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[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

Don't ask:
"How do we get more users?"
Ask:
"Why do people leave after signing up?"

Retention builds businesses.

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@FOGNET2024 Saw your post here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/qVnWG2ImDP

[FOGNET @FOGNET2024]

🎤 K-POP meets blockchain. The audition is open.

Click inside KARMA Messenger. Short-form video. Live streaming. Direct fan gifts via Fognet digital wallet. AI face filters. 🎬

Built for artists who want to grow without a gatekeeper.
Development proceeding on schedule.

👉 Enter Click: https://t.co/iYDLVSkmo8

#Click #KARMA #FOGNET

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@fronexhq Came across your launch here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/4u0NktP4NP

[Fronex @fronexhq]

Prediction markets are at their strongest when they stop being distant forecasting tools and become active spaces where communities can directly test what they actually believe. Most public narratives are shaped by incentives — media wants attention, experts protect their reputation, and social media rewards performance. But when real people in groups can create and participate in markets around the events they care about, the gap between what’s said and what’s truly expected becomes much clearer. That’s exactly what Fronex is built for. Instead of just watching big platforms set the odds, any Telegram community can create their own prediction Leagues, run markets on the matches and topics that matter to them, and see where their collective conviction actually stands. Fronex makes it simple for groups to turn conversations into measurable predictions — right inside Telegram, with no complicated setup. If you want to move beyond noise and see what people really think when their beliefs are put to the test, start a League on Fronex.

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@public_app Saw your post here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/rK1owil8Ea

[Public App @public_app]

Me: opens social media to talk to people.

Also me: ends up wanting to debate an AI pirate, flirt with a vampire, and ask Einstein for life advice.

So we built https://t.co/f2a1Gu2JqA.

👥 Real people
🤖 AI characters
🎭 Create your own characters
💬 Unlimited human messaging
Why choose one?
🌐 https://t.co/pM05lI1Ojn
#AI #SocialMedia #CharacterAI #Tech

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@gaspardlezin Ran into your announcement here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/3zkmERlBIq

[Gap | Suby @gaspardlezin]

Everyone knows Paddle. Almost nobody can name the 14 other merchants of record that might fit them better.

And that gap is expensive. Because the merchant of record you pick decides who's legally liable for tax in every country you sell to, not a detail you want to default into.

Quick reset, since most founders confuse the two:

A payment processor (Stripe, Nuvei, Adyen) just moves money from the customer to your account. You stay the legal seller, which means registering for VAT/GST/sales tax everywhere, filing returns, tracking nexus, and eating chargebacks and compliance risk yourself.

A merchant of record (MoR) becomes the legal seller. Its name is on the customer's statement. It collects and remits the tax. It owns the chargebacks. You sell your product to the MoR, and it resells to the world. One integration instead of a country-by-country compliance build.

In 2026, with tax authorities tightening enforcement globally, being your own MoR is basically a full-time job. That's why the market exploded and why "just use Paddle" stopped being the only answer.

Here's the full map almost nobody has:

— Indie / creator-first: @Gumroad, @Polar_sh, @Subyhq, @Creem_io, @DodoPayments, @LemonSqueezy, @Whop, @Inflowpay, @commas, @fungies_io
(API or no-code, transparent pricing, built for solo founders and AI builders)
— SaaS-focused, established: @Paddlehq, @FastSpring, PayPro, Cleverbridge
(mid-market → enterprise, recurring billing, retention tooling)
— Incumbents entering MoR: Stripe (Managed Payments)
(the biggest processor now bolting on an MoR layer at ~3.5% on top of standard fees)

And here's the shift almost nobody talks about: two years ago, a global SaaS founder had maybe two real MoR options. Today there are fifteen and the best fit for you is probably not the one everybody names by default.

A rough 2026 picture of who lands where:

~50% of new indie / AI SaaS founders start on a creator-first MoR
~30% of scaling SaaS sit on Paddle / FastSpring
~20% enterprise & physical-goods brands run cross-border specialists

The takeaway: choosing a merchant of record isn't a payments decision. It decides who carries your tax liability, whose name your customer sees, and how much of global commerce's legal weight you personally hold.

Get it right and you sell to 150 countries from day one. Get it wrong and switching later is a migration project, not a weekend task.

PS: I post about payments with Suby, stablecoins & the reality of building a payment startup, every week. Follow for more!

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

People rarely buy the "best" product.

They buy the product they understand in 10 seconds.

Clarity wins.

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@SergeyBAnim Noticed your build here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/OuIaZ6njll

[Sergey Berengard @SergeyBAnim]

🎉 Media Plane 2.0 is HERE!

The next generation of Media Plane has officially launched and is now available to everyone!

🥳 Launch Week: 35% OFF all new Artist licenses for 7 days only!

What's new? Glad you asked...

✨ Brand new video editing engine with tracks, clips, animated transformations, and ultra-fast GPU frame compositing.
✨ Media Plane Editor Beta (available for Maya 2022+)
✨ Scriptable video editing commands for studios and pipeline automation inside Maya.
✨ New viewport menu features, including creating an external Media Plane window and attaching/detaching from cameras.
✨ New "Auto" frame caching option for improved performance.
✨ and as requested by many... Plane Opacity!

