Your first paid user, Your feelings and emotions!

Grant Sirekanyan
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Can you tell us about your first paying users? 1.How soon after launch did they appear? 2.How did you feel at the time?

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Russ Halilov
She is the founder of another SaaS company in the UK. Her team was trialing the product for 1.5 months for free. They paid once we opened our beta. IT FELT AMAZING :)
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Mohammad Elzahaby
I have got my first Paid user almost a month after introducing my subscription model to my journaling app memoiri since then it has grown to 4-5 consistent running subscriptions. But I must admit I havent worked on it for quite some time.
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Victor Detraz
Happened three days ago :) 1. Pre-launch (came from cold DMing someone in a forum) 2. Relief was the main emotion
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Henry Burkert
I think the first paying customers are a very special feeling. You get confirmation that what you have come up with in theory actually solves a real problem in practice. A problem that customers are prepared to pay for. It's not even about the amount. As a founder, the mere fact that the product has a paid value means everything.
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Jamie L
AI Desk by Collov AI
AI Desk by Collov AI
Our first paying customer signed up just two days after launch, and it felt like a huge validation of all the hard work our team had put in. It was an exhilarating moment that really fueled our passion and drive to keep improving.
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Grant Sirekanyan
@jamin_nanthan It's good to hear such inspiring stories
Franklyn Gibbs
It was incredibly validating.
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Cameron Scully
ive been growing my b2b marketing gallery for 6 months(never monetized it). I then used that gallery to get me a client off Upwork for 2500 dollars / m on the very first day
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Vincent Xu
AI Researcher
AI Researcher
Our first paying user came just a week after launch, and it was an electrifying moment of validation for all the hard work our team poured into the product. It felt like a huge milestone and a sign that we were truly onto something special.
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Duc Doba
1. It took kleversuite.com 6 months to get there. Most importantly we didn't intend to charge but the customer was kind enough to offer paid subscriptions :) 2. Of course, it felt AMAZING!!
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Soumil Rathi
The first paying user (yes, just one) was around 2 months after my first launch. I already had almost around 100 free users by then, and definitely did not expect somebody to start paying for it soon. But one day, I randomly happened to check my startup's Stripe page, and saw that I had received a new paid user! I'm pretty sure I was just silent in shock for a while, and then immediately told everyone I knew about it. Felt great, almost like a validation that the product is actually useful to others!
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@soumilrathi thanks for sharing. It’s been a week and yet to get a paid user. So this is encouraging
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Stella
Oh man, the feeling of getting your first paid user is incredible!
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Sophia Williams
Our first paying user signed up just two days after launch, and it was an electrifying moment that validated all the hard work our team had put in. It felt like a huge vote of confidence and the first step on an exciting journey.
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Mihajlo Kovacevic
Meme the people that don't have a paying user 🐸
Grant Sirekanyan
@mihajlokovacevic It's all in the future, you just have to believe in what you're doing.
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Den Sokolov
Hey! We got our first paid user during PH launch. We were watching user list during launch, when my co-founder told me: "look, this guy has a PRO (paid) account!" Great feeling!
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@denis_sokolov5 I can’t wait for this to happen!
Philipp Jackson
@denis_sokolov5 that was really amazing and unexpected
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Chiara Schwarz-Weichhart
Experiencing your first paid user is unforgettable. Can you describe the moment you realized you had your first customer?
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Grant Sirekanyan
@chiara_sw We're still waiting for that moment. But I feel it's close. We've only been up and running for two weeks.
Atticus Li
Jobsolv Signature was live for about 3 weeks when we landed our first $2,000 client. We spent a lot of time perfecting and A/B testing our product messaging, and it paid off. The more we niched down and fine-tuned our product messaging, the more paying clients we were generating. How did I feel? It felt validated that people need our product!
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Abigail Salimpuran
@atticusli That's fantastic news and a significant achievement. It's a clear indication that your product is meeting a real need in the market. The effort you put into perfecting and A/B testing your product messaging has clearly paid off, demonstrating the value proposition of Jobsolv Signature to potential clients. Keep up the great work, and here's to continued success and growth for Jobsolv!
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Sankar Isanaka
It was in my first SaaS, which is a lead capture software and that connects with major email tools and CRMs, so when I built those integrations, those big companies pushed newsletters about us and that drove free traffic and free signups, then some converted to paid, very few, but, that felt like winning the whole world, when someone visits your products and finds it great, then puts their card to pay, and then leave some feedback and social mentions, thats best, top of the world feeling. it was 2 months after our first release.
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Brian Lawrence
The Ultimate Web Design Toolkit
The Ultimate Web Design Toolkit
I haven't had my first paid user yet, so I'm still seeking advice on how to get them. I'll definitely read the comments here for any and all tips on doing that, but if ay of you feel like sharing your advice on this discussion please feel free - https://www.producthunt.com/disc...
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Grant Sirekanyan
@bingeisland I'd also like to read it, very interesting.
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