Sure you can vibe code apps now, but you still…by u/yuvals41 · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
- 24Yesterday my website was knocked off by 280k bots. Unique IPv6 addresses, no headers. Survived using a blanked Cloudflare captcha. Anyone had this? It's not Anthropic or Meta that were also abusive, this is something new.by u/FewScarcity6957 · first seen 2026-10-17 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 6 captures
- 25I built a real SaaS product, but I'm struggling to get my first users. What am I doing wrong? (I will not promote)I'm a young solo founder, and I've been working on my first serious software business for several months. I've gotten to the point where the product is built, the website is live, and the core functionality is working. It's a…by u/Tiny-Lead-4273 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 26How do you validate a SaaS idea before building it?I'm exploring a few SaaS ideas and trying to figure out the most effective ways to validate demand before investing too much time in development. I'd love to hear what actually worked for you, especially what didn't work and what you…by u/East-Fondant1325 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 27What has been the hardest part of marketing your SAAS? Getting the first few users or retaining users?I'm really thinking about this recently with my product and website up and running. From the traffic, there's always a spike when I market it but very few people return to use it again, I'm getting a lot of scrolling susans but no one…by u/Wizardof0zzy · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 28I compared what Levels, Marc Lou, Rob Walling, Justin Welsh and Hormozi actually say about free plans. Almost all of them say skip it.I kept going back and forth on whether to add a free plan, so I went through what a few bootstrapped founders have actually said about it in their talks, essays and posts. Their own words, not the guru summary version. Short version:…by u/Otherwise_Vehicle75 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 29Context.dev: bootstrapped to YC and a $9M seed roundHey r/saas , I'm Yahia, used to post here a ton while building random stuff on the internet for years. One of those projects was stockalarm.io, which I grew to 250,000 users and sold. Plenty of the others went absolutely nowhere (tons of…by u/context_dev · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 30Almost $500 in revenue this month!I'm 16, I built my SaaS between classes. Last 4 weeks: $460 gross revenue, 20+ paying customers, ~950 users, $0 ad spend. The tool: Siteless. Finds local businesses with no website, scores them 1-100, and now builds them a ready-to-host…by u/swiftstoriestt · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 31How did you get your first 10 B2B SaaS users? (Struggling after transitioning from B2C)I'm currently building a B2B SaaS and struggling to land my first user. Before this, I ran a B2C language app and got 600+ users fairly easily just by posting consistently on TikTok and in Facebook groups. But B2B feels like an entirely…by u/ankushdogra21 · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 32How Saas founders can pick the winning marketing channel?One of the interesting aspects of starting a SaaS business is identifying the most viable marketing channels. You could spend a lot of time on SEO, social media , communities , and AI search. But, getting traffic is not the same as…by u/Beginning_Piece_7927 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 33SaaS directories are a slopfest, grifty and uselessSo… I paid BetaList $39 to list my new side project. Within hours, EIGHT other launch directories had emailed me to ask for more money. Congratulations to me, I had been discovered. I wanted a quick way to boost the search ranking of my…by u/caspii2 · first seen 2026-10-17 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 6 captures
- 34Saas is dead, how can you save your saas from not being replicated or some dude publishing it's close open-source??So i am on a discord server where people talk and validate their ideas. So there was this dude very activly messaging and it felt as if he had very much of experience into this domain. So I started taking about my saas(soon to be…by u/Entire-Grape-366 · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 35What Makes You Trust a SaaS Product Enough to Pay for It?When evaluating a new SaaS product, what convinces you it's worth paying for? Is it the product demo, clear pricing, customer testimonials, a free trial, or the website itself? I'm interested in what actually influences buying decisions,…by u/Sad-Reference3476 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 36I replaced tmux, Warp and Termius with one free, open source terminal multiplexer built in Rust for coding agentsI run coding agents on my Mac, a GPU server at school and a server at home. That used to mean Termius to SSH into each one, tmux on every box, remembering the prefix keys and which layer I was in, then guessing which agent was still…by u/no-shadowban-lmao · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 37Anyone using Claude for the business side of their SaaS, not just coding?I see a lot of people using Claude to build their SaaS but not much discussion about what happens after the product is running. There's still invoices, expenses, payment tracking, subscriptions and all the boring admin stuff that comes…by u/Bubbly_Mechanic_5963 · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
