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Wed, May 272 dispatches

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#0829Indie business r/SaaS3 days ago
`VideoReplicate` shuts down after $1,078 in ads and 226 users
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VideoReplicateAI video SaaS — generates remake plans from viral videos
A plausible creator workflow failed to become paid demand. Validate channel and willingness to pay before building the product.
- 226 users from $1,078 in ads means about $4.77 per signup; registration did not prove paid intent.
- Core keywords had low search volume, so paid acquisition had weak scaling potential from day one.
- The better first test: keyword volume, CPC, competition, and a small landing page before product build.
- Copy mature competitors' onboarding, paywall, pricing, examples, and output format first; innovate after the loop works.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1towpxq/im_shutting_down_Read original →
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#0828Indie business r/SaaS4 days ago
A 12-month enterprise chase ran into legal-cycle drag
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Bigger contracts can shift the bottleneck from product to procurement. At $1000/hr legal review and multi-week pauses, enterprise can be a bad fit unless deal size absorbs the drag.
- Enterprise sales is not just SOC 2; counsel availability, holidays, and internal champions can stall a deal for weeks.
- Legal costs hit before revenue. At $1000/hr, one slow contract can erase the upside of a larger ACV.
- A smaller self-serve or founder-led mid-market motion may beat enterprise if cash flow cannot tolerate long idle cycles.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1toa1u7/wish_i_saw_this_bRead original →
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Tue, May 262 dispatches

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#0827Indie business r/SaaS4 days ago
A $300 Micro-Automation Gig from a Recruitment Workflow
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Manual form-to-sheet recruiting ops turned into a paid micro-dashboard. Small B2B annoyances with clear handoff pain can still close fast.
- Pain was concrete: Google Forms entries, sheet copying, WhatsApp follow-ups, and lost replies. Clear workflow leakage beats vague app ideas.
- Scope stayed tiny: submissions, statuses, notes, reminders, and an admin panel. A few hours was enough because the process was already defined.
- The sale was local and trust-based: a friend paid $300 for less manual tracking. Not scalable proof, but a useful service wedge.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1to2n47/easy_300_buildingRead original →
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#0826Indie business r/SaaS4 days ago
`Sonar` reached 1,400+ signups and $2K revenue after shifting from X to Reddit
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SonarIdea generation SaaS — suggestions from online pain points
X brought one early customer, then stalled. Reddit became the working channel; useful as a small, concrete channel-testing lesson.
- First 2 months on X produced 1 customer and then no traction, so early signal was too thin to keep betting on one channel.
- After switching to Reddit marketing, Sonar reached 1,400+ signups, 10 payouts, and $2K total revenue over roughly a year.
- Marketing stopped in December, yet revenue held around $100/month; not scale, but enough retention to validate demand.
- The product itself mines conversations for pain points and generates ideas, so the founder later turned the learned channel into Karmo, a Reddit marketing tool.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1to1rl9/over_1400_users_sRead original →
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Mon, May 252 dispatches

#0825
#0825Idea signals r/SaaS6 days ago
`Strivle`: a founder network ranked by verified shipping
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StrivleFounder social platform — ranks verified shipping output
The pitch turns X/LinkedIn frustration into a marketplace thesis: proof beats reach. Strong pain signal, but no user or revenue proof yet.
- Profiles would verify output through Stripe, GitHub, and Product Hunt, replacing bios with MRR, commits, and launches.
- Distribution promise: every post starts with 100 random viewers, then expands to 1,000 and 10,000 if engagement clears the bar.
- Tags like Advice needed, Hiring, Customer feedback, and Shipped map social posting to concrete founder workflows.
- Investor browsing is positioned as pull-based discovery. Useful wedge, but it depends on verified supply and credible lurker demand.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tmfvov/building_the_nextRead original →
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#0824Indie business r/SaaS6 days ago
27M Views, $0 Revenue: Viral Reach Without a Sales Path
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Raw attention does not become revenue by default. Without an offer, capture flow, or sales handoff, even massive top-of-funnel traffic is just rented distribution.
- 27M views in 2 days on a fresh page produced $0 — reach alone is not a business metric.
- The missing layer is conversion infrastructure: landing page, email capture, offer testing, and a clear next action before traffic spikes.
- A repeatable algorithm edge can be valuable, but it needs a monetization partner or productized funnel to avoid wasting the surge.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tmfvbk/im_literally_a_goRead original →
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Sun, May 241 dispatches

