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I recently shared this on another subreddit and it got 500 upvotes, so I thought I’d share it here too hoping it helps more people.

Every time I launch a new product, I go through the same annoying routine: Googling “SaaS directories,” digging up 5-year-old blog posts, and piecing together a messy spreadsheet of where to submit. It’s frustrating and time-consuming. Finding a good, up-to-date list is a pain, so I finally sat down and built one myself: sites like Product Hunt, capterra, SaasHub, and more ended up with 100 legit directories.

For those who don’t know, launch directories are websites where new products and solutions get listed and showcased to an audience actively looking for new tools and solutions. Most of these directories are browsed by technical folks, founders, developers, and marketing people. So not every directory is going to be the perfect fit for every product or extension but it’s definitely worth experimenting to see where your audience hangs out.

I also added a way to sort them by DR (Domain Rating), which is basically a metric from tools like Ahrefs estimating how strong a website’s backlink profile is. Higher DR usually means the site has more authority, which could mean more SEO value or organic traffic.

I turned it into a simple site: launchdirectories.com
No fluff, no paywall, no signups just the list I wish I had every time I launch something.

Thought it might help others here too.

Tibo (the founder behind tools like Revid.ai, Outrank.so, SuperX, Post Syncer, and Feather) broke down exactly how he repeatedly takes micro‑SaaS products to $100K+ MRR.

Here’s a structured breakdown of how he does it, framed as a repeatable playbook rather than just a success story.

Who is Tibo and what did he build? 

• Founder profile: Indie builder from France who has launched dozens of products over the last few years.
• Current portfolio:
  • Revid.ai – AI video creation SaaS, ~$400K MRR and still growing.
  • Outrank – AI + SEO SaaS, recently crossed $200K MRR.
  • SuperX – Audience growth tool for X (Twitter), >$10K MRR.
  • Post Syncer – Cross‑posting social scheduler, currently early stage but profitable.
  • Feather – Notion → blog publishing tool, acquired for $250K and grown to ~$10K MRR.
• Portfolio outcome: Combined portfolio at ~$700K MRR, growing ~20% month‑over‑month with ~50K paying customers.

How he actually builds winning SaaS products (step‑by‑step) 

1. Build the MVP in days or weeks, not months 

• Take shortcuts: No‑code (e.g., Bubble), boilerplates (Best one in town - AnotherWrapper), skipping non‑critical engineering polish.
• Reasoning: He assumes a ~90% failure rate for new ideas; the only way to win is to run many attempts quickly.
• Goal: Ship a new project fast enough that failure only cost weeks, not years.

2. Talk only to relevant users, not friends or family 

• Find 5–10 “perfect fit” users for the initial version.
• Acquisition channels: X (Twitter), subreddits, email, small DMs.
• Key idea: Feedback from non‑target users is noise; it doesn’t help with product‑market fit.
• Find Validated Painkiller Ideas - Sonar

3. Build real relationships with early users 

• Deep discovery, not shallow surveys: Understand their workflow, daily life, and the real pain behind their request.
• Outcome: This context guides which problems to solve and which features to completely ignore.

4. Talk to users every single day 

• Objective: Understand why they do or don’t come back to the product.
• Tactic:
  • Until a product hits $10K MRR, the support link points directly to his Twitter DMs.
  • He replies quickly, fixes issues in minutes or hours, and turns users into evangelists.
• Effect: Faster iteration, higher retention, and extremely “human” support for early customers.

5. Understand the user’s ultimate goal 

• Think beyond the feature: He focuses on what users ultimately want (e.g., more traffic, revenue, audience), not just the immediate function of the tool.
• Why it matters: When the product directly moves the ultimate metric that matters to the user, perceived value (and willingness to pay) increases 10–100x.