- 38Drop your SaaS and I'll find customers for you on RedditOver the last few weeks i’ve been researching buyer intent across Reddit for 300+ software products and startups. For this run, I’m prioritizing B2B products targeting specific business users or workflows (since consumer apps usually have…by u/sibraan_ · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
- 39I built a launch video generator SaaS and Generated over $1600+ in revenue.In Feburary 2026, I launched a Launch Video Generator SaaS product called Clickcast as a CS Student with literally Zero budget. No investors. No paid marketing. No expensive infrastructure. I built it using a combination of free tiers,…by u/Humble-Original2934 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 402 new customers in 3 days with a simple vibecoded tool3 days ago I started a small experiment for my saas: spend 30 min a day replying to posts on reddit and x, and see if it brings in anyone who actually pays so far: 57 replies, 2 new paying customers and 20 new followers on x the setup is…by u/Strong_Teaching8548 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 41How is your marketing?For every solo or small SaaS grinder's, how do you guys promote your SaaS? Where is it specifically? Marketplace? Google fb ads? These days, how do you think the best place to get your first member/buyer? Thanks for any of the advice Rookieby u/myudha99 · first seen 2026-10-17 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 6 captures
- 42I have no idea if this idea will work, but I really want to find out..A few months ago I started building RotateAd The idea was pretty simple.. what if websites could help advertise each other instead of everyone having to pay for every click? At the beginning honestly it was just an idea sitting on my…by u/WorkerSome7813 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 43Customer who first cancelled monthly subscription and then purchased annual subscriptionAfter posting about getting first monthly subscription here at Reddit, I got few more subscriptions in next few weeks and then I got one customer who purchased monthly subscription but cancelled after few hours. When I asked him the…by u/developer786 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 44Anonymous Slop SaaSThere are so many slop SaaS products out there now. I see them everywhere, from Reddit ads to mail spam. Some of them are really bad, some are half decent. But all of them have something in common: the asking price is outrageous and there…by u/ACJ259 · first seen 2026-10-18 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 5 captures
- 45How do you tell a self-hosted customer “that’s your infra”Say a paying customer’s app stops working. They host it themselves, and the problem turns out to be something they changed in their setup. From their side, they paid for your product and it isn’t working. I can understand why they’d come…by u/navigatethefirewall · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 46How did you get your first 10 paying customers?by u/DefiantIngenuity2366 · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 47500k installs on Google Play but only 20-30 paid users. What am I doing wrong?reach 500k in google play Hi everyone So recently my VPN app reached 500k installs on Google Play. I have around 400k users in total but only 20-30 people have an active paid subscription. And to be honest, I'm starting to lose…by u/Front-Buyer3534 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 48Crossed 10 users ! First milestone hit and Chatgpt is the #1 acquisition channel.https://preview.redd.it/d19cqh6228xh1.png?width=794&format=png&auto=webp&s=b7188e155c1da5f6db42ca72595fc1a44da13bc8 4 of these successfully signed up successfully! Reuily is a free form builder with no submission limits (no fair usage…by u/sku11ster · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 49Are subscription models irritating ?Are people getting tired of subscription models for every single software? What happened to lifetime licenses?by u/super-intellegence · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 50What did you do to scale once you got your first few paying users?I just got my first paying customer on a side project ($20/mo). It came from a search page I wrote, not from launch day, which tells me launch posts aren't the thing to repeat. Now I'm trying to figure out how to get from 1 to 10 and…by u/Prestigious_Test379 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 51Self built SaaS - Are you still coding it mostly yourself?I have been working on a saas for years, solo, designing and developing everything, and multiple iterations of it before making anything public. I really want to finish this without really using AI to build any of it, though I do use AI…by u/jonnyplow · first seen 2026-10-17 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 6 captures
- 525 technical decisions early-stage SaaS founders regret (and what I’d do instead)I build full-stack products (Next.js, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL), and the same early decisions keep causing pain later: Rolling your own auth. Use a proven provider or library. Auth bugs are the expensive kind, and you rarely need custom…by u/ig_suyas · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 53Unpopular opinion: a 6/10 product with 9/10 marketing beats a 10/10 product with 6/10 marketing.by u/fakeweightlifter · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
- 54how to get chatgpt to recommend your product.i’ll cut to the chase. most of you guys reading this probably already know AI search is becoming a serious acquisition channel. people are asking AI like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, for what products to use instead of opening Google and…by u/Deenbricks · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
