Heroku is easy to use but it can be expensive for non-SaaS side projects.

Example: I'm paying $12/mo for API hosting + database of a free tool site.

So I just signed up for @vercel as an alternative, because they offer a free/hobby tier.

Will report back soon!

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Besides Wishlist Ads, I'm also testing demand for a Premium subscription that gives users access to more features.

Already had someone reaching out who told me that he likes the idea!

Since it's B2C, I will keep the price below $10 for now.

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Working on a new service to attract B2B customers with Wishlist Page.

With Wishlist Ads, companies can partner with content creators to advertise products on their wishlists. Creators will get a 50% cut of the advertising fees.

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This weekend I got my FIRST Gumroad download ever 🎉

Thank you to the person who decided to check out my SaaS ideas. It gives me motivation to create more digital products in the future!

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I just woke up and noticed that I got my FIRST Gumroad download 🥳

Thank you to the person, who decided to check out my list of SaaS ideas!

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When thinking of a new SaaS idea, ask yourself 3 things:

Will my product...
1. Make customers life better?
2. Make customers more money?
3. Save customers time?

If all of these are ticked then you'll very likely face the least amount of objections.

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Struggling with this myself every now and then.

In my opinion, it's better to not spread yourself too thin as your product and marketing efforts keep compounding over the years.

Are you team "portfolio of small bets" or team "focus on one project"?

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Reached another SEO milestone last Sunday:

250 clicks from Google Search 🥳

Already got a handful of organic sign-ups from landing pages that I set up weeks ago. Requires patience, but is a lot cheaper than running paid ads.

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Create a waitlist. Before you start working on your SaaS, you should test demand by capturing emails.

Put the waitlist link in your Twitter bio for better visibility.

Some helpful tools:
- @getwaitlist
- @ConvertKit
- @Mailchimp
- Google Forms

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Cheap ways to get your first B2B customers:

- Contact previous employers
- Attend meetups/conferences
- Start freelancing and upsell your SaaS
- Launch on @ProductHunt
- Build in public on Twitter
- Post content on LinkedIn
- Be active in subreddits

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Start small. Build plugins/apps for an existing ecosystem. It will be easier to find your first 100 customers.

Examples:
- WordPress plugins
- Figma plugins
- Shopify apps
- Hubspot apps
- Chrome extensions
- Airtable extensions
- VSCode extensions

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From today, I'll stop lurking on Twitter! Here are my goals for the upcoming weeks:
1. Share my learnings from building @wishlistpage.
2. Engage with the indie hackers community.
3. Create free/paid resources for indie hackers and put them on Gumroad.
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Tiny milestone but I'll post it anyway: Did some SEO work in the past 2-3 weeks and slowly seeing the first results of it 🙏 #buildinpublic #indiehackers

Another month of steady user growth @wishlistpage. The result of sending 50-100 DMs/day on Twitter. Now I have to find a way to attract more gifters and increase GMV. #buildinpublic

This month has been exciting for @wishlistpage. A lot of people wanted to create a Christmas wishlist and signed up for it. #wishlist #buildinpublic

If you have a Christmas wishlist that you want to share with family & friends, I'd be happy if you could try out @wishlistpage 📃🎁 It's a free gifting platform that allows you to receive funds for custom gift ideas via Stripe. #buildinpublic #wishlist

Added a genre and book title filter on celebritybooklist.com to make it easier to find books you like. #sideproject #buildinpublic

Do you love books? Then check out:

celebritybooklist.com

Browse the reading lists of 50+ famous writers, musicians, actors, scientists, activists, entrepreneurs and more 📚

Adding 20 new books per day 📈

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Tried to design a dashboard that gives you an overview of your latest job ads, applications and performance (i.e. how many candidates are at each hiring stage). Turned out very colorful... 😂 #recruitingsoftware #buildinpublic

Did some work on the settings page today. Users can change their account & organization settings from there. They will also be able to add / remove job slots and invite team members to their organization. #recruitingsoftware #buildinpublic