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How I turned a MVP into a SaaS in 1 month

I don't know if you remember but I already posted here, my app was called LongLiveSS, it was a very bad choice... I know, but the idea was good and few people were interested in the solution and subscribed to the newsletter so I decided to make a better version.

The first rele

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    To be honest, I do not know what this does. What screenshots? Of website? Of my desktop window?

    I need to scan the site for a while to find some answers. You need to better explain it in the header.

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      Agree. I have absolutely no idea what is this product doing. As far as I get it does some kind of screenshots, but why would I need them? Can't I just screenshot using a generic chrome extension or the snipping tool on Windows?

      You should really define your goal and talk to your target audience in the header. What's in it for me.

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      Also came here to post this, I have literally no idea what this product does. The 'Help Center' link in the footer is dead too.

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      I agree, I didn't spend too much time on copy

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    Conceptually speaking, an MVP can be a SaaS right out of the gate if you have architected the business model and the product with the "as a service" characteristics (multi-tenancy, multi-contracts, subscription-based plans etc.).

    I hope to see you next time posting a different headline: "How I made an MVP profitable in 1 month"! ;-) Cheers and good luck.

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      The MVP I am referring to was just a single function (in a loop) that take a screenshot. Unless you're using a boilerplate or pre-built framework it's challenging to handle payments, especially subscriptions..

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    Nice clean landing page Youssef! What is the target market for this product? Why would I need to take pictures every few mins of a website? Is it to check downtime, general archiving, scraping product pages etc?

    I think it could be good to add a USP section that maybe details use cases of the product to give people a better understanding.

    Impressed you managed to get the first release done in 7 hours! What stack are you using?

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      Use cases are making sure your ad/content is showing, spying on your competitors, tracking seo ranks over time or simple archive.

      Stack I am using: Node/React/Firebase

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