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we launched 66 days ago 💵 MRR: $1,175 👀 798,124 Reddit views 🔍 2,377 search clicks 👥 59 paid users 📧 735 email subscribers 💰$3,275 total sales volume what worked & what didn’t 👇 ( just copy me ) - - - 1/ reddit marketing redditors hate any form of advertising. the best way i’ve found is to post like a fellow builder or indie hacker, not a marketer. i share real and honest numbers (MRR, sales, lessons learned) and frame it as “here’s what i tried, here’s what worked, here’s what failed.” those posts always get way more love. super important: don’t paste your website in the post, that’s the #1 way to get buried in downvotes. instead, just mention your saas name naturally in the story. people who are genuinely curious will look it up on their own. it’s a win-win: you say your story, reddit stays happy, and you still get traffic. 2/ product hunt launch we got #7 product of the day → featured in the PH newsletter → big spike of users. 100% worth it. reply to every comment instantly, add video/screens, discount. timing isn’t always yours, but visibility is. 3/ build in public (x + linkedin) i post every single day on both platforms: day counts, product screenshots, lessons. most tweets failed until one randomly hit 200+ likes, 10k+ views. you don’t know which post pops or who’s watching. 4/ seo not generic blog posts. comparison pages targeting frustrated competitor users. they’re already searching “x alternative” → warm leads + conversions. it's the highest ROI long term. 5/ talking to users (we refunded a lot) instead of ignoring, i asked everyone why. brutal feedback but the exact clarity we needed to fix the product. do this. this also helped us build the features that ppl actually need and kept us on track... from building whatever else we thought would matter 6/ email flows (retention + failed payments) set them up with encharge or any other email marketing tool. for us it's already catching failed payments + reactivating users. underrated to start early, even with a handful of users. 7/ show your face engagement is 10x higher when people see you’re a human, not a logo. trust compounds. what failed: – directory launches (zero clicks/conversions) – hackernews (1 upvote → gone). - indiehackers post not every channel is for everyone. biggest takeaways: – don’t hide behind a logo – talk to your users (and listen) – keep posting even if nobody’s reacting one post, one comment, one dm can change everything. – be super open to people's feedback #buildinpublic

