Free Remix SaaS kit for 24 hrs
I'm launching my 5th SaaS kit, now with Remix. If you're interested, click here to get it for free.
💿 Framework: Remix
💪 Front-end: React + Tailwind CSS + TypeScript
💵 Payments: Stripe
📩 Emails: Postmark
🗃️ ORM/DB: Prisma + (Supabase/sqlite)
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Let me know your thoughts 😀
Congrations on the launch. Seeing as you're trying to monetize this, I'm curious about your decision to choose a model like this.
Have you considered any other types of monetization, like having it free/open source and offering courses, hosting or services around it? I haven't tried it yet, but seeing as you've built remix in 1 week, the value proposition might not be as clear to some people, because they will still need to put in their work to modify it and get it up and running. Consequentially, this might slow down adoption and kill the product (in my limited opinion).
I do fancy the affiliate approach you're taking, which seems to me like a viable option.
Another option is a freemium offering some backend features, admin views, contracts functionality, CRM etc.
Interested in your thoughts on this.
Thank you!
I chose to not go the open-source path since it has not worked, and I'm not talking about monetization, just look at my GitHub open-source repo stars:
Little to no stars, so I'm not comfortable making a remix-starter, which is curious because my first open-source project kinda worked: https://github.com/netcoresaas/saas-vuejs-tailwindcss (149 ⭐).
All of them are freemium, with premium features if you bought the .NET API. As I said, it did not work (around 50 customers since Aug 2020). So I'm thinking of open-sourcing all of the .NET API stacks (Vue3, Vue2, Svelte, React) this month to focus on the Remix one. I offered 1 free day to gain visibility, which kinda worked (mostly because of retweets from big accounts). The value proposition of paying for the early access Remix SaaS kit is that I will be constantly adding features in the following 1-3 months (I'm already working on some issues), such as:
I'm imagining something like a Remix SaaS boilerplate where the pricing could go way higher for development teams, something like https://usegravity.app/pricing. But I need some time to deliver high-quality Remix code since I'm new to the SSR world (hence the -50% early access code).
I will not try to compete with components-based companies, like Tailwind UI, Tails... It would be a HUGE mistake. What I want is the best Remix SaaS boilerplate with multiple/customizable modules, real-world Components, great documentation, and a smart pricing strategy.
My quest for the best framework ended when I found Remix, I thought I would never leave Vue and NET core. But then again, before that I thought I would never leave Winforms 🤣 (you can read more about this transition here).
What are your thoughts on all this? Thanks a lot for your feedback.
Fair points. Me personally, I haven't seen this model widely adopted nor seeing anything like gravity.app or your products being sold. Those pricings in my mind seemed reserved only for enterprises.
Digging more and more into the product and blog, I'm getting a better understanding of what it really is. On one hand you have certain features that you deem necessary for a certain type of saas and on the other side you have the frontend components that provide ease of use in building it. I think then it justifies the price.
Do you perhaps have any thoughts of turning this into a recurring business where you constantly add modules and components for the existing users and divide them into pricing tiers for new users?
See, I'm kinda split between seeing this as a boilerplate or a potential framework with abstractions for backend; or even a recurring saas business with developer licenses or additional paid services like CRM, different analytics integrations, user behavior tracking etc.
Having the latter two would probably give you the option to have recurring customers as with the former the saas would quickly diverge from the boilerplate.
I'm glad you're liking Remix and believe in it enough to invest in it for the long run (coming from a non-js dev). I'm looking forward to picking it up myself with your boilerplate.
p.s.: My assumption is that netcoresaas might've had more interest because it's clearer from its name that it contains a functioning backend as opposed to saasfrontends, which I believe holds slightly greater value long term.
Wow! You're right on all your points!
Yes! That's my target market.
Correct, the real value from the kits is that there are a lot of components you could reuse, and the plan is to make even more.
I would not be good at it, because I would feel the pressure of adding new components/features every month, and it would feel like work, ywim?. BUT, I will open-source the .NET kits (Vue/React/Svelte + NET), and offer a monthly fee if some team wants me to help them set their SaaS MVP. I just posted about this here.
So rare to hear someone outside the JS dev praise JS, it talks about your open mind!
Yes, almost all my customers came from netcoresaas.com at $299 (or $99 when I launched on AppSumo). The saasfrontends.com customers took the Sandbox editions (only frontend, no backend), which I priced at $19.
Thanks again for your feedback!
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Thanks! You replied to one of my comments on another post about this. I downloaded it and will check it out today.
Remix is still pretty new to me so seeing someone else's code who's been in the ecosystem longer will definitely be beneficial to me.
Thanks for sharing this kit for free. However, I noticed this page is no longer available, and you probably removed all the content. Actually, I am new to Remix. I am only using this advanced full-stack framework to get rapid loading speed and improved SEO.
In this regard, I will utilize TailwindCSS for client-side development and am considering a cloud computing solution for backend development and deployment. One of my dev teammates suggested we employ this https://blog.back4app.com/host-remix/ hosting solution. Yes, I am referring to Back4app and a containerized environment to host Remix projects.
Withal, I am still new to this framework and not sure whether I should adopt this hosting option. You have more experience with Remix, so I would like to know your thoughts on it.
still possible? :)
I may release another great deal in 1 or 2 months! Right now it's just early access at -50% off 😀.