Joffrey IO

10 yrs shipping systems for companies. now shipping products for myself.

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[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

10 years shipping backend systems for companies.
now shipping small products for myself.

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i post what works and what doesn't.
follow if you're building too.

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

When was the last time you looked at your expenses per product?

Not your expenses in general. Per product.

And how long did it take you? Honestly. Between the provider dashboards, the invoices in your mailbox and the spreadsheet you stopped updating in March.

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

@muhammadhamid_2 I'm actually building something to fix that part

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

stripe is already recording this month.

nothing is recording what it costs.

hosting, the domain, the api you forgot, the contractor you paid once. all real, all monthly, none of it in the dashboard you actually check.

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

@dukebiz @tibo_maker yeah it's still there, somewhere after 10k mrr

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

Revenue is the number you check every morning. Cost is the one nobody puts in front of you.

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

I have a small SaaS running since months.

Last week I finally added up what it costs me. Hosting, the domain, the API, and two tools I forgot I was still paying.

It costs me more than it brings in. And it has been like that for a while without me noticing.

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

@yevloop Oh yes

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

Builders, honest question: how do you follow your income vs expense for a SaaS?

Spreadsheet? Notion? Nothing at all?

Stripe tells me what came in. Nothing tells me what it cost me to get there.

I know my MRR by heart. I have no idea what I actually keep.

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

@muhammadhamid_2 neither, and that's the problem. I don't calculate anything today.
where do you record yours today? spreadsheet, notion, or you just leave it to your accountant?

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

i have four products live and i can't tell you which one made money last month.

stripe, a bank export, two dashboards, and a spreadsheet i stopped updating in june.

so i'm building the screen i wanted. one line per product. in, out, net.

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

last thing about the https://t.co/kuQu9wRT0j week.

37 makers copied the install snippet after landing on makerbadge.
they put the badge on their own sites.
those sites now send people to other makers.

all of this started because @jonathan_wilke said yes.

thanks man.

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

a footer badge should pay for its space.

i asked @jonathan_wilke to put mine on https://t.co/kuQu9wRT0j. he said yes, no strings.

in 31h it sent 1,413 people to his x and his products.
and 938 visitors, 43 signups to me.

that's how it should work between makers.

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

i dm'd @jonathan_wilke and asked if he'd put my badge on https://t.co/kuQu9wRT0j.

he said yes. no conditions.

31h later:
1,413 clicks back to his x and his products
938 visitors and 43 signups for me

the 5 days before that: 3 signups.

we need more indie hackers like him.

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

@4TrustyR and with no Jira to update constantly too ! :D

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

after arguing for agility inside companies
for years, i found it somewhere else.

people shipping unfinished SaaS.
someone tells them it's broken.
they reshape it the same night.
no ticket. no estimate. no approval.

the clay is still soft.
that's all agile ever meant.

turns out the most agile people in tech
are indie hackers.

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

@jonathan_wilke @AndrewWarner Nice ! you deserve it ;)

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

@realSalloxy Amazing!

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

most makers grow alone.
makerbadge fixes that.

your products + other makers' audiences.
3 free links forever.

interested?
reply.

[Joffrey IO @joffreyio]

@realSalloxy Appreciate it. 🙏 Want a badge? It's free for 3 links!