we launched 69 days ago (no joke) Ahrefs rates our new domain "3.5" but we added $925 MRR just w/ SEO 💵 ARR: $13,800 👀 21,329 website visitors 🔍 2,777 search clicks 💰$3,975 gross volume 👥 62 paid users what worked & what didn’t 👇 (JUST COPY ME) - - - 1/ SEO with 0 backlinks we only wrote content that targets people already looking to switch or fix something broken. AND we got so many posts ranking either #1 or being high up on the 1st page on Google. AND we got quite a lot of Perplexity & ChatGPT features without paying agencies that specialize on whatever they call "AI SEO". we didn’t go for “best no-code app builders” listicles or "ultimate guides". those pages hardly convert and are impossible to rank for early. (+ i think they're old-school SEO) examples of pages we covered: • “x alternative” • “x not working” • “x wasted credits” • “how to do x in y for free” • “how to remove x from y” people searching these keywords are !! READY TO BUY YOUR PRODUCT !! just speak their language and actually offer the solution they are looking for. put yourself in their shoes: - they faced an annoying limitation in one of your competitors - now they google/chatgpt the issue - they find you addressing PRECISELY that pain point of theirs (nobody else did) - your content emphasizes with their issue AND gives out a solution - by the end of the guide there is an upsell to your SaaS which genuinely addresses that pain point. - why wouldn't they convert? similarly, this is what people like @DanKulkov, @robj3d3 and @marc_louvion are doing with free tools: - "Free ... Generator" - "Free X Converter" - "Free Y Remover" - "Free Z Analyzer" - etc, it's all the same principle readers are looking for high-quality fixes nobody gives out for free, especially if they're "niche" issues or tools they're looking for they're literally BURNING LEADS because they're looking for an alternative which you can offer through your SaS (it's a win-win) now, free tools are separate from what i was talking about, but they're a topic that's 1 street away from our main point here. read more about free tools [1]: x.com/robj3d3/status… read more about free tools [2]: x.com/marc_louvion/s… read more about free tools [3]: x.com/DanKulkov/stat… 2/ find pain points first, write later you don't need 5 SEO tools to keep you hooked with spreadsheets full of keywords you're never going to cover YOU sell the dream to YOUR audience! don’t brainstorm keywords in ahrefs. join discords, subreddits, indie hacker groups, and wherever else your target audience is. !! READ COMPETITOR ROADMAPS !! > see what people complain about. > fix that for them. > they'll spread the word. most of our SEO traffic came from just… listening. couple examples: - someone said they can't export code from lovable, so we made an article around it and made a Shipper.now upsell section at the end. - others asked for a v0 alternative where they can type X amount of characters in the prompt box it's all about intent. you can turn upset readers into happy customers if your tool addresses their issue. 3/ write like a human write like you’d explain it to a friend. short sentences, simple headings, answer fast. then, use that to turn it into multiple forms of content that google/AI love: - headings - callout blocks - quote blocks - custom HTML for highlights / transcripts - images - videos - tables that doesn't mean avoiding ChatGPT - write down the core of your article MANUALLY by yourself and then tell AI to turn it into an article... but using your own language/words people don’t want 2,000 words. they want to know if your tool solves their problem. the formula: [ problem → solution → CTA ] don’t oversell. let curiosity do the work. 4/ conversion beats clicks each article has 1-3 clear CTAs, not 10. for us, it’s usually: “Try Shipper.now – it solves this exact issue, but 10x faster and better." we track which pages bring paying users. some posts get 100 visits and 5 signups. others get 2k visits and 0 conversions. volume doesn’t equal MRR. 5/ internal linking > backlinks each article links to at least 5 others. if you don’t do this, google simply can’t find your pages, they become dead ends. strong internal linking matters 100x more than chasing backlinks early on. it helps users explore more and helps google understand your structure. build a little web of related guides instead of random standalone posts. 6/ what didn’t work – generic listicles (“top 10 AI tools”) → no conversions – backlink swaps → NEVER bother with them – hiring writers → too slow, not our tone – guest writing → slop slop slop best pages = the ones we wrote ourselves, AFTER talking to users and listening. 7/ what you can do right now for the love of god, please don't comment or bookmark this post without taking action. if you want to apply these points to your own saas, please do this right now: - email your users: give them a 20% discount for next month in exchange for feedback (where they found you, what they didn't like about other tools, what you can improve etc) - join the discord/subreddit community of your competitors: look for what makes people upset, what features they want, what they couldn't achieve - look at all your past CS chats and look for any feedback like i said in the first point about emailing users - look over your competitors' blogs. see what content actually moves the needle for them, make it yourself and add a little touch that goes the extra mile. that could be FAQs, a Pricing Calculator, a screen recording (visual guidance), a table etc - write articles based on all the above copy me: shipper.now/guides

I made $20,500 online in 1.5 months since launching! I'm 18, #AMA.

day 1: FINALLY ready to build in public (a vibe coding tool for non-devs) today I set two goals: 1/ get to $10k MRR (now it's $0) 2/ start building in public think I finally understand what it's all about: showing up, showing your face (!!), and sharing the good AND the bad, not just the wins. journey's heavily inspired by @robj3d3, @gus_tiffer, @thepatwalls, @SherryYanJiang, and virtually everyone else who shows up every day. (100% encouraging everyone to do it) —— let's start with today's updates then: 1. soft-launched on reddit and... WOW, a complete stranger said they want to pay for my tool 2. cold DM'ing + talking to warm leads via reddit 3. recording a PH launch video 4. well, started building in public ✅ I think that's enough for day 1. more updates coming soon

