Tim Chen

I’m writing about my SaaS journey as indie hacker. Currently building

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app(.)yourbusiness(.)com
yourbusiness(.)com/app

Which do you perfer?

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🚀 Just got my first paying customer for Snapdemo!
From 0 → 1 feels unreal.
Grateful, excited, and even more motivated to keep building.

Indie hacking is wild 💙
#buildinpublic #FirstCustomer

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In a world obsessed with AI, do startups that don't use it still have a fighting chance?

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I’m happy to offer you a commission ranging from 50% to 100% for helping me sell https://t.co/WBrgeVHqxV.

here’s the commission:

- For subscription plans: 100% for the first month, then 50%
- For lifetime plans: 30%

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This is my side project’s side project, a simple little tool website that gets ~2.8k clicks a month from Google. Do you want to know how I pulled it off?

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@alexcooldev It's a tough journey, but so rewarding. Juggling everything from coding to marketing is a huge challenge for solo founders. Especially trying to show the value of what you've built. Keep going.

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@vascoabm It's a tough job. It's also a great way to find out what parts of the product are confusing to users.

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@hunterjisaacson Totally agree. A big part of distribution is what happens after people land on your site. We've seen founders get visitors but then struggle to convert them. Making it easy for people to immediately understand the product is a huge piece of that puzzle.

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@jackfriks I get this. It's the "just trust me" feeling from the machine.

It highlights how important it is to actually show how things work. Whether with code, or when explaining our own products to users.

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@thepatwalls Agree that! Having those core elements in place not only speeds up development but also helps maintain consistency as projects grow.

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@alexcooldev shipping early and learning from real users beats waiting for perfect skills. Iterating based on feedback is what truly moves growth. It’s a path many SaaS founders can relate to.

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@dakshpixelup Growing revenue steadily like that shows how patience and consistent client focus really pay off.

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@nizzyabi I agree, focusing on how users actually interact is key. That’s why we see so much value in Snapdemo that let people explore features hands-on, not just through looks. It makes the experience clearer and builds trust early on.

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@robin_faraj I hear you. Balancing work and life often feels like a luxury when you’re building something from scratch.

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@nathan_covey I want this, thank you.

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@hunterjisaacson I’ve seen many great ideas stall without strong distribution. Focusing on how to get users to share and engage can make all the difference in growth.

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@DanKulkov Spending that long in pure marketing mode can feel draining. I’ve found breaking it up with even small product or customer conversations can help keep energy up while still moving the needle.

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@ayushtweetshere Agree. It’s easy to underestimate how much context-switching slows progress. I’ve found blocking time for deep work makes a big difference.

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@matt_npl Thanks, Matt! Just to clarify, Snapdemo isn’t for video recording like Cursorful, it’s for creating interactive demos users can click through.