- 55Spent 6 months building, been a month since launch. What's wrong ?So I've been working on my SaaS for the past 8 months, and I launched 2 months ago. The app is Shortspan I have 0 users as of now, analytics shows 50 user visits as of now, none converted. What am I doing wrong? This is my first actual…by u/Witty_Horse8285 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 56My hobby project became a source of incomeI originally built ChronoAtlas as a fun side project because of my passion for history. I started to get paid subscriptions from real teachers. Schools are now using chronoAtlas for educational purposes (the map view and being able to…by u/Witty-Tangerine3606 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 57How do I get feedback from existing daily active users?I kept the basics usable without an account or email signup because privacy matters to me. These will be added once I add features that costs me to run the app and hopefully add a subscription later-on. These are the reasons I don't have…by u/Yashrocky96 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 58What's one thing you wish you had validated before building you SaaS?There are always multiple things to consider when building a SaaS products from scratch. Which problem to solve and which features to include are just two of the many factors that a person needs to take into account. I'm interested in the…by u/Maleficent_Web_5072 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 59Built a tool that clicks through your site like a first-time visitor and tells you how hard things are to findhttps://preview.redd.it/6ox4813riqwh1.png?width=3680&format=png&auto=webp&s=726cdd172c76bb4c6d25441ce63b2d2e6809ebd9 I've been working on this on nights and weekends and it's still pretty rough, but I figured it was time to get some…by u/Available_Visual_709 · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
- 60Get a permanent listing of Your SaaS or Website🚀by u/WorkerSome7813 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 61Anyone testing ChatGPT Ads for SaaS acquisition yet?Has anyone here actually tested ChatGPT Ads for a SaaS product yet? I’m mostly curious about how the traffic compares with Google Ads. CPC is interesting, but I’d be more interested in actual signups, trials and eventually paid…by u/suxeedoBerlin · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
- 62The most important factor .I want to discuss "create a community before you launch & market your product before coding.Those who have followed this got unimaginable sales . But I am here to know how they create a community based on their product. Please share the best insights.every new founder /soloprenures needed thisby u/mynextbrowser · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 63Got my first paid client after 4 monthshttps://preview.redd.it/bu74u55j8ewh1.png?width=2418&format=png&auto=webp&s=bab842ed2f7e24a1ff2dbbceaa6f0d2d242e45c8by u/rudra-sh · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 64Is it worth it to pay for a landing page design?I’m getting closer to launch and starting to realize the value of a good landing page. I made a draft with Claude that looks good but I feel like it’s definitely missing a marketing touch. I’ve thought about going through and just…by u/lil_mindaugas · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
- 65Built my SaaS, got 0 customers in 30 days. Starting fresh with a new mindsetI finished building my product, Proofy, a tool that collects customer testimonials automatically. 30 days later, I have zero customers. I made some wrong moves: - I spent most of my time building, not selling - My landing page tried to…by u/Short_Television_660 · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 66Who is going to create the Razorpay account in freelancing?Umm hi, I’m building an e-commerce website for a client and I’m a little confused about the payment gateway setup. Should I create a Razorpay account myself as a freelancer and integrate it into the website or should I ask the client to…by u/EmbarrassedYak7041 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 67Founders who built apps for teens: how did you handle privacy law, and what did it cost?I'm launching a paid web app for US high school students (career and college planning) in November. Parents pay, students use it. I'm a solo founder, so I'm trying to get this right without a big-firm legal bill. For those who've shipped…by u/Imaginary-Tie-9322 · first seen 2026-10-18 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 5 captures
- 68How do you all handle support for your SaaS/app?by u/Mr_Gyan491 · first seen 2026-10-17 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 6 captures
- 69Hey guys, I finally built my SaaS product and it's finally out in the open.2 months ago in month of August I lost my job - well I was fired in July indirectly so I knew something was coming at me. And before doing this job I had some freelance experience and I had met few clients in Teaching sector who were…by u/Excellent-Let8671 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 70Am I wrongly discouraged of distribution bottleneck?I have been reading and hearing “building a product is easy, marketing/distribution is the main challenge”. And i totally agree. I have been trying to somehow “crack” distribution for a few months now, and i feel the pain and frustration.…by u/no-classic-1440 · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
