Nil

Can my tool find its own first 10 paying customers?

Building @firstadopterapp in public.

Deadline: Jan 31. If it can’t, I shut it down.

[Nil @GhostCompile]

8 apps built... Almost no users.

Building wasn't the hard part. Getting customers was.

So I researched how founders actually find them, and now I'm building an app from that research to see if this will really works on my own SaaS.

First Test: can it really get customers for my SaaS?

Day 0: No website, 0 users. $0.

I'll post updates here daily.

[Nil @GhostCompile]

3 places your first customers are talking right now:
– Reddit threads asking for recommendations
– Forum posts complaining about their current tool
– Quora questions with no good answer yet

Go there before Product Hunt.

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@dantegaleazzi Hey, i reviewed Sted, its great product. i am really interested in summary of screenshots and documents downloaded. the file apps are not helpful here.

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Build in public – Day 9

6 users
0 paying users
$0 MRR
51 followers on X

6 strangers tried First Adopter this week.

All 6 ran one report… and never came back.

That stung. But it taught me something: a one-time report isn't a habit.

So I built daily lead emails. Every morning you get the people who asked for your product yesterday.

Also ran my own tool on itself. 25 leads → added a junk filter → 7 left.

Fewer, but real.

Made a 30-sec video of how it works 👇

Goal: first paying customer before Dec 1.

Building something and can't find users? Let's connect, I'll check who's asking for yours.

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@HeyFaina You are right. may be i kept free report run for single pass. but yes their feedback is the real gold and i am trying to get it. appreciate the suggestion.

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@valerioamirani Thanks for the suggestion. i did send them email but none of them has replied yet. will follow up with them again.

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@kaireceipts Those were real value customer I tried to find.

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@sherifgjini Show real value you are providing to them, they will convert.

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@dantegaleazzi Hey Dante, thanks, would review Sted and share feedback.

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@aiBottari Pulling the whole team into one live session when the agent gets stuck is a smart answer to "who reviews the AI's PR".

I'm building a tool that finds people asking for products like yours. It found 4 recent posts from teams looking for this.

Free report: https://t.co/NB3yZ2Bkxv

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@LudensLudonauta Twin-stick controller through level select in one kit saves a solo Godot dev weeks of boilerplate.

I'm building a tool that finds people asking for products like yours. It found 5 recent posts from devs looking for something like this kit.

Free report: https://t.co/vkyJjwbypC

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@SSsyed17 Maintenance reports are the thing every freelancer on a retainer hates making, nice niche for SiteCare.

I'm building a tool that finds people asking for products like yours. It found 3 recent posts from people looking for exactly this.

Free report: https://t.co/SlS8h0QQ0W

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@Yasha_br Getting cited in AI answers is quickly becoming the new SEO, good timing on AmICited.

I'm building a tool that finds people asking for products like yours. It found 3 recent posts from people looking for help ranking in AI search.

Free report: https://t.co/AM2M3PVHKd

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@muhammadalighug @taskkeapp 27 users in 10 days with zero-days in the middle is real progress, keep posting these.

I'm building a tool that finds people asking for products like yours. For Taskke it found 10 recent posts from people looking for a task/productivity app.

Free report: https://t.co/Gj5uq4Xyba

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@KrisAIVideo Love the daily honesty. Receipt photos to a clean sheet is a real pain for people doing their own books.

I'm building a tool that finds people asking for products like yours. It found 3 recent posts from people looking for this.

Free report: https://t.co/1ZiwTn7JAK

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Hi Logan! Reorders by just replying "Yes" removes basically all the friction from repeat purchases, love that.

I'm building a tool that finds people publicly asking for products like yours. For Yeply it found 2 recent posts from people looking for this.

Free report: https://t.co/j5qXbv2nlW

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@mohamedsamyTech An alarm that only stops when your eyes are open for 10s is a brutal (good) fix for snooze addicts.

I'm building a tool that finds people asking for products like yours. It found 4 recent posts from people looking for something like Starely.

Free report: https://t.co/eV9zNKop4G

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@GbReigns Pairing indie artists with creators who'll actually use their sound is a smart flip on music promo.

I'm building a tool that finds people asking for products like yours. It found 4 recent posts from people looking for exactly this.

Free report: https://t.co/quVhDvqMBS

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Product Hunt isn't a launch strategy for a solo founder.

You get 1 day of traffic from other makers who will never pay you.

Your first 10 customers are in a thread somewhere right now, asking "does anyone know a tool that..."

Go answer them.

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Stop posting "I built X." Start replying to "is there a tool for X?" One gets likes from builders. The other gets customers.