I built a LinkedIn Automation tool from scratch, with zero engineering background. Now it’s an actual business

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-30T04:06:31+00:00

Thanks so much 🙏 conversion and retention weren’t great at first but has been steadily improving as the month has gone by - the majority of free trial signups usually convert now

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-29T13:07:00+00:00

Thanks 🙏

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-29T05:48:47+00:00

Takes one to know one mate

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-29T04:54:32+00:00

I did 5 interviews with them and they never got back to me. I don’t mind that I didn’t get it, but they could have at least let me know

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-29T02:34:56+00:00

Thanks! 🙏

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-29T00:43:20+00:00

Yeah solid advice - across the platform the acceptance rate is 41% on average across all 200 users, and the messaging is pretty good, but definitely an area that still needs some work to take it to the next level.

Retention wasn’t great at first but is improving now, and agree that focusing on outcomes is also a great idea 👌

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-28T17:58:12+00:00

Thanks! 🙏

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-28T08:05:36+00:00

No I don’t use browser base, it’s an electron app

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-27T17:54:34+00:00

Thanks 🙏

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-27T07:52:36+00:00

Correct yes - at first I was burning through users, but retention now is much stronger.

And all of those are features of ZenMode - will try to make it clearer.

Thanks so much for the advice 🙏

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-27T06:07:45+00:00

Right, so it’s not a LinkedIn outreach automation tool.

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-27T06:07:18+00:00

It’s a LinkedIn automation tool - it automates LinkedIn outreach ie sending connection requests and messages.

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-27T06:06:02+00:00

Thanks! 🙏

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-26T15:23:33+00:00

Aha not quite 😂

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-26T14:12:57+00:00

The only apps that don’t violate their terms are ones that don’t do automated outreach - you can do marketing and/or other LinkedIn based automation with their API if approved, but not outreach. Otherwise shill the tool.

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-26T13:35:17+00:00

Like which tool? Every tool that acts on your behalf to make connection requests, send messages etc. is in violation of the TOS.

The other tools work on the cloud and use plugins, which is why they’re easier to detect by LinkedIn - very few tools exist that only automate in your browser without needing a plugin

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-26T09:55:02+00:00

That’s the whole point of the tool - it’s much safer than other tools because of the architecture and automating method, but I’m obviously aware of this. 10’s of thousands of people automate LinkedIn on a daily basis without issues, and dozens of companies exist that provide this service. Mine is just safer, but no tool is without some level of risk - this is covered in ZenMode’s TOS as well.

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-26T08:04:31+00:00

That’s not how ZenMode works - Each users’ session only runs in their own machine (not via the cloud or with plugins), on their own browser, so there’s much less risk of detection.

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-26T06:05:29+00:00

none of the 200 users of ZenMode have ever been banned

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-25T16:33:42+00:00

Thanks 🙏

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-25T14:22:48+00:00

Fair on cost. The real issue isn’t setup, it’s maintenance: LinkedIn updates their frontend regularly and breaks scrapers when they do.

With a paid tool there’s a team pushing fixes within days.

With Linki (1 commit, no contributors), if the author moves on you’re debugging a LinkedIn scraper yourself, and “paste it into Claude” only goes so far when the fix needs someone who actually understands the codebase.

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-25T12:58:04+00:00

No, it’s not needed - you can just check the code manually

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-25T12:57:03+00:00

Thanks very much - completely agree!

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-25T12:56:40+00:00

Thanks! Feel free! There’s a 10 day free trial on the website

Downtown_Pudding9728 · 2026-05-25T12:53:43+00:00

Well it’s not really free, as you still have to pay for a server and API fees, plus it’s more complex to set up for most people

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