Day 100 of building in public Shipper is LIVE!! 🥳 3 months ago I completely burned out Then a (too) early launch changed it all: 💵 $450 MRR from beta users 👀 325,721 Reddit views 📧 544 Email subscribers 💰 $825 in total sales So me + my brother @chddaniel tripled down on Shipper After 3 mo of heads-down shipping for 11h/day, we’re launching 🎉 Early users have been quite happy! Now, what it does for you: ✅ builds fullstack apps for you ✅ ships non-stop like a senior dev ✅ learns and adapts to how you build ✅ knows when to say no (never a yes-man) ✅ gets you unstuck: fixes bugs, creates distribution Try it out @ shipper.now

I made a tool that can generate full-stack apps in 1 prompt 👉 shipper.now

SEO never died. i made $1,075 MRR just with SEO (in 1 month from launch) → 0 pSEO → 0 backlinks → 0 ahrefs/semrush subs → 0 agencies that promise the moon → 1 brand new ".now" domain (rated 3.5) what works & what doesn't just copy me? _ _ _ 1/ we only wrote content that targets people already looking to switch or fix something broken that alone got us multiple #1 rankings and mentions on chatgpt & perplexity, without paying a $0,001 for backlinks 2/ we didn’t go for “best no-code app builders” listicles or “ultimate guides” i think those pages hardly convert and are impossible to rank for early, AND they're pretty much old-school SEO examples of pages we covered: • “x alternative” • “x not working” • “x wasted credits” • “how to do x in y for free” • “how to remove x from y” people searching these keywords are ! READY TO BUY YOUR PRODUCT ! just speak their language and actually offer the fix. put yourself in their shoes: - they faced an annoying limitation in one of your competitors - they google the issue - they find you addressing exactly that pain point - your content empathizes + gives them a solution - by the end, your saas is the obvious fix why wouldn’t they convert? 3/ about backlinks... backlinks MIGHT help long-term, but when you’re small your best shot is to own intent-based content. the truth is, google + ai tools (chatgpt, perplexity, etc) care more about: - matching search intent - satisfying user experience - clear answers so when your post actually helps people, it ranks naturally. you don’t need to beg for backlinks if users stay and read every word 4/ AIO/GEO or whatever they call it, don't waste your time watching hundreds of YT videos on 'how to rank in chatgpt' they're all a waste of time. AI TRAINS ITSELF FROM SEARCH ENGINES, so why would AIO be different than SEO? at the end of the day, both google and chatgpt do the same thing, which is what you should be doing as well: - giving people the answer quickly - doing that in multiple forms of content - upselling your SaaS at the end optimize to help peope, and they'll help you back. the multiple forms of content i was talking about include some of these: - tables - videos - images - buttons - custom HTML - tweet embeds - literally whatever else do whatever you can to help your people. 99% of the internet is already copy-pasting stuff from chatgpt into their websites, so you should just put yourself in the shoes of your reader - think like them, try to understand what they want, and work your way to giving them that answer as quick as possible 5/ avoid seo tools i never pay for ahrefs only to get an .XLSX document with 1,500 keywords that i'm never going to cover. what you need is to find what people don't like about your competitors and put that into blog posts on your SaaS with an upsell section at the end. that's all you need to get paying customers from SEO. 50k daily clicks don't mean anything if they generate $15/mo in total i'd rather get 150 daily clicks and one new $25 payment every single day. _ _ _ that's how i do SEO in 2025 copy me: shipper.now

