Zero budget, solo founder — how do you get your first paying users without spending on ads?

I built Voice Delta — a text to speech tool with voice cloning. The main differentiator: truly no limits — no word limit, no character limit, no generation limit. Clone any English voice in 5 seconds.

The product is live. Free plan works. But I'm a solo founder with literally $0 marketing budget.

Before you suggest paid ads — not an option right now.

What actually worked for you (for free)?

  • Cold DMs to potential users?
  • Specific subreddits or Discord servers?
  • SEO / blog posts?
  • YouTube demos?
  • Something weird that actually worked?

I'm not looking for "post on social media" generic advice. I want to know what specifically moved the needle for your SaaS from 0 → first 10 paying users with zero spend.

Drop your experience below — would genuinely help me and probably every other broke solo founder reading this. 🙏

u/fxboshop — 13 days ago
▲ 2 r/roastmystartup+1 crossposts

I built an AI voice cloning platform with 5-second voice cloning and ElevenLabs-style English voices

I got tired of paying premium prices for basic text-to-speech, so I built Voice Delta.

✅ Clone a voice from just a few seconds of audio

✅ Generate speech in 50+ languages

✅ Control emotion, pacing, and pitch

✅ Access high-quality English voices inspired by popular AI voice platforms

Looking for honest feedback from people using ElevenLabs or similar tools.

What would make you switch?

Website:

https://voicedelta.com/

u/fxboshop — 30 days ago
▲ 9 r/TextToSpeech+3 crossposts

I built an AI voice cloning platform with free ElevenLabs voices

Website : https://voicedelta.com/

I got tired of paying premium prices for basic text-to-speech tools, so I built my own.

It's called Voice Delta.

It lets you:

✅ Clone a voice from just a few seconds of audio
✅ Generate speech in 50+ languages
✅ Control emotion, pacing, and pitch
✅ Create studio-quality voiceovers in seconds
✅ Use popular ElevenLabs-style voices for English content

One thing I've noticed is that many voice AI platforms charge a lot even for basic usage, especially if you're experimenting or creating content regularly. I wanted something more affordable and creator-friendly.

I'm still actively improving the platform and would love honest feedback from people who use ElevenLabs, PlayHT, or other voice AI tools.

u/fxboshop — 28 days ago
▲ 28 r/ollama

Hey everyone,

I’m looking for a good coding agent/model on Ollama that can run smoothly on a normal laptop (i7 11th gen, 16GB RAM, no GPU).

I know I can just ask AI for suggestions, but I’d prefer real user experiences — what are you actually using and what works well for coding (debugging, writing code, etc.) on CPU-only setup?

Would really appreciate honest recommendations 🙌

reddit.com
u/fxboshop — 2 months ago

Hi everyone,

I’m currently working on two separate Python projects using gravity Lately, I’ve been facing a strange issue where the environment/context seems to "cross-contaminate."

The Problem: Sometimes, Antigravity starts mixing components or metadata from Project A into Project B. It’s like the session state isn’t fully isolated, and variables or configurations from one workspace start appearing in the other during active development.

Example:

  • Project A: A script for data scraping with specific API keys.
  • Project B: A web app using different libraries.
  • What happens: While working on Project B, I’ll suddenly see errors or suggestions related to Project A’s dependencies or even see cached variables from the previous session.
reddit.com
u/fxboshop — 2 months ago