Since the release of ChatGPT, we’ve been flooded with all possible versions of apps that use it in one way or another. Building on top of trendy te...
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This part is the biggest insight for me I think. Great article, Matija!
I agree, that's something that is not obvious until you get there. Glad you found it interesting!
Interesting story, but nothing about :
How Max set up the payment system.
Which payment system he used so his customers were able to pay him.
How much it cost him to per customer (customer acquisition costs).
Are people willing just to put their credit card number into some unknown site (his original unbranded site)? If so --- wow, no wonder fraud is so rampant.
I've built my own SaaS and it is possible that building the SaaS is far easier than setting up all the payment system stuff, which seems to be why none of these "get paid for your saas" articles ever mention how you really get paid.
Hey @raddevus, the trick is straightforward: I've been building in public :)
My SaaS had my face attached to it since I've built it for a relatively small (several thousand users) local Etsy community in Ukraine, where I've been hanging out for some time before the launch.
Stripe is not working in my country for now, so I've used the well-known local bank integration that required no credit card details (you scan a QR code provided by my SaaS with your mobile phone, the bank app opens up, and you approve the transaction).
If I decide to go international -- I'd integrate with lemonsqueezy.com/
Very interesting thanks for explaining how you got it all working 👍
Max also might pop in the comments and provide more context, but I think one of the big factors was that he was already present in the community (Etsy slack) when he introduced the product. So people knew him from before when buying the product, and they knew they could always reach him for support.
Re implementation: check out Wasp's SaaS starter which already comes with preconfigured Stripe: github.com/wasp-lang/SaaS-Template...
He used stripe it seems. And yes, people are willing to put their credit card into any random site — they do for mine haha :)
For me setting up a Stripe integration took just 1-2 days, so this is really simplest part of story 😎
Uuuh the decision to sell is what really interests me. It's always hard to know when you have something valuable enough... I'll keep it in mind for my next side-project 🙃
I think sometimes the ability to keep hacking on something, learn from it, and use it as a form of self-promotion might sometimes be a better move
@vincanger depends on the niche. Entire industries of small indie projects will be wiped out once the big corporations undergo all the bureaucracy and regression testing to embed AI into their products.
It's a race against time for many small projects, and I'm not in the market to accommodate all the challenges since Etsy is outside of my interests (for now)
True! I think coverlettergpt.xyz/ is a great example of that.
Here's a brilliant guide on how to sell your project and how to figure out if it has any value:
opryshok.com/my-experience-selling...
Can't wait for it! Make sure to share :)
Great story.
I have also tried to sell my startup at acquire.com,
In the end ,sold it through other channels.
Thanks so much for sharing! May I ask what was the best channel for finding a customer for you?
I used a b2b whatsapp group
Really cool! I love the idea of "rapid prototyping" a startup.
Thanks! :)
Thanks Alex! Glad you like it and appreciate the comment :)
This was super interesting! Thanks for sharing
Glad you liked it and thanks so much for letting me know!
Wow, it's always motivating to hear about real life success stories like this.
Thanks a lot Zvone!
So inspiring
Really great article, like written exactly for me 😂 By coincidence I'm also Max, and I have exactly the same startup/project/questions. Main question now - to sell or not to sell