- 71How to get feedback from people who leave your SaaSHi all, I was wondering how you figure out why people leave your SaaS? I never get any reply when I contact them and ask. I use firebase to better understand user behavior which is helpful but still not enough. Any advice, strange that…by u/UnfairSkill5156 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 72Made $500+ revenue from my 2 Mac Apps. AMAby u/otabek-abdiraimov · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 73Are indie hacker lifetime deals scams, or just badly explained?I keep seeing indie products offer "lifetime" deals, and opinions online seem split down the middle. From what I've read, the buyer side worries about a few things: "Lifetime" usually means the lifetime of the product, not yours What…by u/Jealous-Dance-8007 · first seen 2026-10-18 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 6 captures
- 74Reddit monitoring and respondersI've seen a few "Reddit conversation monitor" apps and was wondering if anyone had any experience or recommendations. You know the kind of thing: find people talking about problems that your product solves so that you can jump in with a…by u/welcome_to_milliways · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 75i went with one-time pricing instead of a subscription. tell me why i'm wrongsmall windows productivity app, solo. everyone here says subscriptions or die, but i went 7 day free trial then $9.99 once. my reasoning: - it's a small utility, not a platform. paying monthly for sticky notes feels insane to me as a user…by u/Mayur__007 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 76From 0 to €1k MRR: How fixing my SEO funnel turned my free D&D tool into a paying SaaSHey r/SaaS , For the past 7 months, I’ve been building RPGMapEditor.com - a web-based map editor for tabletop RPGs and D&D players. Up until august, the project was generating $0. I had built free generators (fantasy maps, dungeons,…by u/ExistentialHugger · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 77My saas first euros were secured and it’s not even what it actually sellsI spent the last couple of years building a digital products storefront builder that focuses on the delivery problem: You don’t deliver training quizzes like workout plans or software licenses etc. I soft launched it and was really…by u/MAS_4815162342 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 78Wondering why no one is using my SaaS even though we're 99% cheaper than our competitionHi, wondering if anyone else is having this experience. I made a SaaS for job listings that has good coverage and 99% cheaper API costs but it doesn't seem to get any traction? Essentially it's the same as my competitors with a giant…by u/charlie12520 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 79Chatgpt is sending me traffic! reuily.com crossed 3 users.https://preview.redd.it/sp95xg05klwh1.png?width=798&format=png&auto=webp&s=3fc34d7e85331b602589203f218e84c3a75cbdaf reuily is free form builder with unlimited submissions (no fair usage policy gated). Out of 3, 1 has successfully signed…by u/sku11ster · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 3 captures
- 80Lost my first two deals, one to a junior hire and one to "we'll do it with Claude"I'm building an AI product for companies. I sent my first two proposals, around R$4,500 a month (about $800). The first one was a travel agency with 20 people. The team told me they spend 2 to 3 hours on each material plus 1 hour…by u/plxs05092026 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 81Sound on - Make any keeb sound like a mechanical keebClickity is windows app that changes keyboard and mouse sounds - Pick from 7 satisfying keyboard, 15 mouse click and 3 scroll sounds. - You change the volume and pitch of each keyboard sound - Does not record any keyboard or mouse sounds.…by u/blip_right_in_ur_lip · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 8238 Sign ups in the past 5 days. 5 Paying Users 61 Overall signups since launch in august.So we are now on a slow but steady climb this past week we have had 40 + users sign up for the platform to browse bids mainly coming from my TikTok posts. On that platform we went from 7 followers to 359 followers in a week period posting…by u/ExpressionWilling342 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 83I went through 50 SaaS founders' numbers in 24 hours. 9 could tell me their payback period. That is the whole problem.I put something out on another startup sub recently and ended up with around 50 founders in my DMs in a single day. I asked almost all of them the same four questions. The answers were so consistent that I think it's worth writing down.…by u/Lucky_Reward2096 · first seen 2026-10-18 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 6 captures
- 844 reasons a SaaS stays stuck under 20 customersI spent last week going through a lot of founders acquisition setups after a thread I posted. Like 60 people. It was always the same 4 things. So here they are with a way to test which one is yours. 