r/micro_saas

Static screenshots get scrolled past. A few seconds of motion makes people actually stop and look at your launch, your landing page, your ads.

Problem is that usually means hiring an agency for 10k or learning After Effects. Built Raylight so you can just do it yourself. Browser based, drop your product shots on a timeline, add cinematic effects, and export. The film above was made 100% in Raylight just animating shapes and images.

Still a bit stunned typing this. Three months ago I was refreshing Stripe hoping for one sale. Now there's a small but growing group of people paying every month to keep their apps from leaking.

CheckVibe is a security scanner for vibecoded apps shipped fast with AI tools. You paste a URL or hook up a GitHub repo and it surfaces what's leaking: secrets in the frontend, open database rules, missing headers. Two of us, fully bootstrapped, no funding. Three months in and we've done about $7k in gross volume, 200+ all time paying customers, 5k signups. Public Stripe link in case anyone's seen too many fake numbers: https://profile.stripe.com/checkvibedev/ZumatA0Y

A few things that actually worked:

TikTok slideshows have carried us. Aesthetic Pinterest-style backgrounds with tool names overlaid, five slides, no branding on the account. One hit a million views and is still quietly sending signups weeks later. 15 minutes to make. As a 2-person team that can't afford to spend hours on content every day, this format is unreasonably good.

Cold outreach worked, but only the version where I scanned the prospect's app first and DMed them what I found. Generic pitches got ignored. Useful findings got replies almost every time.

Paywall design was a 3x lever. The first version blurred all results, which felt clever and barely converted. Switched to one that just shows the count of critical issues with the actual findings locked. Conversion tripled. Curiosity beats obfuscation.

What nearly killed me was mobile activation tanking compared to desktop and not catching it for weeks. Onboarding had too many steps on small screens. Cut two and the gap basically closed overnight.

If you've shipped something with AI tools and haven't really checked what's exposed, checkvibe.dev runs in 30 seconds. Scan for free, only pay if you have issues. Almost every app I've scanned came back with something.

It's been a little over six months since I launched and it has been quite a journey. No exponential growth or huge user spikes but rather slow and steady growth. But in my opinion that is the best for building something actually valuable because you can react to user feedback along the way and constantly keep improving the app.

It's so crazy, just two weeks ago I was celebrating 2,000 users here and now I have hit another unreal milestone of 2,400! I can't thank everyone enough. I really mean it, so many people were offering their help along the way.

Of course I will not stop here and I am already working on the next big update for the platform which will benefit all the community. More is coming soon.

I've built IndieAppCircle, a platform where small app developers can upload their apps and other people can give them feedback in exchange for credits. I grew it by posting about it here on Reddit. It didn't explode or something but I managed to get some slow but steady growth.

For those of you who never heard about IndieAppCircle, it works like this:

• You can earn credits by testing indie apps (fun + you help other makers)
• You can use credits to get your own app tested by real people
• No fake accounts -> all testers are real users
• Test more apps -> earn more credits -> your app will rank higher -> you get more visibility and more testers/users

Since many people suggested it to me in the comments, I have also created a community for IndieAppCircle: r/IndieAppCircle (you can ask questions or just post relevant stuff there).

Currently, there are 2402 users, 1969 tests done and 587 apps uploaded!

You can check it out here (it's totally free): https://www.indieappcircle.com/

I'm glad for any feedback/suggestions/roasts in the comments.

My SaaS is about 1 month old, and these are my Google Search Console stats:

32 clicks

274 impressions

11.7% CTR

Average position: 11.2

I'm consistently adding content and have submitted my sitemap.

Does this look normal for a new SaaS, or am I doing something wrong with SEO? Any advice would be appreciated.

And wtf is Soft 404?

Hey everyone,

I’ve been building a tool called ValuEdge over the past little while, and I’m finally at the point where I want to get real users on it.

The idea came from seeing how inconsistent early-stage startup valuations are. If you’re not talking to VCs or paying for consulting, it’s basically a mix of guesswork, biased advice, and scattered benchmarks. I wanted to see if that could be structured a bit better.

Right now, ValuEdge lets you plug in basic startup info (revenue, growth, traction, market signals, etc.), and it gives back a rough valuation along with a breakdown of what’s driving it up or down. It also tries to compare you against similar-stage companies, although that part is still pretty early and being improved.

I’m not really trying to “sell” this yet. Mostly just looking for people willing to try it and give honest feedback on whether the output actually feels useful or way off.

If you’re a founder or working on something, I’m happy to run it through for you. You can just comment or DM me, or email me at valuedgeapp@gmail.com.

Also open to any feedback like:

• Does this kind of thing actually help in real decision-making?
• What feels missing or not realistic?
• Would you ever trust something like this when thinking about fundraising or valuation?

Waitlist link if you want to check it out: https://waitlister.me/p/valuedge

Appreciate any thoughts, even if they’re critical.

A few months ago I had a pretty humbling moment so I asked GPT for recommendations in my product's niche just to see what it would say.

It recommended 3 of my competitors and didn't mention me once.

It made me realize that the search game is completely changing. People are bypassing Google entirely to ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini for direct answers. If you aren't in that one single response you basically dont exist. The "10 blue links" are turning into one synthesized answer.

I went looking for a way to track this. I wanted to know:

1. Am I being mentioned at all?
2. Who is actually beating me in the AI's eyes?
3. What websites are these AIs actually reading to get their answers?

I couldnt find a good tool to track this (the industry is starting to call this GEO - Generative Engine Optimization) so I decided to build one myself

It’s called ScanWithBeacon. It automatically finds who you are actually competing against in AI answers, tracks your visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Copilot, and most importantly it tells you exactly what to fix on your site so the AI starts citing you as a source

I'm still actively building out the final phases but I set up a waitlist for early access while I finish it up and gather up some feedback!

I'm genuinely curious though how are you guys handling this shift? Are you actively trying to optimize for AI search yet or is everyone just kind of flying blind and hoping for the best?

I have created an app for small and medium businesses. Would love feedback. I created it using emergent and entered a contest as well . If you guys could vote for it , then it would mean a lot to me . https://app.emergent.sh/showcase/shamani/8a51024b-46e6-463f-af12-1f5302fc805e

Delegation and accountability app
This one is for small and medium businesses. This is a delegation app . You basically create a company in the app , approve your employees and delegate the task with time and everything. End of the week you get scores . If a person has low score means they didn’t complete their task on time or did nothing. Instead od whatsapp where tasks get lost in other conversations it is place where you can send reminders , set recurring tasks , if you need proof they can upload pictures , create a pipeline for specific projects . At the end of the year you can also use this to give raise and bonuses.

I run tile.today, you claim real 50x50m squares of Earth by physically standing in them (first claim each day is free). I gave claims an optional note field expecting little diary entries. Instead people immediately started dropping links to their print shops, apps, soundclouds and portfolios. So I leaned in and there's now a live activity feed on the main map showing every claim as it happens, note and all, to everyone browsing. If you want your project on it, it costs a walk outside. Screenshot of what it looks like right now attached.