Journey to my first SaaS, launched last week… and no one is using it.
A few months ago, I was just a college student jumping between projects, trying to figure out what I actually enjoyed building. At one point, I worked on a Chrome extension and realized… this was way harder than it needed to be.
I thought, ‘What if there was a no-code tool to build Chrome extensions?’ But at that time, I wasn’t serious about it.
Then came a turning point, my team and I qualified for the Hack Global Grand Finals in Singapore. We saw teams building actual startups while we had just a ‘project.’ We made it to the top 10 but didn’t win. That day, something clicked. we wanted to build something real.
So we went back, picked up the no-code Chrome extension idea, and worked day and night for months—even on New Year’s Eve. Last week, we finally launched our beta.
And then… reality hit. We had a beta list, we sent out invites, and… almost no one is trying it out.
I don’t know what to feel excited, nervous, or just lost. If you’ve launched something before, how did you get your first real users? What worked (or didn’t)? Would love to hear any thoughts from the community