u/nhrtrix

Found that people are making money faster with these type of tools, while my thought was if I make something which is already too crowded, it will not get paying users... but I see almost every other "sloppy copy" tool which is too crowded already making money!

is that just because of AI or hype or what?

I built some non-AI daily life tools (extensions), got some free users though, but no paying users, even the one I was most happy about not even getting expected amount of FREE users 😏

so, do people just pay for anything hyped or that has "AI powered" these days?

if so, what do you suggest to make money faster if marketed properly? cause, otherwise I can't afford being a solo founder, I need earning to at least keep the domains active

so, seniors solo founders, give some light from your experience 😕

Launched 3 extensions, devtools, privacy first tool..marketing as well, no paid users yet... What am I doing wrong?

I'm a freelance dev, tried to make something useful that can become my 2nd earning source, I personally like to make non-AI daily life problem solving tools, and privacy friendly

first I made a devtool to manage localStorage, sessionStorage, Cookies and IndexedDB with better UI and UX than the clunky Chrome devtools panel, thought developers have need of this type of tools to save daily debugging time, got around 80 users, changed pricing to yearly and lifetime, no paid users yet :(

then built a clipboard manager extension with end-to-end encrypted sync across devices, it's even struggling to get free users 😔

then launched an API mocking and testing tool recently, though it has no paid plans yet, got 10 users so far, but as far as I found, the market is too crowded already, maybe I'll end up making it an always FREE tool

I did some research, and found whatever type of extensions have higher demands are already very crowded and competitive that I don't think making another one will be viable or can get paying users.

WHAT kind of problem can I solve through extensions that has higher demand and high paying intent as well? either less competitive or even if competitive, it will still get some paying users?

or should I stop making any at all and loose hope from extensions totally? as big ones are already dominating?

I'm a freelance dev, tried to make something useful that can become my 2nd earning source, I personally like to make non-AI daily life problem solving tools, and privacy friendly

first I made a devtool to manage localStorage, sessionStorage, Cookies and IndexedDB with better UI and UX than the clunky Chrome devtools panel, thought developers have need of this type of tools to save daily debugging time, got around 80 users, changed pricing to yearly and lifetime, no paid users yet :(

then built a clipboard manager extension with end-to-end encrypted sync across devices, it's even struggling to get free users 😔

then launched an API mocking and testing tool recently, though it has no paid plans yet, got 10 users so far, but as far as I found, the market is too crowded already, maybe I'll end up making it an always FREE tool

I did some research, and found whatever type of extensions have higher demands are already very crowded and competitive that I don't think making another one will be viable or can get paying users.

WHAT kind of problem can I solve through extensions that has higher demand and high paying intent as well? either less competitive or even if competitive, it will still get some paying users?

or should I stop making any at all and loose hope from extensions totally? as big ones are already dominating?