👉 https://t.co/rYMTFGPiB2

To everyone who's already supported Media Plane, Thank you. ❤️

Because the new editing features are part of the "Professionals" tier, we're also offering a special Upgrade Promo for existing Artist users. By choosing the upgrade, you'll get a special promo deal for a new Professionals license while keeping your current license as your own.
It's our way of saying thank you for taking the time to try out Media Plane. 🙏

🧪 Media Plane Editor is currently in Beta. While we're excited to finally put it in your hands, we're continuing to test and improve it, as we gather feedback and learn of new edge cases.

📖 Learn more about Media Plane's new features and inner workings, here: https:// https://t.co/VGAg4LJI6f

Thank you to everyone who supported Media Plane so far. I can't wait to see what you create with Media Plane 2.0!

#AutodeskMaya #Animation #VFX #Maya #VideoEditing #AnimationTools #AnimationReference #PipelineTools

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@RetryFix Saw your post here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/rKjMlEHQzU

[RetryFix @RetryFix]

Just shipped the foundation of an Automated Onboarding & Retention Email Sequence for RetryFix.

Instead of hoping users figure everything out themselves, we now automatically detect key states and send helpful nudges:

- No Stripe connected yet?
- Connected but not started?
- Trial not subscribed?
- Inactive for a while?

This should meaningfully reduce drop-off and help more SaaS merchants get real value.

Details on the individual emails coming this week.

https://t.co/HTLLiurfih

#saas #churn #stripe #failedpayments #buildinpublic

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@KarlApexFit Spotted your thread here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/OOCnmuqc6i

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@foxyfeenah @fasahmeta_x following

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@Temidayo598 @fasahmeta_x done follow

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@KinetikHealth Just saw your update here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/yXUDVJQd6x

[Kinetik Healthcare Solutions @KinetikHealth]

NEMT doesn’t make sense.

Health plans struggle to manage it.

Providers struggle to deliver it.

Members struggle to rely on it.

This isn’t a logistics problem. 

It's a lack of infrastructure.

So we built it. 

Unchanged Purpose.
Upgraded Presence.

#Kinetik #MakeItMakeSense

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@MichaelGeike @OndoPerps Just saw your update here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/5IB8Una3bF

[Michael Geike @MichaelGeike]

🚀 @OndoPerps just shipped a perps #DEX where #TokenizedStocks serve as collateral for leveraged positions, up to 20x. Try doing that in your broker's app.
⁣
On a conventional fintech trading platform your equities sit in a silo. Margin needs a separate cash account, settlement runs on T+1, and everything stops at market close. On Ondo Perps the same equity exposure works as live collateral: 24/7 markets, on-chain settlement, no intermediary holding your assets hostage between venues.
⁣
🔗 I see this as the capital efficiency case for #Web3. The more assets are tokenized, the more your static holdings become productive margin!

#ONDO steps directly into the perps race against @HyperliquidX and @coinbase with a feature neither #TradFi nor most of #DeFi offers today.
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Brokers will feel this gap first among their most active clients.

We have been watching and investing in ONDO for a while now. No investment advice, but worth keeping an eye on 👀 ... or two
⁣
#Tokenization #DeFi #PerpetualFutures #DigitalAssets #CapitalMarkets #Web3
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Source: The Block · https://t.co/0zMQu7sWTX

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@madeinusmate @getRheo Came across your launch here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/KAYEU8Jjyd

[Stefano Cantù @madeinusmate]

Excited to launch what I've been working on: @getRheo

Distribution is fast, Mobile Funnel iteration isn't.

I built Rheo to close that gap:
- Visual editor
- OTA updates
- A/B testing
- No more "Waiting for Review"

Optimize your funnel mobile today 👉 https://t.co/rwMkpRAQxn

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@NortierOS Saw your post here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/giug9alSTT

[Nortier OS | Collector Intelligence @NortierOS]

Built this in a week.

👤 Profiles
🎯 Prediction Markets
🏆 Leaderboards
🎖️ Achievements
🧠 Collector Archetypes

2,130 visitors later…

I think we are onto something.

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@markgadala Just saw your update here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/l7zNKSfZJf

[Mark Gadala-Maria @markgadala]

Update: Fable 5 IS UNSTOPPABLE

I just built a FULLY multiplayer first person shooter (capture the flag style) in one afternoon for $150 in credits.

We really have hit a massive turning point in AI coding.

https://t.co/v5lEIQJ7kf

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

Don't build features based on hypotheticals.

Build based on demonstrated user need and behavior.

Your users will tell you what to build.

That's how you capture attention on TikTok.

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@krzhej Ran into your announcement here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/zZEtpVUtEi

[Krzysztof Hejna @krzhej]

Just pushed a big update to my Deformo template.

A good update can give an older template a whole new life. I leaned on new built-in Shaders as the visual now which gave the template a new, fresh look.

Older templates can still perform. They just can't be left to sit.

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@valter_silva_au Spotted your thread here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/NWQeCRUuvF

[Valter Silva @valter_silva_au]

AI quietly moved my center of gravity from the editor to the terminal.

Claude Code, Copilot — my hands live in the panel now. The editor sits empty.

So I built a tiny VS Code extension:

close all files → panel maximizes
open a file → it snaps back

Free & open source 👇

[Marcus @MarrcusCreates]

@HopeEcon Spotted your thread here. I have some growth ideas if you're open to it? https://t.co/Pc3o21Vy3Y

[Umut Oğuzoğlu @HopeEcon]

When MyKid (a walking, talking soccer encyclopedia) isn't watching with me, I have no one to ask, "Which team does that guy play for?"

So I built this:
https://t.co/VCTKBQsNQw

It's pretty good, MyKid is better.