#0823
#0823Indie business r/SaaS7 days ago
From €50k YTD to €6k MRR: 5 levers that moved a bootstrapped SaaS
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The growth came from ICP correction, faster ad creative iteration, and annual plans. The reusable lesson: speed beats novelty when paid acquisition already works.
- Stripe YTD gross volume hit €50,112, up 48.77% YoY; MRR reached €6,067 from 378 active subscribers.
- The biggest unlock was repositioning admakeai from agencies to solo ecom operators, cutting CAC by moving away from LinkedIn-style B2B acquisition.
- Using admakeai to generate ads for bestphoto.ai cut creative testing from 4 days to 2 hours; that is a real cross-product flywheel.
- Annual plans reduced churn from 20% to 16%, but retention still needs product work. Prepaid revenue can mask weak repeat value.
- FB ads did not improve through a new tactic: CPC stayed near $1.5, CPA at $38-42. Output volume made scaling possible.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tlm29y/4_months_after_myRead original →
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Sat, May 232 dispatches

#0822
#0822Indie business r/SaaSlast week
636 visitors in 28 days from SEO and Reddit with zero ad spend
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Organic content beat paid acquisition at the earliest stage. Direct landings on the LTD page show pricing intent can be a traffic magnet, but conversion is still unresolved.
- Traffic came from SEO articles and a few Reddit posts, with 636 visitors in 28 days and almost all users new.
- About 1 in 3 visitors landed straight on the lifetime deal page from Google, skipping the broader site narrative.
- The weak link is not discovery but monetization: the next test is page-level conversion, offer copy, and channel attribution.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tld84t/636_visitors_in_2Read original →
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#0821Indie business r/SaaSlast week
`IndieAppCircle` reaches $1k earnings after 7 months of Reddit-led iteration
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IndieAppCircleApp feedback platform — credit loop for tester exchange
A bare MVP turned into revenue through a tight Reddit feedback loop. The useful part is the repeatable loop: ship, post, collect comments, patch fast, then monetize selected features.
- IndieAppCircle now has 2,841 users, 2,497 tests, and 629 uploaded apps; slow growth still compounded into paid demand.
- The product uses a credit loop: test other apps to earn credits, spend credits to get real users testing your own app.
- Distribution came from repeated Reddit posts and direct contact with commenters, not ads or a launch spike.
- Charging started only after feedback made the product strong enough; monetization followed usage, not the other way around.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tl9i7w/after_7_months_ofRead original →
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Fri, May 222 dispatches

#0820
#0820Indie business r/SaaSlast week
How a SaaS Doubled MRR from $900 to $2.1k in 28 Days Using 5 Channels
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A founder grew from $900 to $2,100 MRR in 28 days by consistently running five channels at once: Reddit, LinkedIn, cold email, X, and paid ads. This case proves the power of a multi-channel strategy backed by real numbers, not theory.
- The growth wasn't from a single channel, but the simultaneous and consistent operation of all five. Organic channels did the heavy lifting, while paid ads ($10/day) were used for retargeting.
- LinkedIn DMs targeted high-intent leads (e.g., people interacting with competitors) with short (<70 words) messages, achieving a ~30% response rate.
- The Reddit strategy focused on providing genuine value in relevant subreddits, not link-dumping. This approach builds trust and generates high-quality leads over time.
- The main bottleneck shifted from growth to conversion. Despite successful lead generation, the challenge is now converting free trial sign-ups to paid users, suggesting a need for funnel optimization.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tkkscm/doubled_mrr_in_28Read original →
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#0819
#0819Indie business r/SaaSlast week
A 'boring' single-feature SaaS hit 13 paid subscribers in 4 months
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A solo founder's single-feature SaaS hit $165 MRR in 4 months. The key lesson: 'boring' is a feature. Customers paid for its simplicity, valuing the 90 seconds to get a public URL over a complex platform.
- The service does only one thing: convert a file into an expiring public URL. Customers chose this simplicity over feature-rich platforms.
- The founder had a backlog of 40+ features, but paying customers just wanted the single feature to remain stable and cheap.
- It competes not with giant storage platforms, but with the time a developer would waste building a similar internal tool. It wins by solving one narrow problem perfectly.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tk9o4o/my_boring_singlefRead original →
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Thu, May 214 dispatches

