I've made my first sale after 2 months

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I’m not Bill Gates yet, but I just made my first sale for my SaaS! What an incredible journey it’s been!
About 1.5 months ago, I launched on HackerNews. Here’s how things looked right after the launch:

  • Visitors: 4k (now 6.5k)
  • Signups: 200 (now 292)
  • Paid Users:0 (now 1)
    I also gained some backlinks, followers on X, and overall attention.
    Despite the positive buzz, I had a hard time converting that traffic into paying customers or even regular users. My product is a transactional email API, and I’ve learned that developers typically don’t switch email systems quickly—they wait for new projects to make changes.
    But I didn’t give up. I continued building, responding to support tickets, engaging on X, improving my landing page, and optimizing for SEO. Today, I secured my first paying customer!
  • MRR:$10
    What’s next?
    emphasized textI’ll focus on understanding why this user decided to pay, how they’re using the product, and what specifically attracted them. I’ll listen to their feedback, make adjustments, and pivot if needed.
    I’ll also keep pushing forward with the successful strategies (SEO, X, etc.) to attract more users while continuously enhancing the product.
    Thanks for being part of this journey—onward and upward!
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Which channels for acquiring new customers will you be concentrating on going forward?

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I’m not Bill Gates yet, but I just made my first sale for my SaaS! What an incredible journey it’s been!

About 1.5 months ago, I launched on HackerNews. Here’s how things looked right after the launch:

  • Visitors: 4k (now 6.5k)
  • Signups: 200 (now 292)
  • Paid Users: 0 (now 1)

I also gained some backlinks, followers on X, and overall attention.

Despite the positive buzz, I had a hard time converting that traffic into paying customers or even regular users. My product is a transactional email API, and I’ve learned that developers typically don’t switch email systems quickly—they wait for new projects to make changes.
But I didn’t give up. I continued building, responding to support tickets, engaging on X, improving my landing page, and optimizing for SEO. Today, I secured my first paying customer!

  • MRR: $10
    What’s next?
    I’ll focus on understanding why this user decided to pay, how they’re using the product, and what specifically attracted them. I’ll listen to their feedback, make adjustments, and pivot if needed.
    I’ll also keep pushing forward with the successful strategies (SEO, X, etc.) to attract more users while continuously enhancing the product.

Thanks for being part of this journey—onward and upward!

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X: To increase exposure, you may keep building in public in English while joining Facebook groups for French entrepreneurs.
SEO: What equipment are you utilizing? If it fits into your marketing budget, I’d suggest Surfer for writing and Ahrefs for keyword research.
AppSumo: This is a risky approach as you won’t receive any recurring money from LTD clients, so you’ll be supporting them forever.
Direct mail: Even if I’m not a fan, I think you should give it a shot. Which software will you be utilizing, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, or another one?

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.Researching keywords, evaluating competitors’ domain authority, and gauging the quality of your article in relation to them are critical components of SEO, which is why Ahrefs and similar tools are so beneficial. Your tool seems to be more geared toward developers, which means blog posts are a good way to find potential leads. Developers frequently read blog posts about the best transactional email providers and other topics when doing research to choose the right tool for their next project. I hope that makes sense, and good luck with the tool! It looks good!

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What precisely is LTD? I was given an explanation, but I was unable to understand it. It seems that you offer X amount of usage with LTD and then upsell credits to the user if they want extra usage. To me, that did not sound like LTD.

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What a lovely item:)

I believe I will attempt a few projects.
And a few concepts:
What would happen if you generated more data using programs like Mailchimp and others? Open scoring, etc., etc. However, it provides good “value” and even aids in a/b/c testing to improve consumer outreach?