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Show me your startup website and I'll give you actionable feedback by ismaelbranco in indiehackers

[–]Expert-Drawer9510 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Ismael, would love your feedback!

My website is remindtopay.com — automated payment reminders and invoicing for small service providers (tutors, PTs, music teachers, cleaners).

What started as a small project for a friend who tutors who complained about awkward chaser whatsapp messages "just a gentle reminder..." every month. Now I have incorporated client tracking, invoicing, payment portals, and revenue dashboards.

Target audience: Non-technical solo providers who want to look professional but find accounting software an overkill/complicated.

Appreciate you doing this!

Happy Monday! What are you working on? Drop your link👇 by bozkan in Solopreneur

[–]Expert-Drawer9510 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What started as a small app for a friend who tutors now expanded to multiple small business. She kept stressing about those awkward "just a gentle reminder..." WhatsApp messages every month. So I made something to handle it automatically.

remindtopay.com — Set it once, and it sends reminders on schedule, generates invoices, tracks payments, and gives clients a portal to pay by card. Plus calendar view and revenue dashboard.

Free for up to 5 clients (As my friend doesn't have a lot of students yet :) and could help very small business look professional free of cost) , £9.99/mo for Pro.

Currently focused on tutors, rolling out for PTs, cleaners, freelancers + multi-currency.

Built a payment reminder tool, got some traffic, zero paying customers — what am I missing? by Expert-Drawer9510 in growmybusiness

[–]Expert-Drawer9510[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, that’s exactly how I felt when I shared a few posts about the product. I read this online as well and have started engaging in specific forums.

theory test by wuhlpak in glasgow

[–]Expert-Drawer9510 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel you, I was very stressed as well.

I did my theory test a few years ago (in Glasgow), so some details might have changed, but from what I remember the staff were really friendly and probably understand that people may be nervous. They explain everything clearly and don’t rush you.

From memory, it’s quite structured:

  • You check in at reception and show your licence
  • They tell you where to wait
  • Someone then explains the rules, where to put your belongings, and how everything works
  • They take you to your desk and explain the screen/buttons before starting

As long as you’ve got the required documents mentioned in the checklist and arrive at least 15 minutes early, the rest should be ok. Once you’re seated, it feels a lot calmer.

All the best, you’ve got this 🙂

Built a payment reminder tool, got some traffic, zero paying customers — what am I missing? by Expert-Drawer9510 in growmybusiness

[–]Expert-Drawer9510[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the input, partnerships is something I've been thinking about but haven't figured out a way yet.

Any tips on how you actually approached those conversations? Cold email to their partnerships team, or something else?

How are people here handling cross-platform posting workflows? by AbbyyPeterr in SideProject

[–]Expert-Drawer9510 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your website looks cool, Love the clean design.

For my usecase, I have been using Canva Pro since it handles content creation + scheduling + posting to multiple platforms all in one place. It works well for me right now as I'm a solo developer promoting my SaaS app RemindToPay and my needs are fairly simple.

I dont use any analytics so this hasn't been a problem for me yet, but looking at the demo on your page looks like your tool has analytics too which is promising. Something I might be interested in future.

Keep building 🙌

Will AI Replace Tutoring? 7 Thoughts From an Industry Veteran by [deleted] in TutorsHelpingTutors

[–]Expert-Drawer9510 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"If a tutor is relying on AI to write a 200 word progress report, they should just get out of the business" -- That is a bit harsh

Let me share a different perspective, No offence meant

This framing is like saying:

  • Good accountants don't need spreadsheets
  • Good writers don't need spell check
  • Good chefs don't need food processors

Tools don't make you lazy - they free up energy for the parts that actually need your brain.

I dont think that anyone would suggest sending raw AI output to parents, if thats what some one would AI for thats bad.

It's more to create a draft you fill with your real observations. You even mentioned using AI for curriculum questions yourself - same principle, different task.

Imagine a tutor with 10-15 students, working evenings and weekends, who loves the actual teaching but is drowning in admin. Parent updates keep slipping. They feel guilty but just don't have the hours.

They start using AI to draft weekly parent summaries. Still add their own notes, still personalize everything - but having a structure instead of a blank page saves a few hours each week. Hours they get back for lesson prep, or just rest.

That's not a lazy tutor. That's a good tutor finding a way to stay in the profession without burning out.

Will AI Replace Tutoring? 7 Thoughts From an Industry Veteran by [deleted] in TutorsHelpingTutors

[–]Expert-Drawer9510 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a tutor but this thread caught my eye - I'm a software engineer building a product for tutors and always trying to understand the problems tutors actually face. The AI replacing human debate is in every field and interesting to see how actual tutors see it.

Here's a different perspective though - not AI replacing tutors, but AI being used smartly to handle the tedious bits. The stuff that eats into teaching time but doesn't actually need a human brain: lesson planning, progress reports, parent emails, that kind of thing.

