How did you launch your saas?
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I have seen people with various different approaches of launching their saas. Some do their distribution via paid channels, some via launch directories and some others via their network etc. I always wonder whether any of those launch methods have consistently bring results for everyone even if small.
I understand the paid channel strategy. You just have to be visible to a wider audience and people would pick you accordingly. But, I have tried these directories and they are almost meaningless or I had a bad launch there. I don't currently have any network of people who would be my first users, so I am clueless about this.
What are your strategies for launching and making sure that your launches don't go in vain?
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I had no network either when we launched hrefStack. We self launched on Product Hunt with no hunter, so it started from our own following and nothing else.
What worked better later was Reddit, but only when the post wasn't about the product. My one post about hrefStack itself, in r/SideProject, got 3 comments. A post in r/vibecoding about agents taking the work people used to learn on got 62.
What's your SaaS for? The right room depends a lot on where people are already complaining about that problem.