ClickInk

I've been thinking about this project since 2018. Started building in 2024 when AI finally made it possible for a non-developer to ship something real.

What I built: click.ink — a link-in-bio tool. Yes, another one. My angle: beautiful design on the free plan, no ads on user pages, no watermarks, 35 languages, gallery + services + FAQ blocks. All free. Competing with Linktree not by being bigger but by being better for the people they ignore.

Current status: launched, indexed, growing slowly. Not at $1k MRR yet. Working toward it.

What I've been doing for the last 3 months: writing. 110 blog posts. One per day, sometimes more. Every post targets a specific keyword — "link in bio for tattoo artists", "linktree too expensive", "taplink alternative", "link in bio for boudoir photographers." Long tail, low competition, specific intent.

What I learned:

The blue ocean is in niches nobody writes for. "Link in bio for ceramicists" has zero competition. The person searching it has a real problem and nobody is answering it. I answer it. That's the whole strategy.

A free plan that actually works is a marketing channel. Every free user who is proud of their page shares it. Every user embarrassed by watermarks and ads doesn't. I built the free plan to be genuinely good. No watermarks. No ads. No link limits. It costs me upgrades — but it earns me word of mouth I can't buy.

The gap between "good enough" and "shipped" is where most projects die. My dashboard is a 3 out of 10 by my own assessment. I shipped it anyway. Bricks every day.

I have one rule that drives every product decision: I want to build something you'd want to share with a friend. Not "a working tool." Not "good enough." Something you open and think — I need to show this to someone. That means a comfortable, warm product experience, details that competitors ignore, and support where a real person answers you — not a templated reply with a link to an article you already read. I hate that. So we don't do it.

Honest numbers: not sharing MRR yet because it would be embarrassing. What I can say: organic traffic is growing week over week. The SEO foundation is working. I need 500 paying users to bring someone in. Building toward that alone.

Why I'm posting this: the build-in-public posts I learn most from are the ones before success, not after. If you're somewhere between idea and first revenue — this is what that looks like from the inside.

Happy to answer questions about the SEO strategy, the free plan decision, or what it's like building a SaaS solo in a second language in a country where your internet isn't restricted.