Six months building a SaaS with no buyers
Six months of evenings and weekends went into building a SaaS, but the launch brought no signups, no revenue, and no useful feedback from strangers. The core mistake was not checking whether real people wanted the problem solved before building the product.
Each moment of doubt led to adding another feature instead of talking to potential customers, because writing code felt easier than customer conversations. After launch, were checked many times a day, but there was no hidden demand to find.
The painful lesson was not just the lost time; it was realizing that months had gone into solving a problem people did not care about enough. New ideas now start with interest in the problem first, and talking to people matters more than building for months in private.
Key points
- Six months were spent building a SaaS during evenings and weekends.
- The product launched with no signups, no revenue, and no useful outside response.
- The main mistake was assuming demand instead of checking it with potential customers.
- Adding became a way to avoid .
- New ideas should be tested around the problem before months of private building.