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by newaccount74 1064 days ago
> Would love an alternative but there are none

If you are trying to sell a product, I know one weird trick: Just make a product that people enjoy, and they will recommend it to others.

No need to pay for advertising, no need to play the SEO game. The only marketing you need for a decent product is a website with docs and a download button.

This works especially well if you have some sort of freemium product, because then the 90% of people who use the free version still act as multipliers.

I don't know if it works for all businesses, but it's worked for me over the last decade or so.