we launched 72 days ago 💵 MRR: $1,175 👀 1,025,117 Reddit views 🔍 3,239 search clicks 👥 109 total paid users 📧 803 email subscribers 💰$4,225 total sales volume what i did on REDDIT👇 (just copy me) _ _ _ 1/ redditors HATE advertising that’s the 1st thing you need to understand. you can’t “promote” there, you have to share real stuff you learned yourself... simply because people won't listen to (and upvote) any other form of content. the only way to win is to talk like a builder, not a guy who tries to sell something. - - - DO: “here’s what i tried, here’s what worked, here’s what failed.” DO: "I made $... in X time (What I learned)" DO: "Yesterday I got my 1st customer. Today I (new update)" DO: "My SaaS hit $... in X time. Here's what I do if I were to start again" DON'T: "Launching my SaaS!" DON'T: "Excited to announce ..." DON'T: "Anyone used (your app)?" DON'T: "Roast my saas landing page" - - - i read one of the best pieces of advice on reddit marketing from @marc_louvion right before i started doing any of this: << Your title needs to be very sharp. I used this formula all the time and it works well: “I made a site to [benefit for user]”. >> source: newsletter.marclou.com/p/how-to-launc… that worked WONDERS for me, and not just on reddit! also on LinkedIn, ProductHunt forums, X, and basically everywhere else. show that you're not a robot, just a human trying to make it, all while helping others with their saas. people, especially on reddit, love honesty more than anything else. when they feel you’re just another salesman, you’re done. but when you show you’re in the trenches too, they listen and relate. after all, that's what makes them upvote 2/ post stories, not links never drop your site's link high in the post. you’ll get hated and buried in downvotes instead, just mention your product naturally in your story. IF you really need to add a link, do it at the end. good example: "we built shipper after getting annoyed with how slow AI builders are" if people care, they’ll google it. reddit users are insanely good at finding things on their own. the result: zero downvotes, tons of curiosity, and real traffic that converts. 3/ numbers > promises if you’re early-stage, don’t hide your numbers. they make your story feel real. share your MRR, web visitors, mistakes, refunds, churn rate and whatever else it true. the more transparent you are, the more people trust you. trust on reddit = impressions > upvotes > more visits to your website > potential new customers. so many times ppl have commented saying they don't believe me unless i share a screenshot one guy said he wanted to see bank statement screenshot right next to my stripe account (you have to skip those comms lol) ... and that's great validation! the fact that people don't believe you're making money when you actually are :) 4/ write as if you're texting a friend every sub has its own tone. BUT, generally if you make your post sound like a blog post you’ll INSTANTLY get downvoted (if not removed or banned) so just write as if you were talking to a friend over coffee or via iMessage asking if they want to go out later - short sentences - sometimes lowercase - self-aware - a bit messy - definitely not AI that’s what makes it feel human. 5/ don't post & close the tab reply fast to comments. engage. reddit’s algorithm rewards active threads, so if your post starts getting replies, double down right away. it's not just reddit's algo, but people's as well. they love when you care for them and reply quickly with further insights or As to their Qs pro tip - don't spend time replying to bots or people who try to karma-farm commenting "Thank you for sharing!" and "Great insights!" nothing wrong with replying, but it just won't help the algo nor your CVR. your time is better spent elsewhere 6/ infinite cycle there's NO such thing as momentum. you can go super viral today, fade with tomorrow's post and come back in 2 days with just ~5 people remembering you from your first viral post they only remember you when you start spamming the same stories and putting your product's name in front of their eyes all over again don't be afraid to post a lot because you can't always predict what's going to go viral and if you don't go viral, A/B test. what's the worst that can happen? 13 impressions and negative upvotes. great, nobody saw it - you can tweak that post and give it another shot at going viral until you find the winning recipe/formula. then, rinse and repeat. 7/ what failed for me - posts made 100% by AI - links to my website early on - links to 𝕏. redditors hate 𝕏 for some reason - over-explaining the product (too pitchy) - replying to non-constructive hate. some people are just too set on hating and there's no point in trying to show them your thinking, so just skip those comms #buildinpublic

