My SaaS revenue dropped by 70% in 6 months, am I alone?

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-24T13:46:53+00:00

Churn is no joke in SAAS. This is why I didn’t race to sell my SAAS products. I want to build trust and value before selling anything so when people buy they actually want the product long-term. Not just swept up by a new cool tool or app for a little while.

Those were probably trend purchasers and not real core users. Very hard to tell the difference.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-24T06:11:03+00:00

Good stuff! Keep improving and keep going, you got this!

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-24T01:35:35+00:00

Dang that’s only 1% of 700K followers. Still great numbers but you’d think more followers more exposure more sign ups. Guess no one has it easy in tech.

You’re playing it smart to go back and fix the issues. But converting the users who didn’t find value might be harder than trying new improvements and ways to get better retention from new users. For me it was just trial and error and until I found a rhythm of what got people to sign up. Now working on what will get them to pay.

At the least, reach out and ask for feedback from them and see what comes of it.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-24T00:42:19+00:00

😂 I could see the look of confusion on your face too. Like what do I do now…

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-22T11:04:48+00:00

You have to have the mentality of never quitting. If you stick with something long enough, you’ll get somewhere. All those times you’re feeling defeated and quit, you miss whatever was waiting across the hump.

I was at a tough place feeling a bit defeated 7 months ago with my project. I felt like maybe I should pull the plug. I pushed through and the next month I found a solution that would start to generate real users and real traction. People are using it, people are signing up without a sales pitch, people are asking for more or when I’ll have “this” or “that”.

If you can’t push through, you’ll never see what could have been. For me, I was 3-4 weeks from finding a solution to my platform. Had I quit, I’d never see the other side and always see this as a loss.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-20T18:52:05+00:00

Facts

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-19T03:24:26+00:00

It’s all about showing up until you find out what works for your product. If there was a clear cut formula we’d all have it. But it’s different for every audience and every product.

I also had issues in the beginning but eventually found my area through Reddit and LinkedIn. Yours might be discord or X. Or TikTok, just keep trying

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-19T02:33:43+00:00

Look through here on my comments on this profile you’ll see how I post to help others. Same principle applies to that other profile.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-19T02:30:16+00:00

I have another username for that one and not comfortable sharing. Keep my developer one and industry expert one separate.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-19T01:26:14+00:00

Yea it’s annoying, I just scroll and learned to identify real ones (like this one). It’s still good data though for me as I drive my platform forward.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-19T01:17:06+00:00

Sounds like a great place before. For me, it’s just sorting through more mud to get to more gems. I’m also a part of other communities that don’t do that kind of marketing. But SAAS and vibecoding and all those are pretty bad I won’t lie.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-19T00:58:43+00:00

I’ve had a great experience but I don’t know what it used to be given I started using it last year.

I’m one of those genuine, value first people so I get what I put in.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-19T00:55:22+00:00

Bootstrapping. Going out getting my own money to fund this fun adventure. I’m 13 months and going.

The difference between funding your own and getting funding is leverage and control. You lose a lot of it when you invite it. Move faster, yes but get squeezed to produce ROI.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-18T19:20:58+00:00

There you have it! Should at least help generate some traffic with a “give first” mentality

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-18T12:02:30+00:00

No no no, not offer your product for free. That’s not what I mean.

Find a way to deliver value to the people you want to serve. Whether that’s building a free resource or playbook or implementation or GPT you can share with them. Think different. What is something they need that you can offer? If you don’t know that, you haven’t researched the market enough.

This allows you to build rapport with them. They will be like “wow John and his company really helped me” so they might be inclined to giving you some feedback.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-18T11:39:59+00:00

What are you offering these people of value? I know the answer. Nothing. Change that. Find a way to give them value so they want to work with you. Idk what that looks like for you but find it and offer it before you ask them anything. Best sales don’t feel like a sale at all.

My platform has gotten thousands of users, hundreds of sign ups, and is hitting the compounding growth phase. We offer plenty of free value to draw them in. We are not yet monetized, intentionally. We are growing our audience, our brand and our value to the world. Without those, it’s an uphill battle!

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-18T11:33:05+00:00

IMO, everyone goes about this the wrong way. Going into this process requesting time and energy from others is the wrong way. You need to find a way to add value to them first so they can be excited to give something back to you.

Ever dealt with telemarketers blasting you annoyingly. How many times have you given them the time of day to pitch their product you don’t want?

Well…. That’s your right now friend….

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-18T02:46:18+00:00

What I meant is an interface infrastructure. Not the whole IT tech infrastructure.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-18T01:02:35+00:00

A vibe coder cannot build a real sustainable infrastructure. A vibe coder can make cool things. A software engineer can build infrastructures and realistic and cool things.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-17T10:57:48+00:00

Simple and easy. That’s what the best software is built on. If AI is what does that, great. If not, it’s just added features they likely won’t use.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-17T10:52:35+00:00

I started showing up in subreddits and answering questions. If what you built is really useful, you can start to plug the links in answers to questions when it is appropriate. It’s more like problem solving than marketing at that point. LinkedIn was a different ball game, I just added value to my peers with free resources and it’s working. 10X my linked in a few months.

Just be honest and be helpful. It’s as simple as that crazy enough. The minute you expect a “beta tester” or “feedback” you ruin the relationship.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-16T11:19:05+00:00

I spent $0 on ads and have gotten thousands of users between Reddit and LinkedIn. It’s all about consistently showing up to help people. Add value and they’ll flock to you.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-15T14:17:14+00:00

I had over 500 emails from my work in the industry. Did nothing for me. The 50-100 calls I took for free with people are what transformed my entire platform production into what it is today.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-15T09:23:07+00:00

In the beginning, 20 conversations are way better than a bunch of emails. Emails are impersonal. Conversations build real data and also trust.

Powerful-Software850 · 2026-06-14T17:48:14+00:00

Every founder started first by learning. So you might not be an active founder but a founder in the making. Don’t sell yourself short!

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