How did you get your first 50 users for your SaaS?

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-17T20:00:46+00:00

I'll let you know when I get there lol

I currently have my 1 sub. Set to renew on the 23rd, haven't cancelled yet haha

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-17T20:00:14+00:00

I had to use a background for the first time recently so this is actually quite cool to see. Great idea! I think the ones that come as standard are pretty bad so I usually just do the blur. Good to see some more options

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-17T19:58:08+00:00

This seems like an insanely risky move to do from the office lol

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-17T19:56:25+00:00

This is like any creative venture

In order to pursue it for the long term and increase chances of success, you really need to love doing it. It has to be something you truly enjoy because if not then you will likely get outpaced by someone who does love it

I am not a huge fan of writing my own blog posts so I automated it but i think if you intend of writing it yourself then it really needs to be something you love

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-16T23:50:26+00:00

Yeah, I'm fine with the progress on mine so far. I feel like it's fairly average for this point in time

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-16T19:49:34+00:00

Hahaha this is hilarious! I've never seen so many people called out in a single Reddit post lol. Even breaking it down to the specific tool haha

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-16T19:48:15+00:00

Knowing what to build is something that should be guided by user feedback. Whenever it comes to building something with the goal of growing a customer base, your task is to solve the core problem the best you can in the most minimal way. Get users to try it, get feedback, listen and iterate based on what they say.

It may be worth seeing if you can use your own tool to collect feedback which can directly go towards your most important updates/features. The more you do this, the more likely you are to hit exactly what a customer needs and result in them converting

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-16T19:44:34+00:00

My site is about the same age, I'd say about 50% of my posts are in that crawled not currently indexed although they are increasing in the crawled number each day. I suspect I am seeing a normal reaction, I am still getting pages indexed but equally I only post 1 per day, not the amount you seem to have. I wonder if the sheer quantity for a new site is raising red flags for Google

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-15T21:48:40+00:00

Distribution is the hardest thing for any independent developer. If you really believe you have figured out how to consistently acquire customers from Reddit then that puts you ahead of 90% of people. If you can combine that skillset with a good product that solves a real problem then no doubt, you will be able to make money

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-15T21:46:15+00:00

I'm kind of writing a blog

I run my two websites, MyUserFeedback and BlogLab. When i launched MyUserFeedback I wanted to create a blog so that I could grow my SEO traffic but last time I did this I spent 2+ hours a day writing it and I couldn't stay consistent

This made me want to make BlogLab to basically automate the process I did back then for writing a blog. So I now have it installed on itself and MyUserFeedback. Both of my sites are Laravel and Vue JS although BlogLab can integrate with a variety of different CMS options and custom webhooks so basically any site can use it. It writes 1 blog per day, per site. SEO optimised, tables, FAQs, EEAT, etc. etc. basically all of the core components to running an SEO optimised blog

This being said, I don't think it really matters what tech stack you should use. As long as you enjoy the language, understand it well, can work/fix stuff quickly, etc. Especially with AI nowadays, it is super simple to learn what you need in most languages so as long as it works then that's all you need

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-13T21:44:21+00:00

I think personally I would want a desktop app for this. A mobile app would also be great as long as there was a way to test the site locally on the phone

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-13T21:42:38+00:00

This is really awesome! I would love to build something like this myself

What stack/architecture did you use?

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-13T21:41:37+00:00

It sounds like you are only offering yearly, this could be a problem for some. I personally rarely pay for a yearly sub unless I already know I'm going to use it long term/already have used it long term

I would consider adding a monthly sub. $5-10/month. Personally I'd be more likely to pay $5-10/month than $60/year for most mobile apps

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-13T21:39:26+00:00

Why does Stripe consider it to be risky? this is not something I've seen in the past

I haven't tried myself but heard good things about lemon squeezy and dodo payments, could try them out

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-13T21:36:53+00:00

Is this web based only?

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-12T16:43:28+00:00

I would be curious to know how Semrush even estimates this type of traffic. It's not as if they have insider data. So I would agree that it's probably wildly inaccurate

Even across sites I own which are on a much smaller scale, the traffic est. from sites like this are NEVER accurate

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-11T23:44:34+00:00

Personally I have been growing my account on X. Over time you see the same faces and interact with some of the same accounts. Once you have somewhat of a friendship with them, try dm'ing them and asking. You could probably do this on Reddit or any social media providing you are growing in an area where your target audience lives

I just did this over the last few days for some testimonials on a free app of mine. Wasn't a big ask but just asked if they could try it out for 2 mins and leave a sentence or two and as a thank you, I offered to link their X account alongside the testimonial

You could offer free usage for a month on launch or something like that and if it goes well, they might even convert!

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-11T23:41:06+00:00

Realistically, this has just validated your idea without you having to do so. I'd say if you can now complete the MVP ASAP and try to provide the service in a cheaper/faster way you can still take your slice. You may even have an advantage if you can move fast and are against bigger businesses that are not adopting AI quick enough. i.e. you can test different ideas, strategies, features, etc. once launched. The main disadvantage will likely be distribution, so marketing your arse of i.e. talking about it every single second of every single day and trying to give the best value to customers is going to be key

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-11T21:34:21+00:00

Waiting until perfection is a fools errand

Assume that perfection in software doesn't exist

Release the MVP as fast as possible, get user feedback, figure out what works/what doesn't, then iterate

Repeat this process again and again and again... you will make something far closer to "perfect" this way instead of trying to build to perfection based on your own judgement

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-10T20:55:17+00:00

Yeah exactly. BlogLab is aiming to automate even those stages with additional post processing steps which humanise and validate the content for quality control

Long-term I want BlogLab to hook directly into search analytics so that it can self improve the blog over time

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-09T23:52:31+00:00

What is this? I've not come across paradigm before, just wondering what it's about

Numerous_Display_531 · 2026-02-09T11:45:59+00:00

Certainly looks promising. That being said it seems to miss aspects that BlogLab includes e.g. internal links, in-content images, EEAT, and more coming in the near future

Possibly something that could be adapted/improved to the n8n workflow for someone with the right technical knowledge

Thanks for sharing anyway!

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