But why is the OP's website down? I get 403.
I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me believe it'd make me rich
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Re: I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me believe it'd make me rich
#22People seem to have forgotten or not realize that SaaS is just a sales model to sell a $2,400 software product for $100 on a payment plan without requiring manager approval. If you can't find anybody who will pay you $2,400 for this product, then you won't be able to build a business selling it for $100/month.
Re: I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me believe it'd make me rich
#23It's nice to see a more "normal" anecdote about this process. Usually you only see the SaaS equivalent of unicorns.
Thanks :-)
Semi-failures are interesting as well
Re: I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me believe it'd make me rich
#24congratulations! that was quite an adventure you went on and it might feel discouraging now but you are essentially set up for success the next time you start a business.
just keep those lessons in mind and if you don’t make those mistakes again, i think you will get to ramen profitability at least.
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#25I thought this was a pretty good article that didn't over-sensationalize SaaS products, while still explaining how they can lead to success. It sucks that the OP's website didn't "blow up", but then again, most micro-SaaS's are not meant to go viral like that. One point I would add is that there should be more promotion other than just posting on HN + PH. If that's where your launch stops, you may not be realizing yo…
Thanks for your comments. I am OP :-) My site went down for a bit while this is front-paged, but is back up now. Definitely I think it could be more of a success if I put more effort in (duh?). Definitely there is a need to promote across multiple channels and ideally own your audience/create your own content because then you have traffic generation on demand. The name is weird, I shipped anyways. earlybird.com and e…
Hire people on upwork to promote it for you and when you've connected with them sell them the same tool for their own needs.
Re: I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me believe it'd make me rich
#26But why is the OP's website down? I get 403.
Just redirected to a temporary signup...tl;dr is that I was doing some funny stuff with Flask in a docker container...
Re: I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me believe it'd make me rich
#27I like (and agree with) the learnings. I don't understand why the cynic(?) tone at the beginning.
how do ya mean? I don't put out a lot of content so any feedback is good.
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#28Sure, blame the internet, rather than yourself
Re: I wrote a SaaS product because the internet made me believe it'd make me rich
#29People seem to have forgotten or not realize that SaaS is just a sales model to sell a $2,400 software product for $100 on a payment plan without requiring manager approval. If you can't find anybody who will pay you $2,400 for this product, then you won't be able to build a business selling it for $100/month.
I don't think it's quite 1-1 like that anymore.
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#30> Go for B2B if you can. Freelancers aren't rich.
I don't understand this... can anyone explain?