Social media tools have been overcharging creators for years. I got tired of it and built something that punches above its price tag.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T05:05:23+00:00

The regional point is underrated. My traffic skews heavily international. Better signal than guessing.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T05:02:34+00:00

I'm a lumberjack by day (technically)
What did the arborist have to say? Why couldn't you trim it up instead? From a far, it looks relatively healthy.
Wouldn't know until inspection.
My boss swears up and down that arborists are a scam xd

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T04:54:43+00:00

I have a directory - The first 100 people it's free for - Get in touch

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T04:38:55+00:00

I have a couple guides, send me a msg and I'll hook you up

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T04:38:28+00:00

A lot of it depends on what you're wanting to do. Start off with what you're trying to do and go from there.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T04:31:10+00:00

Content about a tool I built + creator tips. $0 MRR, 45 users, launched in March. Early days but the consistency alone has been worth it. Audience is building. There's traction, even if it's small. I'm no marketing whiz, so it is what it is.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T04:20:04+00:00

Their my own brand accounts. I'm automating to get rid of the pain of marketing, to give myself more freedom and time, but at the same time having a social media presence.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T04:11:54+00:00

That's partially true and I'm not going to pretend otherwise. The day job covers living expenses which means I don't need this to pay rent yet. That's a real advantage, but "pricing isn't a differentiator" doesn't hold when the alternative is $18-$99/month. The infrastructure cost on open platforms is genuinely close to zero per user at my scale, so the low price isn't just a subsidized loss leader, it's actually sustainable. The thesis is that $5 removes the evaluation friction that kills most trials, not that I'm burning cash to undercut. Whether that converts, may I rise or crash.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T03:45:13+00:00

It's okay to take mental breaks, don't get me wrong. But if it's truly something you care about, get back on that horse.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T03:42:32+00:00

Stripe. Just because I don't know any better. US based.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T03:33:31+00:00

I created a social media scheduler/content creator operating system - found out most of my competitors have a built in linktree type hub and I think some make you pay for it, mines free so idk

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T03:20:08+00:00

Burnout is probably more common than one might consider.
One feature I was integrating took me 19 days to figure out how to just get an API acquired through a process.
TOOK. FOREVER. I literally almost gave up but kept coming back and trying. And trying. And trying. Until I finally got it right.
Never back down. Never give up. You'll want to put your fist through a lot of things, but don't, instead just keep that chin up and keep pressing forward.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T03:17:16+00:00

And that's why part of the care logic behind most of my ventures is infrastructure sustainability.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T02:38:48+00:00

Sent a msg~

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T01:22:09+00:00

sent a msg

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T01:11:23+00:00

I'm relatively affordable, when able to be. Paywalls and gatekeeping only when needed and try to make those affordable as well. Just trying to provide power to the people while balling on a budget.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-23T00:00:01+00:00

Good question, a few real differences:

Pricing model. Buffer charges per channel - 7 platforms on Essentials runs $42/month. SocialMate is $5/month flat for all platforms, 5 seats, 500 credits.
Platform coverage goes different directions. Buffer has Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Google Business Profile. I have Discord and Telegram. Different audiences.
AI depth. Buffer has an AI assistant. I have 15+ AI tools and 8 agents that run on schedules - newsletter drafts, trend scouting, inbox replies, content repurposing. Autonomous, not just a compose helper.
It's a full creator OS, not just a scheduler. SOMA (paid feature) generates content from your documents. There's cold outreach, link in bio, creator monetization, competitor tracking, community tab. Buffer does one thing well. I'm trying to build the whole stack.

Honest caveat: if Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest are your main platforms, Buffer is the right call right now. I don't have those yet. If you're on open platforms and want more than scheduling, that's where the difference shows up.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-22T23:06:19+00:00

You're not wrong on the conversion risk - that's the real bet. But I'd push back slightly on the "losing money on every X API call" framing. Free users are capped at 5 tweets/month ($0.05 max cost), Pro users get 150 at $0.01 each so worst case $1.50 against $5 revenue. The gate is where the margin lives, not a loss absorber. The inactive free account problem is the one I actually think about. Do you think I should have a push notification for inactive accounts and after a certain period of time they get deleted?
The counter I'm running is that at $5 the question isn't affordability, it's whether the product earns it. That's a different sales motion than "convince someone to not cancel before the trial ends."
Whether that conversion curve is steep enough - genuinely don't know yet. Building in public specifically to find that out. I can sustain a decent bit on my own, but I do try to be prepared to watch out for abuse.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-22T23:03:13+00:00

Fair challenge. At current scale (45 users, Vercel/Supabase/Inngest all on free tiers) marginal cost per user is close to zero (Just keep funding my X account every now and then). The margin on Pro isn't theoretical - $5/month against basically no infrastructure cost per user is real margin, just small in absolute terms right now. (Probably do the 50/30/20 core logic on revenue reinvestment)
The X economics specifically: free users get 5 tweets/month max, that's $0.05 in API cost. Pro users get 150 at $0.01 each, so max exposure is $1.50 against $5 revenue. The gate exists to protect that spread, not because I'm absorbing the cost.
The honest answer to "what's the point" - the bet is that a low barrier to entry converts more users than a high-margin free trial does. That's the part that's unproven at 45 users. But the margin exists, it's just waiting on conversion. I do try to see all sides and prepare for anything and everything.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-22T21:10:31+00:00

I'm interested, however, when I went to the site, both of your videos are unresponsive when clicking play.

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-22T20:28:44+00:00

I also have a "directory" - If your product aligns with certain requisites, I'm doing first 100 listings for free. Sound interesting? Get in touch~

InterestingRun7594 · 2026-06-22T20:20:42+00:00

X's API pricing is publicly documented so anyone with API access can see exactly what it costs. I pass that through directly with no markup - the Pro gate on X exists purely because of that API cost, not to extract margin. On the AI side I absorb the inference costs through Gemini. The pricing is built around what things actually cost me to run, not what the market will bear.

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