6. Build features that solve their problems, not the founder’s 

• He is a heavy user of his own tools, but still prioritizes real users’ pains over his own preferences.
• Execution style:
  • Fix small UX issues immediately.
  • Ship requested features in 1–2 hours when possible.
• Result: Users feel “heard” and start advocating for the product publicly.

7. Iterate in public and stay close to your users 

• Use social media as a feedback + relationship loop:
  • Share progress, ship logs, and updates.
  • Watch what users ask for in replies and DMs.
• Benefit: Continuous demand‑driven roadmap, instead of guessing in isolation.

8. Don’t scale acquisition until people can’t live without it 

• Focus on retention first:
  • If new users churn instantly, acquisition is a leaky bucket.
  • Complaints are treated as a strong signal of commitment (only invested users bother to complain).
• Checkpoint: Only when users are “stuck” to the product does he start pushing growth hard.

How he approaches distribution and scaling 

9. Go broad on acquisition channels (then measure) 

• Early growth tactics:
  • Product Hunt launches.
  • Building in public on X.
  • General social promotion.
• Goal: Find which channels actually move the needle for that specific product.
• Typical pattern: These free/organic efforts are often enough to reach the first $1–10K MRR.

10. Turn the company into a media engine 

• Content is non‑optional:
  • Social content, SEO content, email, or cold outreach – pick one strength and lean in.
  • Publish case studies, testimonials, and practical content around the problem space.
• Reason: A repeatable content pipeline keeps fueling all other acquisition channels.

11. Double down on scalable channels: SEO, ads, affiliates 

• He focuses on three main scalable levers:
  • SEO (long‑term, compounding).
  • Paid ads (scalable budget if unit economics work).
  • Affiliate programs (partners drive customers in exchange for revenue share).
• Example: Outrank went from $0 → $20K MRR by building in public, then $20K → $200K MRR after adding SEO, ads, and an optimized affiliate program.

12. Ruthlessly scale what works and kill what doesn’t 

• For each product, only 1–2 growth channels truly matter.
• Once those are identified:
  • Scale them hard (more content, more ad spend, more campaigns).
  • Drop or minimize everything else that doesn’t show clear ROI.
• Mindset: Growth is about deep focus on a few effective channels, not doing everything.

Why he runs a portfolio instead of just one SaaS 

• Risk management: Multiple products = resilience against platform and AI shocks.
• Real example: When Elon changed X’s policies, it almost killed Tweet Hunter at ~$200K MRR.
• Today: If one product gets disrupted by a new AI feature or platform change, the rest of the portfolio keeps the company and his family financially safe.

Main takeaway for builders 

Tibo’s core message is simple: the “secret” isn’t a niche hack or a magic tech stack. It’s:

• Building fast and expecting many projects to fail.
• Talking to users daily and letting their real pains drive the roadmap.
• Delaying “growth hacking” until retention and stickiness are obvious.
• Then going very deep on 1–2 acquisition channels that clearly work.

For anyone building SaaS or micro‑SaaS right now, his process is a concrete, repeatable how‑to rather than just a motivational story.

The ones worth your time:

SEO
If someone Googles "best [your service] near me" and you don't show up, you're invisible. This is the one channel that keeps paying you back for years. Slow to start, but the best long term investment by far.

YouTube
Make one good tutorial or explainer video and it works for you while you sleep. People watch, trust you, and buy. A video from 3 years ago can still bring in leads today.

LinkedIn
Only if you sell to other businesses. This is where the managers, founders, and decision makers actually hang out. Think of it as a networking event that runs 24/7.

Facebook
Still works great for local businesses and older demographics (35+). The ads targeting is excellent if you know your customer.

Situational picks:

Quora
Answer questions in your niche, Google indexes those answers, people find you for free. Underrated for experts and consultants.

Reddit
Don't hard sell here, people will roast you. BUT it's a goldmine for market research. Read what your customers complain about and use their exact words in your ads.

Instagram
Only worth it if your product is visual (food, fashion, fitness). Reels are king right now.

