I just launched my first SaaS
I'm an architect who codes for fun — and I just launched my first SaaS
A bit about me: I'm a practicing architect, but I've been obsessed with computer science on the side for years. When AI arrived, that obsession went into overdrive. These days I spend most of my free time vibe coding.
Today I officially launched GoodTrans (goodtrans.app) on Product Hunt. The site has actually been live for just over a week — around 76 visitors so far, zero paying customers.
I'm not surprised. I heard early on that building the product is only 10% of the work, and distribution is the other 90%. As a technical person, marketing is genuinely not my strong suit. But I'm learning.
What GoodTrans actually does
It's an AI translation tool, but I've tried hard to make it genuinely good at the things most tools are bad at:
- Quality first. I believe the output is better than most human translators for most document types. That's a bold claim, but I've put real effort into it.
- Long documents. You can hand it a 50,000-word novel and it will translate the whole thing in one go — into any major language. No chunking, no babysitting.
- 100+ languages. Including a lot of low-resource languages other tools handle poorly.
- Focused. I deliberately kept it narrow. It does translation, and it tries to do it really well.
Where I want to take this next
The product roadmap I'm most excited about: a literary sharing community.
The idea is to let people from every country translate their nation's best literature and share it with the world — using GoodTrans as the engine. Readers can discover great works they'd never have access to otherwise. Writers can receive tips from appreciative readers. Everyone can discuss what they've read.
Reading and access would be free. The tipping feature would be the only monetization for that layer.
I think there's something meaningful here — great literature is locked behind language barriers more than it should be.
I don't have experience building communities, and this is my first real product launch. If you've built something similar — a niche community, a translation tool, or a reader/writer platform — I'd genuinely love your input.
And if you've ever needed to translate a long document and been frustrated by the options out there, I'd love for you to try it. Happy to give extra credits in exchange for honest feedback.
Hi Mingogo, this is awesome. Great idea — I love the goal and vision of having literature from different cultures and languages shared through translation via your application. The website is very neat and looks really cool. Good for you, wishing you nothing but the best — this is great work. I'm also new at this, so if you learn anything about distribution along the way, please share. Good luck!
To be honest, whether it comes to website development or marketing strategies, I'm still a complete novice. I'm working hard to learn these skills. So far, the traffic on my website has been growing rapidly. Unfortunately, there aren't yet any users who have paid to use my website. But this is within expectations. I'm not worried about this. I'm Chinese, and what the Chinese lack in abundance is patience. Hahaha.
I’ve tried various methods to promote my project. If any of these methods work, I will come back here and share them with everyone. I really hope that we can get some help from you. If you can suggest me some good methods, it would help me avoid some unnecessary steps along the way.