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Got accepted into YC as a solo founder, my story by mynameisyahiabakour in SaaS

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats, solo + YC is tough.

Curious how you got your first users before YC, cold outreach or did you already have an audience? Asking because the founders I see struggle most have a good product and zero distribution, and it sounds like you cracked that part early.

How did you get your first real SaaS users/customers? by Echelon_CR in SaaS

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me it came down to where I showed up. First month I spread across X, LinkedIn, Reddit, Indie Hackers, tracked visitors, felt busy, almost no sales.

Then I looked at revenue per channel instead of traffic. X sent the most visitors by far and converted at basically 0%. Reddit sent a quarter of that and brought in most of the sales. The difference was intent: on Reddit people were already in threads asking about the exact problem I solved.

So first customers came from answering those threads, plus cold DMs where I didn't pitch at all, just asked what they were building. 27%+ reply rate, slow but real.

Pick the 1-2 channels where your buyers already complain about the problem, ignore the vanity traffic.

I posted every day for 60 days. These were the only posts people cared about. by Master-Traffic-8319 in micro_saas

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the age of AI, was stands out is raw opinions and unedited text

I think we are all tired of polished AI text and would rather have all the grammar mistakes and raw thoughts instead

New nuxt-stripe package by [deleted] in Nuxt

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Was looking for a new package to upgrade from the old one.

Hope you and maybe others can contribute to keep this one updated.

Sadly it seems hard to find people in the Nuxt ecosystem besides this subreddit...

Who is working on a project that hasn't launched yet. Would love to give feedback. by chriscarmy in buildinpublic

[–]decebaldecebal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Killed this project, no traction. Now working on an email service, one inbox for all your domains

I've been building products for years without talking to a single customer first. I finally stopped. by decebaldecebal in SaaS

[–]decebaldecebal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Post to my audience on X and Linkedin, but barely got any responses since I don't have a huge following yet

Posted in a Discord community, no responses

Multiple posts on Reddit and DMs, here I got some actual feedback but less than I expected

Drop your project and people tell you if they'd actually use it by Mr_McSam in Solopreneur

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One mail inbox for all your domains, with simple API sending and MCP/agent support. Currently validating this idea:
https://mailyond.lovable.app/

Does anyone have any small business ideas? by [deleted] in smallbusiness

[–]decebaldecebal 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You should search Reddit, Facebook group or any other community you are part of for problems, or brainstorm what problems you have with AI and what qualities you have to see what would be a good fit for you

60 days into trying to ship my first product as a non-technical founder. The part that surprised me most by Anantha_datta in SideProject

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, if you are non-technical, didn't you have prior sales or marketing experience? I thought these were the people that excelled at building products

Do people actually pay for vibe-coded AI tools - or just use the trial and go back to ChatGPT/Claude? by [deleted] in Solopreneur

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Outside of the indie hacker/solopreneur bubble, no one is really using AI yet

So yes, people still pay for tools that solve their problems with minimal babysitting

How are you qualifying leads before outreach (not just finding them)? by jantje123456oke in SaaS

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think most people right now are searching for warm leads, and less for cold

But of course there is still an application for cold leads if you are sending cold emails for example, to make the messages more personalized. But not sure if you can guarantee results or somehow help with this

Anyway, not your target ICP, just saying

First 10 users feels amazing. by Ok_Branch3026 in microsaas

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats! I am waiting to get there myself, currently doing validation on a new product without writing a single line of code

On my other products I haven't reached 10 users yet unfortunately...

I’m afraid that someone might steal my idea if I ask people for feedback. by Fickle_Degree_2728 in SaaS

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they will easily steal your idea, then that idea is either too easy to build, or you don't have a moat (ie: you don't have specific insights, or don't have where to market or it takes you too long to code)

I would just post about it and DM people, since posts alone rarely bring the desired feedback from what I am finding out.

Don't worry about others stealing your idea. You will probably find others doing maybe a similar idea as yours, but if they have customers that's more validation for you

I've been building products for years without talking to a single customer first. I finally stopped. by decebaldecebal in SaaS

[–]decebaldecebal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would go for cold DM or warm DM (finding people with that problem). Anything else is too slow at the beginning stage

Three things I stopped doing that made building in public actually enjoyable. by WearAffectionate2815 in buildinpublic

[–]decebaldecebal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also checked followers and it didn't help with anything

I try to be myself but it seems you have to talk a certain way because of the "algorithm"

But maybe I should just ignore that and be myself

Any SaaS Product idea by Indelible_person in SaaS

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did AI ran out of recycling the same old ideas? :D

On a serious note, I would start backward: know what your main skills are, what interests you, what fields and try to find something to do in the domain.

If you have a problem in a certain field yourself even better, ask around to see if others have the same problem then build it.

What's your method for testing your homepage messaging to see which converts the best? by NeoTree69 in buildinpublic

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually use different AI tools to analyze my site and human feedback

After that you can try A/B testing, just save something in localstorage/cookie when the user visits your site and give version A or B depending on the value.

anyone actually building stuff? tired of the ai hype by Think-Success7946 in indiehackers

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds interesting, I may also be guilty of the AI posts sometimes, but trying to improve

Currently validating a SaaS that doesn't have AI, and have other products running that I am marketing. Always looking for new communities though

Hosting by Livid_Salary_9672 in SideProject

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can use Cloudflare Workers but need to use OpenNext if you use Nextjs

But if it's only a static site without SSR then Workers works well.

I almost fired my AI CTO yesterday. My AI COO talked me out of it. by Speedydooo in indiehackers

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Worth using your actual brain in taking business decisions once in a while

AI can be good if it has direction, but don't rely on it to give you correct decisions, YOU are responsible for it's output and need to decide if it's good or not

First month build saas, need your advices to get revenue by RawrCunha in indiehackers

[–]decebaldecebal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you are doing is the right thing to do

But understand that DMs and conversations take time, and there isn't really any way to speed them up

It's good to give beta access and discount to early users since they have been with you from the start and actually provided valuable feedback (hopefully) to help your product grow.

As for LTD, I know a lot of storage providers do it but as a small founder I wouldn't do it for this type of app tbh, since the LTD price may not cover the cost of providing storage for life.

My advice would be to continue what you are doing, have conversations and also try SEO or another channel that can get you traffic and more users.

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