On which platforms should I launch the beta of my SaaS product?
We have been working on a social media automation tool (The first version will be Twitter only) - Sociomata (sociomata.com) which will be out soon. We have successfully got around 80 people in the waitlist.
I want to know the platforms where I could list my product once the public beta is out. I have heard about Betafy, Betalist and Betapage but don't know what works. Looking for recommendations.
The first thing to do is to launch to directories dedicated to beta:
You can also show your work in communities:
Maybe you can test some Slack communities as well:
There is tons of resources where you can post your product!
I curated a list of 400+ places to post your startup if you want to check
→ https://spreadtheworld.net
Thank you for sharing this list. Some interesting names.
I learned about this here on Indie Hackers, but maybe you could try something like @Jaisalr 's Submit Juice? https://www.submitjuice.com/directories
Could be a good opportunity to try a few if you're not sure?
Thank you for sharing the list.
wow, thanks for sharing that. Amazing!! it saved lots of my time.
Hi! Congrats on your beta version release! We were at the same stage a few months ago. We launched our product on Product Hunt, BetaList, and on Capterra. We also submitted our startup on BetaPage but we're still not featured (takes 40 business days to review if you take the Free plan).
BetaList is a good platform, it takes 5 minutes to complete your information. And it's free. I hope it helps!
That was helpful. Thank you!
I'd recommend you watch some videos and read some articles before launching on Product Hunt. It can be a great way to get a lot of traffic if you do things right!
Vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEbSol52tK4&t=1965s
Learn directly from them: https://blog.producthunt.com/how-to-launch-on-product-hunt-7c1843e06399
Good luck!
Congrats on getting close to launch!
You might check out Pioneer - we got a lot of early users from there from our weekly updates. Plus the community is great.
I put together a list of other places you can post/be part of the community.
Thank you for the list.
If your product solves any of the problems listed on needgap you're welcomed to explain how your product solves that problem in the comment and reach out directly to those who might need your product.
Since it's a problem validation platform fresh posts are only for problems and products to solve them goes into comments.
To be brutally honest that yellow hurts my eyes really bad 🤣
You could also try some subreddits like entrepreneur, sideprojects, ...
But read the subreddits moderation guidlines first in order to prevent from getting banned.
Never thought about it. Thank you for the idea, will try definitely.
On most of the popular subreddits there is a dedicated day/thread to feedback. That's a great opportunity to self-promote without being banned!