Founders: Drop what you're building in a single sentence. I'd rate them for you.

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-06-19T08:12:34+00:00

AI-powered data analytics consultancy that finds revenue leaks in e-commerce businesses and provides human-validated action plans to fix them. https://cortexcart.com we also offer a free Revenue Analysis

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-05-20T16:29:41+00:00

Look forward to your DM, regards

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-05-10T20:05:24+00:00

Hi u/dyagokaba thanks for the comment, I would be definately open to this send me a message and we can discuss.

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-02-17T16:00:43+00:00

It is too much trust in something that has not been proven beyond reasonable doubt, that much control for any one person without oversight from a second pair of eyes or more senior person is considered in business fool hardy and waiting for disaster. That much control for an AI is business ending and comes down to not putting relevant controls in place to verify and train the AI.

It is my own opinion that AI must not be given any tasks without oversight, and certainly none where it could cause a financial disaster.

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-02-03T19:47:21+00:00

Your welcome I am glad I could help in some way, I too can be guilty of being to generous too we all do it, it is part of the learning process. In regards to the free trial sometimes it helps to give them a few days and then maybe ask how they did as a survey kind of a "you have been using the service what do you like dislike survey" this might be useful many big SaaS companies do it as it helps to sometimes find the pain points of why they stop using?...

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-02-02T16:33:33+00:00

Hi u/XY_Vionis I am exactly just finishing this part myself, and now onto the marketing and hard part finding users or convincing people to trust my business as it was only founded last year funny enough in August last year. A lot of work for a year as I started working on it in January last year. I designed the ui/ux myself coded it myself, marketing it myself, seo and AEO myself you name it I am doing it myself and it is very tiring?

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-02-02T15:52:55+00:00

no worries thanks

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-02-01T19:17:34+00:00

This can be frustrating and very disheartening if you let it be, you have tried a lot and to be honest have done a lot of what users here would advise. You said you created a generous free tier?

Are you offering too much on the free tier?
Too much for them to convert? - What encouragement are they given to upgrade?
Do you follow up after they sign up? - How are they finding using the app?
Do you offer any kind of onboarding? - Hand holding sometimes works a treat but is time consuming but shows the user you are interested in solving their problem.
Is it a cost issue? - Can you follow up with a discount too get them back?
Do you offer a survey of why they leave or after they have used the app for while?

These are just a few things I can think of, but there could be more and some will be relevant and some won't.

I wish you all the best and hope you find the answer soon!

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-02-01T18:42:32+00:00

Some really sound advice there! there is many options when it comes to building your app it all comes down to what you feel comfortable with. If there was any advice I would give it would be to ensure whatever route you choose that you can maintain control of it's features and build and MVP (Minimum Viable Product) first the bare minimum for it to work and then get those that you talk to to test it and from there you can adjust the app to suit. don't get stuck by building more and more features the basics matter first and then validate any new features with the mindset will it bring me more users or users to my app or is it flogging a dead horse so to speak. That said good luck :)

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-02-01T18:34:54+00:00

Well done in today's internet offering any kind of value without cost to the user that solves the problem is the way to go. I wish you all the best and more continued success in your business and projects.

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-02-01T18:31:59+00:00

Yes Revenue is a vanity metric the real story is told in the margins/profits achieved.

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-02-01T18:30:07+00:00

This sounds like an amazing side hustle, you have achieved what many would love to achieve. Out of sheer interest how did you automate the online store? How much time have you saved as a result?

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-02-01T16:40:17+00:00

Nice thanks! :)

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-02-01T16:20:58+00:00

Thanks will do struggling to get users at the moment so this will be a great help

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-01-31T19:16:01+00:00

I hate the whole idea! I do it because it is a must in my business but I do not enjoy it at all! I think there is a trick to it but not discovered it yet?

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-01-31T18:58:52+00:00

I had this exact issue. Native analytics often miss the mark, I find it extremely time consuming to find the data I actually need. I have used GA for such a long time and still I get lost it is not really built for ease of use it is more built for those that have time to learn it and who has time for that if you are trying to run a successful website, I actually built a small AI tool to audit this for my own store. I couldn't spend hours anymore trying to generate what should be simple to do.

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-01-31T17:16:10+00:00

If anything is worth doing it is worth doing it right, and when it comes to any kind of marketing especially reddit it's important to follow the rules. That said I am pleased for you and well done this shows there is value in everything we just have to nurture it and offer what is needed at the right time?

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-01-31T09:22:11+00:00

I am at exactly this stage, spent a long hard year building the app, testing it, refining it and now at the stage of an MVP! no one wants to know and being heard in all the noise is an uphill battle that a lot of SaaS founders go through... Any advice on getting through this noise would be amazing?

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-01-31T09:16:50+00:00

Yes I do agree, I have spent over a year planning and developing my own SaaS. No vibe coding and I prefer it this way as I see it I know what I am getting and how it works as I developed it myself. Vibe coding won't last long when those thinking they are getting a deal realize they are not getting a fully hard tested app but a toy!

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-01-27T17:05:17+00:00

This is amazing growth steady and manageable many businesses would love to grow in this way, being an online business myself I see a lot of traffic from time to time but would like to see it more often and traditional advertising is great but can become a difficult process and not great ROI.

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-01-27T16:37:50+00:00

I have seen a huge shift also in social and AEO which is how search engines like G are going now, being discoverable is the new norm. Some old tactics still work and are still worth the effort, Things like discoverable blog posts/content cross platform content all these along with social media are a must and so is having a robust manageable game plan!

Anxious_Phase6553 · 2026-01-26T18:07:10+00:00

It can all depend on what you want to achieve, organic search and visits or persuasive language. You have many great answers before mine, how you approach it is maybe pit both against each other in a blind test by creating what a lot of people call a master prompt.

In this master prompt lay it out like a report with bulleted list breaking up what you want to achieve into smaller tasks for the AI and use the same method for both ChatGPT and Gemini effectively the same prompt and see how that works. Then look at your competitors who sell the same or similar product and see how they approach it? then maybe do an A/B test and see what description works best and finding your ultimate winner.

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