A two-month side project got its first paying customer
prompt-eval.com/en was built over two months while the maker kept a full-time job. The first payment notification felt so unexpected that the was checked again and again to make sure it was real.
During development, doubt grew over whether anyone actually needed the service, and that doubt even led to building a completely separate SaaS as a dis. The product still launched, and a stranger paid for it without any personal connection or reason to be polite.
Earlier feedback and upvotes from helped keep the work going. It is still very early, but the first paid customer is a real signal that the project may have value beyond personal interest.
Key points
- The product was built over about two months alongside a full-time job.
- The first paid customer arrived unexpectedly after launch.
- about demand became strong enough to distract the maker into another SaaS idea.
- Early community encouragement helped keep the project moving.
- The first payment is a useful , but not yet proof of repeatable demand.