1. your ICP is a category not a person…by u/Lucky_Reward2096 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 85WhatsApp API pricing at scale, where does most of the money actually go?I'm planning to scale customer communication through WhatsApp and want to understand the actual costs before committing. I'm currently sending 400–500 messages a day, but I expect that to reach 1,000–1,500 a day once I expand nationally…by u/Internal_Basket283 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 86I made a free tool that tells you if your website is affected by this week's PHP security issueOn 21 October a critical security flaw in PHP was published. PHP runs a huge share of websites, and this flaw lets attackers take over the server. If your site runs PHP, it needs an update. I noticed that most people don't know whether…by u/hpdewilde · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 87I took my SaaS door-to-door in Nepal. Here's what happened.I spent months building software. Then I walked into local businesses to try selling it. Turns out, explaining your product is the easy part. At the first few stores, I couldn't even get a proper conversation with the owner. Sometimes…by u/Rich-Particular1175 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 885 months in and yet to land a single paid userSo its been 5 months since by first ship. i made a lot of effort on SEO which seemingly worked in a way, my SEO postion increase alot and i am not ranking on the first page at the very least for my brand queries and product queries and…by u/Dull_Earth_4112 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 89Building new features instead of marketing my book reading app. My biggest regretI built an app called bookreveal, did not touch a single side of distribution, and now its in app store, sitting there, not getting any downloads since no one knows the app still somehow i feel more productive to just add more features…by u/antisocial_exe · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 90Passed 1k users in Canada. Anyone here taken their SaaS into the US?Hey guys, my buddy and I have been working on Worky, a platform that helps home and healthcare agencies manage their operations, from scheduling workers to payroll and invoicing. We’ve grown it across Canada and officially just passed…by u/hsjhsj11 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 91Our early users are recommending our SaaS to colleagues. But we haven't figured out how to reach new users consistently.I'm one of the founders of a small Norwegian edtech startup. We've been getting positive feedback from lecturers in Norway and the UK who are using our product. A lecturer in the UK has been using it several times a week over the past…by u/im_mrtn · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 92How much do you spend on "AI" (Fall 2026)Hey Founders, Quick questions.. - How much do you spend to operate your business? - How much does your product/saas cost in terms of AI? Thanks!by u/founderqa · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 1 capture
- 93Do buyers actually want AI, or do founders just want to build it?I’m struggling with this right now. Everyone says B2B buyers want AI. I’m not convinced. I think buyers want fewer mistakes, faster turnaround, less headcount pressure, less manual cleanup, less waiting on someone else. AI is just the…by u/Few-Garlic2725 · first seen 2026-10-20 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 4 captures
- 94I built a SaaS in probably one of the most overcrowded markets possibleProductivity apps. Yeah, I know. As if the world needed another one lol. But hear me out. I've always found it kinda weird how we have hundreds of apps designed to make us more productive, yet somehow we end up needing 5 different ones…by u/Sad_Salamander_6834 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 2 captures
- 95Be honest, would you get what this does in 10 seconds?full disclosure, I'm the founder of this. I've been building software for small medical transport companies (the vans that take medicaid patients to dialysis, doctor visits, stuff like that). most of them are tiny, like 5-15 vans, and…by u/DDOSATTACK11 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 96How should I market my SaaS?I started building an app for personal use as a creative strategist and media buyer and along the way I decided other people/business might find it useful. Its called Mach ( www.machads.com ) It's basically if foreplay + grokbot + motion…by u/Old-Bet5794 · first seen 2026-10-19 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 5 captures
- 97Anyone here built and sold SaaS into construction? Looking for advice on adoption and first customersI’m based in Australia, with a background in construction project delivery and then transitioned to enterprise software implementation. I’m building Harvux around a problem I keep coming across: companies identify issues and document…by u/Conscious_Angle_7388 · first seen 2026-10-18 · last seen 2026-10-24 · in 6 captures
- 98How do you find good QA and testing partners that keep up with fast shipping?We ship weekly and our QA process can't keep up. Internal testing catches the obvious stuff but edge cases and regression bugs are slipping through constantly. Customers are finding bugs before we do and it's eroding trust. Looked at a…by u/No_Education2873 · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 1 capture
- 99I think every SaaS should have a public cemetery.We celebrate launches. We celebrate funding. We celebrate exits. But thousands of SaaS products quietly die every month. No shutdown post , lessons learned or explanation. One day they're posting on X. The next day... Last tweet: 287 days…by u/Global_Project_312 · first seen 2026-10-21 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 2 captures
- 100Where do companies like modash, clay and all are finding linkedin datasets?I recently did few meetings and setups with companies to understand the intelligence they are providing, and one thing was common they all had 100-500M datasets of linkedin user profile and contact info. I am very sure there is a very…by u/palindrome___ · first seen 2026-10-23 · last seen 2026-10-23 · in 1 capture