[sixQuarks]

You completely misunderstood the point. What would invite competition is the realization of how much revenue can be made with that product.

[eurticket]

So you could say that by not advertising it, for risk of competition, you're missing out on potential revenue too?

[jjeaff]

I may be wrong, but my assumption is that you are assuming putting your story on something like indie hackers is a lost marketing opportunity.

But I'd say a large percentage of successful small saas products are very niche and would not benefit in the least from talking about it in a public forum.

In my case, none of my customers would be reading anything like indie hackers so I have no reason to get the word out through those channels. It would just invite competition without returns.

[sixQuarks]

If your product does not target entrepreneurs, then you're not really missing much, other than stroking your ego.

[Jack000]

I think the main benefit for those businesses would be the seo value. Relevant, high PA links are hard to come by these days...