#0818
#0818Indie business r/SaaSlast week
Open-source repo as trust layer, paid app as convenience layer
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The code stayed free, but a packaged version sold because it removed setup, install, and update work. Tiny proof, but a useful pricing pattern for OSS utilities.
- The first sale came after keeping the repo open and charging for a bundled app with no manual setup and auto-updates.
- The second launch had single-digit upvotes, yet still converted. Distribution was weak, but convenience carried enough purchase intent.
- People did not pay for code access. They paid to avoid cloning, configuring, updating, and maintaining the tool themselves.
- A practical split emerges: open source builds trust and proof; the paid layer sells time saved and operational simplicity.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tjfgf1/i_learned_why_peoRead original →
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#0817
#0817Indie business r/SaaSlast week
`Algo Torma` hit **$150 MRR** in 48 hours after launch
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Algo TormaTrading automation SaaS — manages TradingView strategies and bots
A trading automation SaaS got paid users before polishing everything. Small signal, but it reinforces shipping into a niche with urgent workflows.
- $150 MRR in 48 hours is tiny, but stronger than waitlist interest because strangers paid immediately.
- Algo Torma targets TradingView automation, webhooks, bots, and signal management in one place; the niche has clear paid pain.
- The useful pattern is not "ship anything"; launch when one workflow is complete enough for real money to expose the next fixes.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tjbn7f/i_know_150_mrr_isRead original →
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#0816Indie business r/SaaSlast week
First $99 Online Revenue Came After Cutting the Trial to 7 Days
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A lead-gen service turned cold calls into dogfooding and converted after shortening the trial. The useful lesson is simple: long trials can leak value before payment.
- A 30-day trial left 16 users consuming leads without paying. Shorter access forced a cleaner buying decision.
- The first paid conversion happened after a 7-day trial, at $99. Small revenue, but tied to a concrete pricing lever.
- Cold calling doubled as acquisition and product validation because the product itself sells leads. That feedback loop is worth copying.
- Community backlink and social-like exchanges helped distribution, but the strongest signal is still direct sales converting.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tj5wm7/just_made_my_firsRead original →
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#0815
#0815Indie business r/SaaSlast week
€1,872 in 6 months: `iOS` launch and lifetime deals broke the flatline
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Four flat months under €200 turned after the iOS launch and lifetime deals. Slow B2C can still work when packaging and channel change together.
- Revenue moved from €14 in December to €945 in May; the useful signal is not speed, but surviving the dead-looking early curve.
- The biggest change was shipping the iOS app. A habit tracker fits mobile usage, so platform choice likely unlocked buying intent.
- Lifetime deals produced about half of the latest month. One-time pricing can validate demand before subscriptions compound.
- Two payment providers, RevenueCut and Lemon Squeeze, were merged into a custom admin chart. Revenue visibility became an operating tool, not vanity analytics.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tiyob9/not_10k_mrr_in_30Read original →
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Wed, May 203 dispatches

