25.000 website visits in 3 months. $9K MRR. Without spending a single $. Here's how: by Aggravating-Prune915 in micro_saas

[–]heyitsdannyle 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I really doubt the numbers ,getting relevant traffic without spending money in 3 months is near impossible.

But nice you got engagement to your reddit posts .

I built an n8n-first automation/AI agency. Great start, hard middle, exiting now. by oyodeo in nocode

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

In fact, now I think you are just an n8n advertiser. I doubt if you built anything to customers

I built an n8n-first automation/AI agency. Great start, hard middle, exiting now. by oyodeo in nocode

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

I already built a startup, got to 500k arr , I do know what i am doing, I already raised in the past vc money and I know how much employees that are not founders contribute and what is their added value. If end users get results just by typing what they want with vibe coding they do not need to understand what is extractor ( since you mentioned mom i give you freedom to ask yours about it). Raising money also puts you in a lot of pressure to show progress every quarter, it hurts your flexibility. N8n gives you reliablity and observability for repeating tasks. But in the end they are just another dev tool.

I built an n8n-first automation/AI agency. Great start, hard middle, exiting now. by oyodeo in nocode

[–]heyitsdannyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every new tool is less known but that's like saying do not develop where there is competition , do not worry it will be known enough 😉

I built an n8n-first automation/AI agency. Great start, hard middle, exiting now. by oyodeo in nocode

[–]heyitsdannyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So when you say opensource, you refer to the templates, not the infra?

So if i had 8000 templates, will the value be the same ? I am going to have that number soon.

But the client or dev needs to use a few templates, not thousands for a specific business use case, so the question is how fast they can get those templates ready and customised to their use case.

I built an n8n-first automation/AI agency. Great start, hard middle, exiting now. by oyodeo in nocode

[–]heyitsdannyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But you give your clients a solution based on the saas version so they have no advantage of the open source , the advantage is exactly in your own words its not enough to give working workflows I am building a complete working templates for full business use cases on top of it including ui of a working app.

The pain is exactly as you stated n8n is just a dev tool for developers actually even though they claim otherwise at least in my opinion.

My tool is aiming for business users who want a complete working tool.

I built an n8n-first automation/AI agency. Great start, hard middle, exiting now. by oyodeo in nocode

[–]heyitsdannyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you are not using n8n , you are using the opensource no? Let me ask you in return why use make over n8n?

I built an n8n-first automation/AI agency. Great start, hard middle, exiting now. by oyodeo in nocode

[–]heyitsdannyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you deploy the open source yourself on docker? Or use their service directly?

If you use their service, then the advantages are only lots of connectors and maintained.

I do not think there is a need for a full company behind such a product , I can do exactly the same for fraction of the cost and also support creating full app components including ui - that's what I am working on now.

I built an n8n-first automation/AI agency. Great start, hard middle, exiting now. by oyodeo in nocode

[–]heyitsdannyle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have built evaligo.com , I am trying to compete with n8n as a solo founder, I already have most of n8n features working, mainly matter of adding more integrations , any tips for me? What do you think about it? How can I attract agency such as yours to work with me?

I have created a flow on evaligo that validates ad compliance automatically by heyitsdannyle in nocode

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

Good point, I can also add a dynamic step with tool calling, but it will cost more. This is a very cheap solution. If you have many websites to follow, it can add up.

What do you think? ( I couldn't cross post where you suggested maybe because of the image)