How I’m tackling churn after our first 100 trial users

For months, my biggest struggle wasn’t getting users—it was keeping them.

LeadSynth AI was getting people excited enough to sign up, but post-trial, many just… disappeared.

I went back to the basics: why would someone pay after seeing the product for 7 days?

Here’s what I realized:

1. Users loved the leads they got—but onboarding felt too manual.

2. People didn’t fully understand how to turn those leads into conversations.

3. They needed a clear path to see ROI within days, not weeks.

So I started testing small changes:

✅ Guided onboarding: showing exactly how to find your first 10 warm leads.
✅ AI conversation agents: letting the system start conversations automatically.
✅ Contextual tips: in-app nudges on how to convert a lead into a paying customer.

Early results? Users who complete the new onboarding are 3x more likely to stick past the trial.

The goal now: make churn a thing of the past by turning trial users into active, paying users before they even have to think about it.

Curious—fellow Indie Hackers:
👉 What’s worked for you to keep users after a free trial?

https://leadsynthai.vercel.app

— Abdelrahman