I built a Linktree competitor solo from Argentina using AI. Here's what 110 blog posts taught me about SEO.
I've been thinking about this project since 2018. Started building in 2024 when AI finally made it possible for a non-developer to ship something real.
What I built: click.ink — a link-in-bio tool. Yes, another one. My angle: beautiful design on the free plan, no ads on user pages, no watermarks, 35 languages, gallery + services + FAQ blocks. All free. Competing with Linktree not by being bigger but by being better for the people they ignore.
Current status: launched, indexed, growing slowly. Not at $1k MRR yet. Working toward it.
What I've been doing for the last 3 months: writing. 110 blog posts. One per day, sometimes more. Every post targets a specific keyword — "link in bio for tattoo artists", "linktree too expensive", "taplink alternative", "link in bio for boudoir photographers." Long tail, low competition, specific intent.
What I learned:
The blue ocean is in niches nobody writes for. "Link in bio for ceramicists" has zero competition. The person searching it has a real problem and nobody is answering it. I answer it. That's the whole strategy.
A free plan that actually works is a marketing channel. Every free user who is proud of their page shares it. Every user embarrassed by watermarks and ads doesn't. I built the free plan to be genuinely good. No watermarks. No ads. No link limits. It costs me upgrades — but it earns me word of mouth I can't buy.
The gap between "good enough" and "shipped" is where most projects die. My dashboard is a 3 out of 10 by my own assessment. I shipped it anyway. Bricks every day.
I have one rule that drives every product decision: I want to build something you'd want to share with a friend. Not "a working tool." Not "good enough." Something you open and think — I need to show this to someone. That means a comfortable, warm product experience, details that competitors ignore, and support where a real person answers you — not a templated reply with a link to an article you already read. I hate that. So we don't do it.
Honest numbers: not sharing MRR yet because it would be embarrassing. What I can say: organic traffic is growing week over week. The SEO foundation is working. I need 500 paying users to bring someone in. Building toward that alone.
Why I'm posting this: the build-in-public posts I learn most from are the ones before success, not after. If you're somewhere between idea and first revenue — this is what that looks like from the inside.
Happy to answer questions about the SEO strategy, the free plan decision, or what it's like building a SaaS solo in a second language in a country where your internet isn't restricted.
