Planlay

Hey Indie Hackers! 👋

Quick update from us — we just launched a basic version of our website for Planlay:
👉 https://planlay.com
(It’s still a work in progress, so all feedback is welcome!)

For those who missed our first post, we’re building Planlay, a simple web app to help small business owners and team leads easily create and share weekly staff schedules.

We’re currently:

• Testing core features (one-click scheduling based on employee availability)

• Preparing for private beta access

• Trying to stay consistent with our social media presence (Twitter, Indie Hackers, Reddit — we’re learning as we go 😅)

❓We’d love your feedback on this:

What are some effective ways you’ve seen others market a B2B app like this — especially to small business owners (cafes, salons, retail, etc.)?

We’re trying to find organic, creative ways to reach the right audience — mainly small business owners and managers who are often too busy to go looking for tools like this, even though they really need them. We know they’re out there, we just need to figure out how to meet them where they are.

Have you seen anything that worked well for similar tools?

Appreciate all insights 🙌
— The Planlay Team

Hey Indie Hackers! 👋

We’re a team of three friends building Planlay — a simple web app that helps small business owners and team leads easily create and share weekly staff schedules.

💡 Why are we building it?

One of us used to help run a small coffee shop, and scheduling was always a headache.
Every week it was the same story: chaotic group chats, messy Excel sheets, people showing up at the wrong time, and last-minute changes.

We thought: there has to be a better way — and if there isn’t, let’s build one.

⚙️ What Planlay does (so far):

• One-click schedule creation — Planlay builds the weekly shift schedule for you based on employee availability, vacations, sick days, and more

• Drag & drop editor — easily fine-tune or adjust shifts manually

• Instant sharing — send the schedule to your team in one click

• Works on any device — no downloads or training needed

We want it to be the fastest and easiest way to schedule shifts — especially for small teams like cafes, salons, restaurants, or retail shops.

📣 What we need:

We’re preparing to open up beta testing soon and would love your thoughts on:

• UX/UI feedback

• Use cases you’ve seen or experienced

• Anything that’s missing or unnecessary

➡️ If this sounds useful to you (or someone you know), we’d love to invite you to try the early version. Just drop a comment or DM and we’ll get in touch!

Thanks, IH! 🙌
We’ll be sharing our build journey here as we go 🚀