I run an online business and got tired of paying for a dozen overlapping tools — research, creatives, analytics, automation, all separate logins, all separate bills.
So I started consolidating my stack into one system instead.
This account is me documenting that — what I switch to, what actually saves money, what's overhyped, what's not.
No fluff, no guru talk. Just what I'm actually using to run things.
Following along if you're dealing with the same tool overload.
@SaulSellsStuff Same thing happened here, just smaller.
Kept adding apps for problems that weren’t actually tool problems.
Cut most of them and the work didn’t get harder.
Used to treat every problem like it needed a new tool
Page not converting? New builder.
Ads dying? New creative app.
Fulfillment messy? Another automation.
Ended up with a bunch of logins I barely opened and a higher bill every month.
Cut it down to the few I actually use every day. The rest I cancelled.
Numbers didn’t drop.
That’s the whole update.
Quick gut check for anyone running an online business:
If you had to cut your tool stack down to just 3 apps, which 3 would you keep?
Mine would be an analytics tool, an ad creative tool, and whatever handles automation.
Everything else feels replaceable.
Curious what everyone else's non-negotiables are.