#0814
#0814ASO & growth r/SaaSlast week
Ultra-simple `iOS` utilities can still reach $50k/month
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Basic utilities can monetize when UX, retention, ASO, and subscriptions line up. Removing a tiny annoyance beats chasing a huge idea.
- Examples are habit trackers, PDF scanners, calorie counters, countdown widgets, and white-noise apps — boring categories still have room.
- The claimed ceiling is $50k+/month, but no specific app or proof is given, so treat it as a pattern signal, not validation.
- Winning levers are clear UX, retention loops, smart ASO, and subscription packaging; the product scope can stay narrow.
- Mobile users pay quickly for convenience. A small painful workflow can be a better test than a broad SaaS concept.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tictlz/its_wild_how_someRead original →
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#0813
#0813Infra & SaaS r/SaaS2 weeks ago
Do not treat `Vercel` or `Railway` as zero-ops production infrastructure
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Managed hosting can still fail at the account and control-plane layer. Back up env vars, rehearse redeploys, and keep an exit path ready.
- A Vercel account with 10 projects reportedly lost env vars, secrets, and configs. Treat dashboard state as data that needs backup.
- Support response took about 2 weeks in the reported incident. Paid convenience does not guarantee incident-speed help.
- Migrating to Railway consumed days, then the control plane became inaccessible. Provider switching is not a disaster plan by itself.
- Direct AWS or GCP adds setup pain, but IaC plus secret backups gives more control over recovery paths.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1ti6v5w/never_host_your_aRead original →
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#0812Indie business r/SaaS2 weeks ago
Customer-Driven Workspace Feature Converts a $216 Annual Sale
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Motion SoftwareSoftware licensing product — workspace billing for teams
A business needed three licenses under one billing account, so Workspaces shipped within 16 hours. Small B2C apps should keep a B2B purchase path open.
- The buyer asked for 3 licenses under one account; the missing billing model was the blocker, not price or product fit.
- Workspaces required database redesign and schema migrations. Fast support can justify operational complexity when revenue is concrete.
- The reply was blunt: the feature did not exist before, but it was ready now. Human turnaround beat an automated support tone.
- SEO and marketing got more attention after the sale, but the sharper lesson is B2B packaging for B2C-looking products.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1thvdxa/216_in_1_day_by_lRead original →
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Tue, May 192 dispatches

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#0811ASO & growth r/SaaS2 weeks ago
`LaunchShots` hits 65 active users with a free App Store screenshot tool
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LaunchShotsASO screenshot tool — free alternative without subscriptions
A subscription-free screenshot utility found early pull outside the maker’s circle. The signal is small but clear: basic ASO tooling still has room for simpler free alternatives.
- Reached 65 active users one day after launch; tiny scale, but enough to validate a real workflow pain.
- LaunchShots targets App Store screenshots, a recurring ASO chore where many tools push subscriptions for basic exports.
- The wedge is simplicity plus free access, not AI or feature depth. Useful signal for utility-first micro-SaaS ideas.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1thhr73/my_tiny_side_projRead original →
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#0810Indie business r/SaaS2 weeks ago
B2B outbound is shifting from volume sequences to pressure-signal targeting
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Old title-based prospect lists and long drips are losing yield. Recent buyer signals, shorter sequences, and real personalization now matter more than Sales Nav volume.
- Title, industry, size, and location filters no longer differentiate; hiring bursts, exec changes, job posts, and scaling pain create higher-intent lists.
- Best-performing sequences are now 2-4 steps, not old 7-touch month-long drips. Extra follow-ups increasingly create negative sentiment.
- Personalization has moved from name/company swaps to recent prospect activity. Referencing what someone did or said in the last weeks lifts reply rates.
- Small SaaS GTM should spend less time expanding lists and more time detecting trigger events; lower volume, better timing wins.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tgq2rv/outbound_in_2026_Read original →
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Mon, May 183 dispatches

