I built a complete AI SaaS with $300— here is everything I spent and learned
Hey Indie Hackers 👋
Long time reader, first time poster.
I am Abdullah — a solo founder from Pakistan.
6 months ago I started building PostSpark
after noticing content creators spending
4-5 hours per week manually reformatting
the same content for different platforms.
Today it is live.
Here is my complete honest breakdown:
WHAT I BUILT:
PostSpark — AI content repurposing tool
that turns 1 blog post into 30 pieces
of content using Claude AI.
COMPLETE BUDGET BREAKDOWN:
→ Lovable Pro : $150 (credits)
→ Domain postspark.co: $30
→ Business email: $20
→ Claude API credit: $50
→ Replicate/Flux API: $50
→ Supabase: $20
→ Total: ~$300
TECH STACK:
→ Lovable (no-code builder)
→ Claude Sonnet AI (content generation)
→ Flux Pro 1.1 via Replicate (images)
→ Supabase (database + auth)
→ Paddle (payments)
→ postspark.co (domain)
FEATURES BUILT:
→ AI Repurpose Engine (Claude powered)
→ Hook Lab (viral hook generator)
→ SEO Blog Writer
→ AI Image Studio (Flux Pro 1.1)
→ Import Studio
→ Brand Voice trainer
→ Content Calendar
→ Analytics dashboard
→ History + Gallery
→ Refer and Earn system
→ 14 day free trial with Paddle
CURRENT STATUS:
→ MRR: $0
→ Users: Just launched
→ Goal: $1,000 MRR in 60 days
BIGGEST LESSONS:
1. Location is not a limitation anymore
AI tools have completely leveled the
playing field for founders globally
2. Ship before you are ready
I kept wanting to add features.
The right move was always to launch
and let users tell you what matters
3. Claude API quality changes everything
The difference between Gemini free
and Claude paid for content generation
is immediately obvious to users
4. No-code is genuinely production ready
Lovable built something I could not
have coded in 6 months in 6 weeks
5. Your story is your marketing
Being a Pakistani founder building
global SaaS resonates with people
worldwide — do not hide it
I am building completely in public.
Will share weekly updates here.
Would love feedback from this community
on postspark.co 🙏
What is the one thing you would improve
or change about the product?
Nice breakdown. One thing I would improve before pushing too hard on acquisition: put a small production-readiness pass in the budget.
For this stack, I would check five things before the first paid users: Supabase RLS with a second test user, no Claude/Replicate keys in the browser, per-user AI quotas, Paddle webhook signature verification, and ownership checks on saved drafts/images/history.
Creator-content tools quietly collect private drafts and brand voice data, so those boring checks matter more than another feature right now.
"The one thing I'd improve — the conversion path. People land on your site, see the features, but don't immediately feel the pain relief. Lead with the time saved and the frustration eliminated before showing features. That gap between landing and buying is where most SaaS tools leak. I audit exactly this — happy to take a look if you want a second pair of eyes."