I've sold my first SaaS project - here are 9 things I've learned from it

I was building EmbedTables.com for almost a year. In the beginning, I was satisfied because it was the first project that made me some money, but later on, I felt burned out. The revenue was stuck around $80 MRR, new users haven't come, I had no idea how to promote it, and most important I didn't want to work on it anymore.

So I decided to sell.

Honestly, I didn't believe that someone gonna buy it but set up a TinyAquire listing. After 3 days I've got some messages, but nothing serious. After one more day I've got an offer! After short negotiations, I sold the project :) Obviously, it wasn't life-changing money, but it gave me lots of motivation to keep going.

I have a habit to write down things I've learned from every experience (personal like school, or relationship and professional like projects and jobs)

Here are the 9 things I've taken from my 1st "more serious" project:

• Use more tools to build faster - Bulma/Tailwind
• Think more about marketing/growing from the very beginning
• Make a pay button from day 1
• Integrate detailed analytics from day 1
• Spend less time building a landing page
• Spend less time building more time for marketing and growth hacks
• Before building any feature ask “What does it give me?” (more users, retention, better lifetime value, overall satisfaction) What metric should increase?
• Don’t be scared you charge too much
• It’d be better if you were passionate about the problem you're solving

Hope it helps someone with your next project!

I'm currently starting a new side-project called tefluo it helps connect tech influencers with software companies and get partnerships easily. Check it out if it sounds interesting to you

Best, Dominik