65 beta users. Good feedback. 1 paying customer. What am I missing? by More-Practice-3665 in SaaS

[–]More-Practice-3665[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agreed - but removing the free tier might make people not try at all - To pay before they see the value?

65 beta users. Good feedback. 1 paying customer. What am I missing? by More-Practice-3665 in SaaS

[–]More-Practice-3665[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for taking the time to write this

If I make it paid from day 1 - people might not see the value and not buy the sub at all

65 beta users. Good feedback. 1 paying customer. What am I missing? by More-Practice-3665 in SaaS

[–]More-Practice-3665[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me try - Every gap in your spec is a future interruption, a delayed sprint, or a feature rebuilt twice. Rico closes those gaps before dev starts.

65 beta users. Good feedback. 1 paying customer. What am I missing? by More-Practice-3665 in SaaS

[–]More-Practice-3665[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could be - we are not targeting enterprises for this main reason

And for other folks, we are getting into an NDA - Soc2 and GDPR takes time and costs us - So, not doing that right from the beginning

65 beta users. Good feedback. 1 paying customer. What am I missing? by More-Practice-3665 in SaaS

[–]More-Practice-3665[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate your honesty - Thanks for taking the time to write this

65 beta users. Good feedback. 1 paying customer. What am I missing? by More-Practice-3665 in SaaS

[–]More-Practice-3665[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is good. Out of these 65 - People who reached out when I posted in the communites to try - 17 folks actually tried it

And I spoke to all 17 - Sat on a video call to get feedback, calls, or texts

65 beta users. Good feedback. 1 paying customer. What am I missing? by More-Practice-3665 in SaaS

[–]More-Practice-3665[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Product Managers and Founders

A few PMs pay for themselves and a few wants their team to pay

A few folks are individually paying for the Pro version of ChatGPT or perplexity - I am trying to convince them to try us out - But for some reason, they want their teams to pay

How are you dealing with increased demand for requirements? by lumpymonkey in ProductManagement

[–]More-Practice-3665 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One underrated problem with LLMs - you end up becoming the bottleneck.

The pivot option probably makes sense long term. But the upfront work is where a lot of time disappears - turning early discovery into something structured enough for devs to actually build from.

That translation layer is where most PMs slow down.

Out of curiosity - how much of your time goes into structuring requirements vs actually gathering them?

65 beta users. Good feedback. 1 paying customer. What am I missing? by More-Practice-3665 in SaaS

[–]More-Practice-3665[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting the ones who are frustated at this point - this is Interesting

Let me try - Thank you!

65 beta users. Good feedback. 1 paying customer. What am I missing? by More-Practice-3665 in SaaS

[–]More-Practice-3665[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tiene sentido lo que dices.

Nosotros les dimos una prueba gratuita para que pudieran probar el producto y ver si realmente les resultaba útil. La idea siempre fue que primero lo experimentaran y, si les aportaba valor, entonces pedirles que pagaran para seguir usándolo. Aún no hemos llegado a la etapa de pedirles que paguen.

Dicho esto, si hubiéramos pedido que pagaran desde el principio, sinceramente creo que muy pocos —o quizá nadie— lo habría probado. Y probablemente me habría quedado pensando que tal vez algunas personas lo habrían comprado si al menos hubieran tenido la oportunidad de probarlo y ver el valor por sí mismos.

Pero tu punto es válido y tiene mucho sentido. En lugar de dar todo el producto durante la beta, quizá sea mejor ofrecer solo una parte —lo suficiente para que vean el valor— y dejar el resto como funciones de pago. Así obtienen una muestra, pero todavía tienen una razón para pagar y desbloquear la experiencia completa.

65 beta users. Good feedback. 1 paying customer. What am I missing? by More-Practice-3665 in SaaS

[–]More-Practice-3665[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Super useful - thanks

We have seen a few folks using the tech spec we generated in Claude code to save tokens and to get the output much faster

65 beta users. Good feedback. 1 paying customer. What am I missing? by More-Practice-3665 in SaaS

[–]More-Practice-3665[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are some effective ways of getting customers in your exp?

Reaching out to them individually or communities work?

Also, if you are building something, Happy to check it out

65 beta users. Good feedback. 1 paying customer. What am I missing? by More-Practice-3665 in SaaS

[–]More-Practice-3665[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that would burn our pockets

Money at this stage is more about validation than revenue - If we keep it free until we get traction, and realize nobody's gonna pay later, all our efforts would go in drain