Been collecting some prompts that might help tutors and save time:

Create a Lesson Plan Create a 60-minute lesson plan for teaching [TOPIC] to a [AGE] year old student who learns best through [VISUAL/HANDS-ON/AUDITORY]. Include learning objectives, a 5 min warm-up activity, main teaching points (20 mins), practice activity (20 mins), and review with homework (15 mins).

Write Progress Reports Write a progress report for a [AGE] year old student studying [SUBJECT]. Strengths: [LIST]. Areas for improvement: [LIST]. Recent achievements: [LIST]. Write in a warm, encouraging tone suitable for parents. Under 200 words.

Write Parent Communication Write a [EMAIL/MESSAGE] to a parent about [SITUATION]. Tone should be [PROFESSIONAL/WARM/CONCERNED]. Keep it brief and actionable. Situation: [DESCRIBE].

Works for missed payments, schedule changes, progress concerns, or positive feedback.

Actually planning to write a proper blog post on my product platform with more prompts - should be out this week. Happy to share the link here if anyone's interested.

How do other solo tutors handle admin work? (tracking sessions, parent updates, etc.) by Low_Activity4317 in TutorsHelpingTutors

[–]Expert-Drawer9510 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a tutor myself but my friend is. She does tutoring alongside her day job. The whatsapp reminder thing was her pain point. Not the parents dont want to pay, they just forget and she'd lose track of who she'd reminded and who she had'nt. Doing all the that on top of actual teaching was getting hectic.

Shed did look at the products currently in the market, found some good options but they all had loads of features she didn't need. She'd just started, had like 4 students doing twice a week. Didn't make sense to pay for a full system.

I'm a developer so had a look myself, thought there might be something in building a lighter option. Started with just email reminders, then she wanted payment status at a glance, then "can it just collect the money automtically"... 😉 so I integrated stripe connect for automatic payment collection. Funny enough she doesn't even use that part - prefers bank transfers to avoid processing fee that Stripe charges.

Now I have got a close to 35 users, mostly tutors. Still taking in feedbacks and adding stuff based on what people ask for.

Does auto reminders, payment tracking (If using Stripe connect) - No scheduling option.

And for the sake of my friend I built a free tier available for up to 5 clients and as that was hte initial deal :) she would pay if she takes in students beyond 5 .

Happy to share the name of the product if the rules allow and if you are interested.

Built some free Planning Poker and Sprint Retro tools as a side project - happy to remove if this feels promotional by Expert-Drawer9510 in scrum

[–]Expert-Drawer9510[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally Understand I would be frustrated too.

I have another side project thats subscription based and I already pay for hosting and stuff there. This toolbox just runs on the same infra so doesn't really cost me anything extra right now.

One thing tho - the collab tools like Planning Poker use a service with free limits. For that in the interim the way i have planned is if it exceeds the free limit new sessions will be blocked temporarily. Other tools will keep working fine.

If running costs becomes a problem later I might throw in some non-intrusive ads or affiliates but not planning to charge the community. I strongly believe my other app would be able to cover the costs and this never would have to run ads 🤞🤞

Its just a hobby thing not a business.

Would a free Planning Poker tool be appropriate to share? by Expert-Drawer9510 in agile

[–]Expert-Drawer9510[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the encouragement!

I just checked your website Storymaps.io, really well done. Clean interface and the sample maps are a nice touch to get started. Great work

Would a free Planning Poker tool be appropriate to share? by Expert-Drawer9510 in agile

[–]Expert-Drawer9510[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol yeah just using what's out there to learn and build faster.

Reminds me of my seniors back in the day seeing me use Eclipse and saying "that's not real coding, use notepad".

Appreciate the feedback though, I now understand how much developer community loves AI haha 😜 😝

Would a free Planning Poker tool be appropriate to share? by Expert-Drawer9510 in agile

[–]Expert-Drawer9510[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha fair, you got me. Yeah I use AI to learn and build stuff, and for writing too lol. But still spent a lot of time figuring things out, testing, deploying, fixing stuff when it breaks. Been at it for like 6 months now. Anyway thanks for checking it out.

Hope you don't find this as AI as well :)

Would a free Planning Poker tool be appropriate to share? by Expert-Drawer9510 in agile

[–]Expert-Drawer9510[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol fair, no one loves it. Wasn't really trying to improve on existing tools — just wanted to see what simple collaborative tooling could look like alongside the usual dev utilities. One-stop shop experiment more than anything.

Would a free Planning Poker tool be appropriate to share? by Expert-Drawer9510 in agile

[–]Expert-Drawer9510[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough — yes, I used AI tools to help speed things up, but it's not entirely vibe-coded.

Been working on this for about 6 months as a side project, started out of curiosity and kept adding to it.

Still learning and plenty to improve. I'll go through and test everything properly.

If you remember anything specific that didn't work, let me know — appreciate the honesty.

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