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#0809Indie business r/SaaS2 weeks ago
`Blip AI` Crosses $200K Revenue, Mostly From Lifetime Deals
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Blip AIVoice-to-text app — action mode across devices
Lifetime deals turned distribution into cash, but not recurring revenue. Useful launch pattern if compute cost and post-sale usage are priced deliberately.
- Most revenue came through AppSumo lifetime deals, not MRR. Treat LTD as cash plus distribution, not a subscription engine.
- Thousands of paid users validated demand for voice-to-text across devices. Card pulls beat compliments, but retention quality remains unproven.
- Every lifetime user keeps generating dictation compute cost. Speech apps need hard usage limits, fair-use clauses, or upgrade paths before scaling LTDs.
- The honest metric split matters: total revenue can look strong while recurring revenue stays weak. Optimize the next offer around repeat payment.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tgohgd/crossed_200k_reveRead original →
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#0808Indie business r/SaaS2 weeks ago
A zero-coding founder reached 71 users without marketing
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A beginner used ChatGPT, tutorials, and debugging to turn creator workflow friction into a product people use. Small, but enough to validate a niche before overbuilding.
- Started from zero coding knowledge three months ago. The speed matters less than picking a painful, repeated workflow.
- The pain was tool-switching for scripts, hooks, voiceovers, footage, and hashtags. That is a clearer wedge than another generic creator dashboard.
- No marketing yet still reached 71 users. Weak as scale proof, useful as early demand signal.
- The first milestone is not revenue here; it is real usage. Next step should be retention, not feature sprawl.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tgiuy4/i_know_71_users_iRead original →
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#0807Indie business r/SaaS2 weeks ago
Early-access MMO RPG engine reaches $2.7k revenue with 14 active users
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A niche engine sold paid tiers before it was complete. Clear ICP plus build-in-public beat waiting for a polished launch.
- Revenue hit $2.7k in 2.5 months with only 14 active users — high-ticket pricing can work when the pain is specific.
- The first buyer chose the $250 middle tier, and the second bought the $400 enterprise tier; pricing anchored above hobby level from day one.
- The product started as a personal MMO tool, then became a user-friendly engine after coding pain was removed — scratch-your-own-itch converted into SaaS.
- Consistent public posting drove early access sales. For niche dev tools, distribution started before feature-completeness.
Source: www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1tg12fq/new_saas_made_27kRead original →
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`VideoReplicate` shuts down after $1,078 in ads and 226 users

A 12-month enterprise chase ran into legal-cycle drag

A $300 Micro-Automation Gig from a Recruitment Workflow

`Sonar` reached 1,400+ signups and $2K revenue after shifting from X to Reddit

`Strivle`: a founder network ranked by verified shipping

27M Views, $0 Revenue: Viral Reach Without a Sales Path

From €50k YTD to €6k MRR: 5 levers that moved a bootstrapped SaaS

636 visitors in 28 days from SEO and Reddit with zero ad spend

`IndieAppCircle` reaches $1k earnings after 7 months of Reddit-led iteration

How a SaaS Doubled MRR from $900 to $2.1k in 28 Days Using 5 Channels

A 'boring' single-feature SaaS hit 13 paid subscribers in 4 months

Open-source repo as trust layer, paid app as convenience layer

`Algo Torma` hit **$150 MRR** in 48 hours after launch

First $99 Online Revenue Came After Cutting the Trial to 7 Days

€1,872 in 6 months: `iOS` launch and lifetime deals broke the flatline

Ultra-simple `iOS` utilities can still reach $50k/month

Do not treat `Vercel` or `Railway` as zero-ops production infrastructure

Customer-Driven Workspace Feature Converts a $216 Annual Sale

`LaunchShots` hits 65 active users with a free App Store screenshot tool

B2B outbound is shifting from volume sequences to pressure-signal targeting

`Blip AI` Crosses $200K Revenue, Mostly From Lifetime Deals

A zero-coding founder reached 71 users without marketing

Early-access MMO RPG engine reaches $2.7k revenue with 14 active users

`Algo Torma` hit $150 MRR in 48 hours after launch