we launched 66 days ago 💵 MRR: $1,175 👀 798,124 Reddit views 🔍 2,377 search clicks 👥 59 paid users 📧 735 email subscribers 💰$3,275 total sales volume what worked & what didn’t 👇 ( just copy me ) - - - 1/ reddit marketing redditors hate any form of advertising. the best way i’ve found is to post like a fellow builder or indie hacker, not a marketer. i share real and honest numbers (MRR, sales, lessons learned) and frame it as “here’s what i tried, here’s what worked, here’s what failed.” those posts always get way more love. super important: don’t paste your website in the post, that’s the #1 way to get buried in downvotes. instead, just mention your saas name naturally in the story. people who are genuinely curious will look it up on their own. it’s a win-win: you say your story, reddit stays happy, and you still get traffic. 2/ product hunt launch we got #7 product of the day → featured in the PH newsletter → big spike of users. 100% worth it. reply to every comment instantly, add video/screens, discount. timing isn’t always yours, but visibility is. 3/ build in public (x + linkedin) i post every single day on both platforms: day counts, product screenshots, lessons. most tweets failed until one randomly hit 200+ likes, 10k+ views. you don’t know which post pops or who’s watching. 4/ seo not generic blog posts. comparison pages targeting frustrated competitor users. they’re already searching “x alternative” → warm leads + conversions. it's the highest ROI long term. 5/ talking to users (we refunded a lot) instead of ignoring, i asked everyone why. brutal feedback but the exact clarity we needed to fix the product. do this. this also helped us build the features that ppl actually need and kept us on track... from building whatever else we thought would matter 6/ email flows (retention + failed payments) set them up with encharge or any other email marketing tool. for us it's already catching failed payments + reactivating users. underrated to start early, even with a handful of users. 7/ show your face engagement is 10x higher when people see you’re a human, not a logo. trust compounds. what failed: – directory launches (zero clicks/conversions) – hackernews (1 upvote → gone). - indiehackers post not every channel is for everyone. biggest takeaways: – don’t hide behind a logo – talk to your users (and listen) – keep posting even if nobody’s reacting one post, one comment, one dm can change everything. – be super open to people's feedback #buildinpublic

