My First 5 Clients: 2 Reddit, 2 Website Visitors, 1 Word of Mouth
I built and launched my SaaS in the beginning of 2025 by building only the core features. My core features where a basic website editor, a task management system and a payment provider integration.
The user cycle I wanted before launch is for clients to create/edit their informative website, then use the task manager to request, track, and pay for custom features that a software engineer will customize and implement on the site they created.
I had a prototype ready and it was time to go on the hunt for my first client.
- Client #1 Reddit:
I still didn't have any karma at the time and I was genuinely commenting, posting and being active in multiple communities. I didn't want to be advertising so I wasn't actually posting the name of my SaaS but replying on how I can help or assist founders with building their apps. To this date I am not sure which comment or post got me my first client.
After being active for around 4 months I get a DM from a person that wants to build a web app and they even added in their phone number to reach out. We chatted a bit and ended up getting on multiple phone calls.
I didn't have any references at that time and I had to also create a Web Api with a security layer, built basic login and registration pages and redirected the user to a profile page after login. Went on a video call met virtually for the first time and went through a demo where I even showed them all the code, how the database is being populated and we just need to focus on the car feature.
- Client #2 Reddit:
I also got a DM on reddit. This client is still in shock sine they didn't think that they would meet someone over reddit and actually work together to build a fully customizable ecommerce subscription SaaS related to fitness.
This client saw my comment on someone's post where I mentioned that I created a platform where you generate a website using a single prompt and create custom engineering tasks to be built over it with no limitations.
This client has previously played around with no-code tools but their idea is really customized and cared a lot about the no limitations part.
I also built in the backend foundation did some customizations and showed how ready I was to start with the core features in less than 24 hours.
- Client #3 Website Visitor (Signed-up):
I was getting a decent amount of traffic from posting and writing blogs which was about 20 to 30 visitors per day and around 30 signups per month. I always send an email to new signups which I write myself depending on what website they generate.
The client was interactive and we went on a call and sent a couple of emails before a month of silence. I thought that this project was lost after I sent 2 follow-up emails with no response.
This changed when I suddenly received a notification from Stripe that a part of the quote has been paid and I got a headache that day cause of all the excited jumping I did.
This client had a complex niche sports workout planner on Google Sheets and wanted to transform that system into a web application.
- Client #4 Website Visitor (Didn't sign-up):
I got a notification on the Tawk chat tool i have on my website. I have never thought that I will be able to convert a visitor from just chatting on the tool without signing up. The client gave me a small vague brief about their idea that involves AI and chat bots. They gave me their email and I told them that I will be sending them a detailed quote.
I sent the quote by email and didn't get a response. I got a positive response after the 3rd follow up email. The client was hesitant though and not sure about some parts of the idea. We got on multiple calls and discussed different ways how features can be implemented and we are now working together on a big web application.
- Client #5 Word of Mouth:
This client was a friend of mine that already had an established company in the renewable energy space. They already had a website made on WordPress and they paid over $15,000 for a company to build the website which is a lot for just informative website. They were also paying monthly unreasonable prices for maintenance and subscriptions. They were also frustrated with some limitations they had on WordPress.
We have moved the website to my servers and we are working together now on coding an informative website from scratch as a first phase and that will cost a one-time fee which is a fraction of what they used to pay while owning all the code and having no future limitations to build a custom renewable energy service management system for the second phase.
Why did I choose this path and what are my future plans?
I studied Software Engineering since I wanted a major that involves working within a team and collaborating with others in order to build something unique and we can look onto and be proud. I love the creative and problem-solving aspects of it and choosing the right solution.
I am always on the hunt for new exciting projects to build and watch real users using them when they launch. I am always ready to jump on a call and discuss ideas and tell founders on how their ideas can be translated to a full platform and how the full cycle will work. If you have any idea in mind and want to understand how the backend will function down to the smallest detail I would love to connect. My platform is www.pagepalooza.com.
