I am really depressed and have done nearly everything I knew to market my SaaS products but nothing's working.
Tried: 1. Submitting my product on SaaS directories + on LTD ones (got rejections & some didn't respond), 2. Built in Public (no response), 3. Got Permanently Banned from Reddit (cos I did self-promotion as I wasn't aware - my mistake, i accept), 4. Wrote Articles & submitted on GSC, almost a month has passed & still not indexed, 5. Cold outreach (0 response rate, did personalized outreach, researched about each person + their products & mentioned I'll give free 3 months access) 6. Approached micro-influencers & told them I'll give them commission + other perks (0 response)
I don't know what else to do.
Really losing hope in everything...
That's not to say it's impossible, but it's so much harder than 15 years ago.
Everyone and their dog is starting a SaaS. Very few are selling them. And almost no one is turning one into a job.
The people who are self employed by their SaaS started them 5 years ago.
Get a job, support your family, and protect your mental health.
I know its never as easy as just do this, this and that and everything will work out fine. I wish you the best.
If you believe your SaaS can actually make money then you should continue but I would focus on outreach. Things like articles and online posts are fine to establish your credentials and make a potential customer comfortable paying but they aren't good for getting sales. I'm not sure I would spend time on SEO unless you already have a ton of experience with it - personally I think the combo of chatGPT and Google search getting worse made people use search engines less.
If I were you I would prioritize finding gig that pays and use your free time to market your SaaS.
Wholeheartedly agreed. As much as people make it seem easy to generate magic internet money, in reality it's not. Having a stable job while working on your SaaS is the way to go
Unfortunately, the internet is full of all sorts of growth strategies and gurus saying it's feasible, but in reality it's nearly impossible. And when I talk about time, I mean 2-3 years for B2C and easily 5+ for B2B on organic growth.
Moreover, the current spread of LLMs is only making things worse, compared to if you'd started before COVID. People are overheated with SaaS, it's not fun anymore, and everything is considered a privacy or security threat. All of this only lengthens the path to customers.
I don't want to give any advice on what to do, but based on my nearly 20 years of experience in web entrepreneurship, income from B2B SaaS is not something you can count on in the early years.
Is the audience of your SaaS on X?
It's also possible that people just cover illegal activity with some sort of SaaS.
Will stop you getting depressed as you will be active and socialising.
How long have you been selling the SAAS?
I'm on a worse situation, wife has disabilities, father has cancer, I have glaucoma and dual labrum tear. My job is at risk and I've been building apps and SaaS tools for a year and couldn't make any money.
i CAN'T even post my new tool here. my x account got suspended; my comments got permanently banned on Reddit. my posts got removed from Reddit.
I feel you, brother.
Working on SEO is a lot of work and it can take six months to see results but it has always been the bootstrappers friend. If you have the time now this might be a good use for it. AI is fine for doing research for articles but you are far better off writing them yourself. If you want what you write to look more professional take a look at lex.page. Had a friend use it and he said it was like having a good copywriter looking over my shoulder.
1. Always have price on the top menu bar. don't make me scroll to the bottom of the page to see what it costs
2. Need on Chrome at least some padding between the headline and the green box
3. Why are all the videos cockeyed? Its possible it is a styling thing but you are better off having them level
I love the idea, just not certain that people giving testimonials will submit video ones. If they do a video testimonial could be a much stronger one because you could see emotion in a video which would make it far more powerful.
That is Reddit's problem, not yours. However it does help to spend some time in the forum, answer a few questions and get known before posting about a product. It is also not a problem when answering a question to have a link to your product in the signature.
My first SaaS took actually 28 months before i get a first subscription of 18 USD/month. You need to keep working on the SaaS on the side. Do not stop it if you believe it is geniuenly good and there is market for it. Build SEO, GEO profile, do outreach like send 10 emails everyday post content on relevent communities and in around 6-8 months once you have planted enough seeds you will start to see a steady flow of traffic and eventual conversion, but this is too much you need to know, seo, geo, growth hacking, outreach, content etc, see what sticks and then narrow on that.
I was listening to this https://www.pmf.show/blog/solidroad-product-market-fit-cold-... maybe worth a listen. But bro I really wish you good luck, do not loose hope, find some work, keep working on your side projects. I am also an immigrant from a third world country to Denmark and I know, life is hell if you are not able to afford finances for your family. Best of Luck!