19 days building an AI visibility SaaS, with no users yet
BrandLens is a SaaS product that checks how visible a brand is when people ask AI tools for product recommendations. When someone asks a question like “what is the best CRM?”, some brands appear often, while others do not appear at all. The product asks AI models real customer-style questions, then gives a 0 to 100 score based on how often the brand is mentioned, where it appears, whether the wording is positive or negative, and how strongly it beats .
In 19 days, the product gained a scoring engine, a Next.js front end with instant demos for about 20 brands, Stripe checkout, 14 SEO blog posts, and PDF report generation. The business has made $0, has 0 paying users, and has spent $0 by running on existing hardware. More than 50 brought zero replies.
A free URL looked untrustworthy and may have been filtered out, there was no proper domain, and too much time went into outreach preparation instead of real . About 70% of the effort went into outreach prep, while only about 30% went into getting the product in front of people.
Key points
- BrandLens scores how often and how favorably a brand appears in recommendations.
- The first 19 days produced a scoring engine, demos, Stripe checkout, SEO posts, and PDF reports.
- Revenue is $0, paying users are 0, and spending is $0 because it runs on existing hardware.
- More than 50 got no replies.
- A free URL, no proper domain, and too much outreach prep hurt early trust and .