Demand board · computed September 7
What r/saas keeps asking for
Recurring demands mined from the community's top posts this week, with the threads as receipts. Not invented: if it's listed, people are actually asking.
How do I get my first paying customers and what to do after the first sales?
Many makers are celebrating first users/revenue and asking what growth, retention, and next steps they should focus on to turn it into sustainable MRR.
How do I turn an internal/freelance tool into a real SaaS business?
People who built software for themselves or clients want practical guidance on packaging, pricing, go-to-market, and transforming a tool into a sellable company.
How do I handle churn, cancellations, and unsustainable legacy deals (e.g., lifetime deals
Founders are asking for strategies to learn from cancellation feedback, reduce churn, and make businesses sustainable after problematic pricing decisions like lifetime deals.
How should SaaS products adopt AI (assistants/features) and adjust to shifting buyer/user/
With an influx of AI projects, founders want help deciding how to integrate AI assistants or novel AI features, and how buyer expectations are changing so they can build the right product instead of a gimmick.
What to do when your SaaS is failing or when it costs you your job — recovery, exit, or re
People are sharing experiences of slow decline, founder burnout, and client conflicts and are looking for playbooks on recovery, pivots, handling the personal fallout, or winding down responsibly.
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