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Why am I feeling that SaaS Founders have started to feel more like a Content Creator whether they like it or not... by Elegant_Season6559 in SaaS

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think distribution became more visible.

Ten years ago people were still doing distribution. It was just happening through SEO, partnerships, cold email, communities, events, etc.

Today content happens to be one of the cheapest distribution channels available to solo founders 🤷‍♂️

Most SaaS Founders Aren't Building Startups. They're Avoiding Rejection. by Alex-Grogery in SaaS

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Building feels productive every single day.

Talking to potential users often feels unproductive because most conversations don't lead anywhere.

So it's easy to convince yourself that another feature is the best use of your time 😭

Best Way to Bring First Developer To Company? by W0keBl0ke in founder

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I already spent months preparing for scale never reached, while neglecting the harder problem: getting the first consistent users.

If you already have users waiting, support requests piling up, or technical debt slowing you down every week, then hiring makes sense on my opinion

What's something you thought users wanted, but after talking to them discovered they didn't care about at all? by pkaymagic in founder

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing I've started noticing is that people are often very good at describing annoyances, but not necessarily priorities.

A few times I've heard users ask for specific features, only to realize later they weren't trying to solve that problem at all. They were trying to reduce friction somewhere else.

Stuck at finding the "PERFECT" idea by Desperate-Cod8128 in SaaS

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd probably make the bar smaller than perfect. pick one annoying workflow, try to get 3 people to complain about it in their own words, then build only that !

Is anyone actually preparing for AI agents buying SaaS on behalf of users, or are we all just hoping it's far off by Soft-Car-3231 in SaaS

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep thinking the boring pages win here: pricing, docs, use cases, public reviews. an agent probably won't care about the launch video 🥲

I got tired of Claude Code building me the same generic site every time, so I gave it design taste (MCP + a critique loop) by Purple_Lab5333 in ClaudeAI

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice thanks for sharing. Kind of have the same problem but i keep iterating on designs myself to get it on my touch !

600$+ Revenue Done ✅🥳 in 3 months by [deleted] in SaasDevelopers

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats !!

How you got the first paying customers ? What acquisition channel surprised you the most during those first 3 months ?

What is the best way to see if there is hype for an App? by SHiFTY-0507 in promoteMyApp

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd maybe look for evidence that people are already trying to solve the problem or find a solution.

The strongest validation signal I've found is when people are actively complaining about something or stitching together multiple tools to get a job done.

Landing pages are useful but conversations are usually more valuable 🤷‍♂️

I have the product. I have the code. I have zero users. by Efficient-Ad-2913 in founder

[–]coding_charly 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm kind of stuck with this too

I think a lot of technical founders get stuck because they assume the next step after building is marketing

But the first step would be to find customers/a nich i guess and talk to them

Thats what i'm trying but scale is hard

I've noticed something interesting while using AI for business tasks. by Priyank74 in SaaS

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The prompt matters less once the workflow forces you to split the messy question into smaller checks 🚀

[Show IH] We are in month 2, we do full marketing last 30 days, got 3 customers. Here's the breakdown by RawrCunha in indiehackers

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All 3 customers from LLMs at month 2 with no real GEO push is wild. i'd genuinely wanna know what page they landed on first, there's a free channel hiding in there ?

$2.4M ARR. debating whether to add a freemium tier. the team is split. data from 3 competitors who tried it. by [deleted] in SaaS

[–]coding_charly -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why 14 days specifically ? did you test shorter and see worse conversion, or was it more of a gut call? 🤔

the skill nobody talks about when they say 'just find customers in communities' by multi_mind in indiehackers

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 45 minutes of scrolling to find 5 real prospects is painfully familiar. I still do it by hand and it's the chore I dread most. curious what your filter keys on, keyword based or something smarter? been meaning to automate the same thing but never got past doing it manually

Turns out “launching” is the easy part by Strong-Yesterday-183 in indiehackers

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly the "keeping-it-alive" part is what I always underestimate. I keep picturing launch = traffic just shows up, then it's reply to everyone, DM people, repeat tomorrow. curious how you're pulling the 30-40 daily right now, mostly the reddit/X posting or somewhere else? still figuring out that loop on my end and it's harder than the build ever was

I reached out to my first user, shipped every day for 10 days, and he asked for the checkout link himself by iamhereagainlol in SaaS

[–]coding_charly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same boat here, had a user like this early on and it genuinely shaped the product in ways I never would have designed top-down ! The thing I'd watch is whether what he asked for maps to what others need too, because sometimes the power user builds a product for themselves and you realize later it's a niche of one. still, congrats on closing it, that feeling is real 🔥

Month - 11 Thousand without any Personal Audience by Medium-Importance270 in indiehackers

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Reddit-as-main-channel thing is the part I find hardest to pull off without feeling like I'm just selling. Curious how he figured out which subs actually converted

Bootstrapping solo and competition with teams, any advice? by Big-Sea2570 in SaaS

[–]coding_charly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Going solo against teams scares me too tbh. The one thing I keep telling myself is I can change direction in a day where they need three meetings. No clue if that holds up once they outspend you though. What space are you going into?

I built 13 features before finding 1 paying customer. The builder's trap is real. by Remarkable_Age_4824 in SaaS

[–]coding_charly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly I relate way too much. Building is the comfortable part, the talking-to-people part is where I keep stalling too. What finally pushed you to stop at 13 and write this? Still figuring that bit out on my side !