| 7 days ago, I launched my new SaaS, ClarifyPDF. You upload a PDF for $1.99 and then chat with it. No signups or subscription. Just a one-time payment. Here are some stats since launch. - Visits: 870 - Average time on site: 1 min. - Conversion: 4.8% (42 purchases) - Abandoned carts: 260 (30% - ouch) - Revenue: $44.45 - Refunds: 1 - Disputes: 1 - User feedback: 10 - Mailing list signups: 92 - Picked up by listing sites: 8 - Approach from "influencers": 5 ===== What I've learned: - The AI hype has slowed down, but is still alive. Launching anything in this space will still give you good visibility. - AI influencers will charge you A LOT of money just to send you some traffic. - Aggregators are your friend. They will send you a lot of traffic for free. - You don't need analytics at launch. You do need a chatbot at launch (or whatever will make it easy for your users to give you feedback with). - Launch with discount codes, and use different ones for different communities. It helps people test out your product, and you can see which communities are more engaged. - Purchase disputes are expensive! ===== Where I "launched": Twitter post, Hacker news "Show HN" post, Indiehackers post. It wasn't a "big launch", as the goal right now is to learn. Looking at doing a weekly "launch" to new and existing viewers, as I keep improving the product. |