Pinterest
Surprisingly strong for lifestyle niches (home decor, recipes, travel, fashion). Content lives forever here.

Twitter/X
Hard to turn followers into customers directly. Better for building a personal brand or networking with other founders.

Medium
Write articles, Google picks them up. Easy way to build authority without running your own blog.

Skip unless you have a very specific reason:

Tumblr
Only useful if you sell to fan communities or artists. Low ROI for almost every other business.

TL;DR
Don't try to be everywhere. Pick 2 to 3 based on where your customers actually are:

B2B → LinkedIn + SEO
Local business → Facebook + SEO
Visual product → Instagram + Pinterest
Want free traffic forever → SEO + YouTube
Want to be seen as an expert → YouTube + Quora + Medium

Happy to answer questions if anyone's trying to figure out which platforms make sense for their specific business.

Building in public means sharing the real stuff so here it is.

For the first several months of my SaaS organic SEO felt like a tax I was paying on my time without getting much back. Content was going out, traffic was trickling in, revenue from organic was negligible. I kept hearing that SEO was a long game and I kept telling myself that patience was the issue.

Patience wasn't the issue. The system was broken in three specific places and I just hadn't found them yet.

The first broken place was content format. I was writing for Google in the way guides from five years ago told you to. Long posts, keyword frequency, structure designed for crawlers. That content ranked for things occasionally and converted rarely because it wasn't actually a great reading experience. Nobody stays on a page that feels like it was written by someone following a checklist. The format I switched to through this SEO tool was simpler and better. One question per article, direct answer first, plain clear language throughout. Readers stay because they get value immediately. And this format is exactly what AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity look for when generating answers. My content started getting cited in AI responses for relevant queries and that traffic converts better than almost anything else because the person already has context before they land on the page.

The second broken place was indexing. I was naive about this for longer than I want to admit. Publishing content does not mean Google has seen it. For a site without massive authority Google crawls when it wants to and that can mean weeks between visits. This indexing tool automated the process of telling Google and Bing about every new page the moment it went live. Submissions go directly to Google's Indexing API and Bing's IndexNow automatically. The backlog of unindexed content cleared, new content started ranking fast, and the compound effect of that over a few months of consistent publishing was significant.

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Three broken places, all fixed. Organic is now the channel I'm most confident in.

I've been using Claude Code to fix SEO issues on a side project. The workflow was: run Google PageSpeed, copy the wall of text output, paste it into Claude, ask it to fix things.

It works but it's annoying. PageSpeed's UI isn't built for this. No export, no markdown download, lots of noise you don't need.

So I built a small wrapper: https://page-speed-claude.vercel.app/

You paste your URL, it hits the PageSpeed Insights API and returns a clean markdown file with scores, failing audits, the offending nodes, and suggested fixes. You drop that file into Claude and it has everything it needs to fix the issues directly in your codebase. No copy-pasting, no reformatting.

Took a few minutes to build, saves friction every time I ship something new. (good for small websites)

Is this a workflow you run regularly, or do you mostly ignore PageSpeed until something breaks?

I developed Weather World because I wanted a simpler, more helpful way to stay ahead of the forecast. I truly believe that a weather app should be a tool that makes your life easier, not a source of distraction with ads and confusing menus.

How it helps you: The core of the app is all about visual clarity. I’ve focused on creating intuitive graphs that let you see temperature shifts and precipitation trends at a single glance. Instead of reading through long lists of numbers, you can visualize exactly how your day will unfold. It’s minimalist, lightweight, and built for speed—perfect for anyone who values a clean Android experience.

I’d love your support! Please give it a try and see if it helps your daily routine. If you find it useful, please recommend it to your friends! As a solo developer, your support and word-of-mouth are what help me improve and grow.

In compliance with the community rules, I’ve shared the link via IndieAppCircle. Check it out there and let me know what you think!

Find it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danie.pocasisveta

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