I have created a lot of accounts on many different payment gateways including lemonsqueeay, paypal etc. Now I realize, it was just a waste of giving information to those companies as I do not use them at all. Paypal even suspended my account permanently. I came across this platform called dodopayments, and it wasn't very strict on completing kyc for accepting your first dollar. I know that it will not let me withdraw money unless kyc is done. I was very confused as to what everyone does regarding this? What do you do commonly with these payment gateways?
I m a technical founder. I can build a product, fix a database, and debug an API in my sleep. But sales? I hate it.
We needed revenue, so I decided to try cold emailing. I bought a list of 2,000 leads from a B2B database, wrote a 4-paragraph email explaining our features, and set up a sequence to send them out from our main company domain. I figured if I hit enough inboxes, someone would eventually buy.
I was wrong. Here is the exact result after 30 days:
2,000 emails sent.
3 replies (two of which were "unsubscribe," and one was an angry person telling me to stop spamming).
0 demos booked.
And the worst part: Our main domain got flagged by Google, so now all my transactional emails (password resets, receipts) are going to spam.
I saw seven hours of video about AI income challenge. However, I bought VIP ticket but the content was available for all viewers.
There was only 5-10 testimonies which were shown again and again to increase FOMO. Finally, i understood that tactics as EARN WITH FOMO AND PRESSURE SALES ENVIRONMENT.
I don t know I was wrong or right. What should I do should I buy or not ?
Any other suggestions
Every bug report, logged. Date, user, severity, what broke.
The pattern was not what I expected. Half of them were not bugs at all. They were confusion. People using the product in a way that made sense to them, hitting a wall, and reporting it as broken.
I've recently been recommended various new tools like Warp (terminal) and Zed (IDE). They are both quite intriguing, as I expect both could help speed up my development workflow. However, actually switching to them seems to be a huge lift. I've downloaded and explored the two apps, but the thought of figuring out which current habits can be replicated vs. which ones I should completely relearn with the new app's tools is quite daunting. As a result, I haven't re-opened them... I think the ProductHunt community would lean on the side of more experimental and motivated to try new things. How many new products do you try? How many end up sticking? Do you also feel the obstacles I've mentioned above and what ends up pushing you over that activation energy?
We are have different reasons for doing the things we are doing, It would be really helpful to share what is your "why" for being here? What fuels you to do the things you are doing, what is your motivation or goal so to speak. Lets share and discuss perspectives!
We launched our community platform on product hunt, I then realized that it would make more sense to ask this question in the community. Community builders are using different tools to manage their communities. Engagement is an important metric to check the health of the community, so which of the below features is the most important or do you think the combination of these features will help you build engagement. Please comment with your thoughts that are not limited to features listed in the poll
When we launched our SaaS, the vision was simple: build a product, charge a monthly subscription, and scale infinitely. We wanted that sweet, sweet recurring revenue.
But we hit a wall early on. Our product is complex, and users kept asking, "Can you just set this up for us?" or "Can you build a custom integration for our specific workflow?" Because we were desperate for cash, we said yes to everyone.
I just finished our monthly financial review, and it was a massive reality check:
Total Revenue: $10,000
Software Subscriptions: $3,000 (from 60 users)
Custom Consulting & Setup Fees: $7,000 (from just 4 clients)