we launched 69 days ago (no joke) Ahrefs rates our new domain "3.5" but we added $925 MRR just w/ SEO 💵 ARR: $13,800 👀 21,329 website visitors 🔍 2,777 search clicks 💰$3,975 gross volume 👥 62 paid users what worked & what didn’t 👇 (JUST COPY ME) - - - 1/ SEO with 0 backlinks we only wrote content that targets people already looking to switch or fix something broken. AND we got so many posts ranking either #1 or being high up on the 1st page on Google. AND we got quite a lot of Perplexity & ChatGPT features without paying agencies that specialize on whatever they call "AI SEO". we didn’t go for “best no-code app builders” listicles or "ultimate guides". those pages hardly convert and are impossible to rank for early. (+ i think they're old-school SEO) examples of pages we covered: • “x alternative” • “x not working” • “x wasted credits” • “how to do x in y for free” • “how to remove x from y” people searching these keywords are !! READY TO BUY YOUR PRODUCT !! just speak their language and actually offer the solution they are looking for. put yourself in their shoes: - they faced an annoying limitation in one of your competitors - now they google/chatgpt the issue - they find you addressing PRECISELY that pain point of theirs (nobody else did) - your content emphasizes with their issue AND gives out a solution - by the end of the guide there is an upsell to your SaaS which genuinely addresses that pain point. - why wouldn't they convert? similarly, this is what people like @DanKulkov, @robj3d3 and @marc_louvion are doing with free tools: - "Free ... Generator" - "Free X Converter" - "Free Y Remover" - "Free Z Analyzer" - etc, it's all the same principle readers are looking for high-quality fixes nobody gives out for free, especially if they're "niche" issues or tools they're looking for they're literally BURNING LEADS because they're looking for an alternative which you can offer through your SaS (it's a win-win) now, free tools are separate from what i was talking about, but they're a topic that's 1 street away from our main point here. read more about free tools [1]: x.com/robj3d3/status… read more about free tools [2]: x.com/marc_louvion/s… read more about free tools [3]: x.com/DanKulkov/stat… 2/ find pain points first, write later you don't need 5 SEO tools to keep you hooked with spreadsheets full of keywords you're never going to cover YOU sell the dream to YOUR audience! don’t brainstorm keywords in ahrefs. join discords, subreddits, indie hacker groups, and wherever else your target audience is. !! READ COMPETITOR ROADMAPS !! > see what people complain about. > fix that for them. > they'll spread the word. most of our SEO traffic came from just… listening. couple examples: - someone said they can't export code from lovable, so we made an article around it and made a Shipper.now upsell section at the end. - others asked for a v0 alternative where they can type X amount of characters in the prompt box it's all about intent. you can turn upset readers into happy customers if your tool addresses their issue. 3/ write like a human write like you’d explain it to a friend. short sentences, simple headings, answer fast. then, use that to turn it into multiple forms of content that google/AI love: - headings - callout blocks - quote blocks - custom HTML for highlights / transcripts - images - videos - tables that doesn't mean avoiding ChatGPT - write down the core of your article MANUALLY by yourself and then tell AI to turn it into an article... but using your own language/words people don’t want 2,000 words. they want to know if your tool solves their problem. the formula: [ problem → solution → CTA ] don’t oversell. let curiosity do the work. 4/ conversion beats clicks each article has 1-3 clear CTAs, not 10. for us, it’s usually: “Try Shipper.now – it solves this exact issue, but 10x faster and better." we track which pages bring paying users. some posts get 100 visits and 5 signups. others get 2k visits and 0 conversions. volume doesn’t equal MRR. 5/ internal linking > backlinks each article links to at least 5 others. if you don’t do this, google simply can’t find your pages, they become dead ends. strong internal linking matters 100x more than chasing backlinks early on. it helps users explore more and helps google understand your structure. build a little web of related guides instead of random standalone posts. 6/ what didn’t work – generic listicles (“top 10 AI tools”) → no conversions – backlink swaps → NEVER bother with them – hiring writers → too slow, not our tone – guest writing → slop slop slop best pages = the ones we wrote ourselves, AFTER talking to users and listening. 7/ what you can do right now for the love of god, please don't comment or bookmark this post without taking action. if you want to apply these points to your own saas, please do this right now: - email your users: give them a 20% discount for next month in exchange for feedback (where they found you, what they didn't like about other tools, what you can improve etc) - join the discord/subreddit community of your competitors: look for what makes people upset, what features they want, what they couldn't achieve - look at all your past CS chats and look for any feedback like i said in the first point about emailing users - look over your competitors' blogs. see what content actually moves the needle for them, make it yourself and add a little touch that goes the extra mile. that could be FAQs, a Pricing Calculator, a screen recording (visual guidance), a table etc - write articles based on all the above copy me: shipper.now/guides

day 1: FINALLY ready to build in public (a vibe coding tool for non-devs) today I set two goals: 1/ get to $10k MRR (now it's $0) 2/ start building in public think I finally understand what it's all about: showing up, showing your face (!!), and sharing the good AND the bad, not just the wins. journey's heavily inspired by @robj3d3, @gus_tiffer, @thepatwalls, @SherryYanJiang, and virtually everyone else who shows up every day. (100% encouraging everyone to do it) —— let's start with today's updates then: 1. soft-launched on reddit and... WOW, a complete stranger said they want to pay for my tool 2. cold DM'ing + talking to warm leads via reddit 3. recording a PH launch video 4. well, started building in public ✅ I think that's enough for day 1. more updates coming soon

Day 100 of building in public Shipper is LIVE!! 🥳 3 months ago I completely burned out Then a (too) early launch changed it all: 💵 $450 MRR from beta users 👀 325,721 Reddit views 📧 544 Email subscribers 💰 $825 in total sales So me + my brother @chddaniel tripled down on Shipper After 3 mo of heads-down shipping for 11h/day, we’re launching 🎉 Early users have been quite happy! Now, what it does for you: ✅ builds fullstack apps for you ✅ ships non-stop like a senior dev ✅ learns and adapts to how you build ✅ knows when to say no (never a yes-man) ✅ gets you unstuck: fixes bugs, creates distribution Try it out @ shipper.now

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I made $20,500 online in 1.5 months since launching! I'm 18, #AMA.