My product idea was way too big - so I broke it down and came up with a completely different one

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It's still part of my long-term strategy, so I don't want to share any details right now.

Thank you! 🙏

I accidentally launched it on PH on a Saturday (another story 🙈). I also had to rename it a few days after the launch due to potential trademark issues in the EU (its original name was FreelanceOne 😢 ). Both might have been reasons. But I don't know for sure.

LanceID currently has about 120 users. The next is to end the beta and enable the subscriptions to see if the pricing is ok.

Regarding marketing: I want to post on HN and Reddit. Latter will be hard because all Freelance(r) subreddits prohibit marketing your SaaS. So I have to be careful. But a lot is going on on Reddit.

And then, of course: SEO. I'm a rookie in that space. So I have to learn a lot.

No, I did not. I've been a freelancer since 2010 and know that issue very well. So it seemed obvious to build such a solution.

I'm an iOS developer and had no experience in building a SaaS. That's why I chose RoR to move quickly. I hammered it down to the minimum, taking two months to build. I think that's ok for an MVP.

Thanks, Alexander, and greetings back to Ulm! 👋

1. Yes, it took two months to build. An experienced SaaS developer would be able to built it faster.
2. I think that all freelancers experience this problem. Now I have to spread it into the world, so all freelancers notice that there is a solution available.
3. Absolutely. My current monthly costs are around $14. I use Render.com. Due to my lack of SaaS experience, there might be a cheaper solution, but with Render, I was able to move quickly.
4. I think LanceID currently is too small to gain this effect. But I hope that this will change in the future.

Thank you very much. I'll keep pushing it forward. 🙏