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I’m building PuraSIM to make travel eSIMs less confusing for Spanish-speaking travelers

I just launched PuraSIM, a small travel eSIM store focused on Spanish-speaking travelers.

The idea came from a simple problem: when people travel abroad, they often leave mobile data until the last minute. Then they either pay expensive roaming, buy a physical SIM at the airport, or get overwhelmed by eSIM websites that feel too technical or too broad.

I want PuraSIM to feel simpler.

The first version is basic: a Shopify store with country-specific eSIM pages, setup guides, and clear explanations around how eSIMs work, how much data travelers need, and how to avoid roaming fees.

Right now I’m focusing on:

- SEO around country-specific eSIM searches

- useful Spanish travel connectivity guides

- simple onboarding for non-technical users

- testing whether “eSIMs for Spanish-speaking travelers” is a strong enough niche

One thing I’m thinking about adding is an AI eSIM finder: you enter your destination, trip length, phone model and data habits, and it recommends the right plan instead of making you compare a bunch of options manually.

I’m still early, so I’d love feedback from other indie hackers:

Would you position this more around “cheap roaming alternative”, “easy travel internet”, or “eSIMs for Spanish-speaking travelers”?

Also, if you’ve built SEO-driven ecommerce before, I’d love to hear what you’d focus on first.

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    On your three positioning options, I'd push aryan_sinh's point one step further. "eSIMs for Spanish-speaking travelers" describes an audience, not a pain. The pain is landing in a foreign airport with no internet and a phone that won't cooperate, which is a moment, not a demographic. Language is how you win that person's trust once they arrive; it isn't the reason they show up. One risk I'd flag that nobody has mentioned: country-specific landing pages are exactly the kind of easily-summarized utility content that AI Overviews are absorbing right now. There's a good discussion of this in the Barn2 thread on here, a WordPress plugin company at $1.6M/yr watching that channel collapse. Worth reading before you commit your next six months to programmatic country pages. We're also building on Shopify from Spain, though from the other side: we make apps for the App Store rather than selling through a store. Different problem, same platform. Happy to compare notes.
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    I'd be careful not to position this around the product category.

    Most travelers aren't looking for an eSIM—they're trying to avoid the moment they land and realize they have no internet. That problem is a lot more relatable than the technology behind the solution.