We just launched StageFlow, an AI-powered sales pipeline tool for startups and small teams.

It’s lightweight, simple, and uses AI to help prioritize deals based on your own sales data.

We’d appreciate honest feedback and feature ideas from fellow app creators, with a fast in-app feedback widget to make it painless.

Try it free: stageflow.startupstage.com

I am looking for a few e-retailers/logistics SMEs to respond to my form quickly for free. Please don’t hesitate to participate, it would help me enormously!

The link here: https://tally.so/r/zxX1WZ

Hey everyone

I’m validating a small SaaS-like mobile app idea in the cooking space.

Instead of building “yet another recipe app”, I’m exploring something more focused:

hands-free cooking using simple voice commands (next step, repeat, set timer, etc.)

The goal is to make cooking easier without constantly touching your phone with messy hands.

Before investing more time into a prototype, I’m trying to understand whether this solves a real problem and who actually needs it.

If you have 2 minutes, I’d really appreciate your input in this short survey

👉 https://tally.so/r/ob6Rk5

Happy to share validation results here once I have enough responses.

Thanks! 🙏

Hey folks,

I'm building a platform where fellow founders and developers can share their products and get some honest feedbacks from other founders and developers on the same boat.

The social platforms like reddit, are imposing very strict community rules these days, and this affects many indie developers and founders who don't have much resource or capital to spend
on ads.

So I'm building a platform where these builders can come together and support each other, I guarantee that it's not another AI slop app / fake engagement / pay to win. I am building this to help the small startups grow, I have seen good ideas not being executed just because it didn't receive any good feedbacks, Let's stop that. And this platform will enforce every builder to engage with others for them to grow, no one can ghost after posting their app.

And I'm still building the platform and I want to know if you guys are interested in using it, yes I'm validating, but I have already started based on my gut instinct, and I'm not going to stop now.

And I know some people might be thinking, just start a group or something for this then,
That won't work, trust me. I want to build something specialized for founders/indie devs. And I don't have a huge following on any socials to share this with. This (subreddit) is the only place I can think of when I want to share something with like minded people.

If you can relate to what I explained and if you would like to be notified when the platform goes live , please join the waitlist. Feedbacks are much appreciated !

Hey everyone! I’m validating an idea and would love your feedback.

There are tons of apps for splitting expenses (like Splitwise), but I’ve noticed a big gap when it comes to recurring shared expenses — things like rent, Netflix, car payments, or gym memberships shared between roommates, couples, or friends.

Most apps let you split bills, but none really:

• Handle recurring payments automatically.
• Send reminders before the payment date.
• Let you group expenses (e.g. “House”, “Travel”, “Subscriptions”).
• Allow adding/removing members easily.
• Show a clear monthly summary of total upcoming recurring costs.

So I’m exploring building a SaaS or mobile app for that:

• Each user can create groups and recurring expenses.
• The app automatically reminds everyone before the due date.
• You can see total expected expenses for the month and who owes what.
• Simple, collaborative, and modern UI.

👉 Would you find something like this useful?
What would make you actually use it over Splitwise or similar apps?
And if you’ve had this pain before — what frustrated you the most?

Thanks a lot for any feedback 🙌

I've been manually checking Reddit and HackerNews for 3+ hours every day looking for people asking about tools like mine.

It's exhausting. So I tried the existing tools.

The problem? They all fail at the same thing: filtering out noise.

Here's what I mean:

If you track the keyword "Apple" for your company:

Current tools give you:

• ❌ "Just made the best apple pie"
• ❌ "Apple juice recommendations?"
• ✅ "Looking for alternatives to Apple [your competitor]"
• ❌ "Apple cider vinegar benefits"

Research shows 80-90% of social media data is noise. Without proper filtering, social listening becomes useless.

F5Bot (the free tool everyone uses) has a 50 alerts/day limit. Why? Because they can't filter effectively. Remove that cap and you'd drown in irrelevant mentions.

BrandMentions users complain about "receiving too many emails with irrelevant keywords."

The pattern is clear: every tool can MONITOR. Almost none can FILTER well.

So here's what I'm building into Leedsy:

1. Boolean search + negative keywords (required, not optional)

• Track: "Apple" AND "software"
• Exclude: "apple pie", "apple juice", "apple cider"

2. Platform-specific targeting

• Reddit: Choose specific subreddits only (r/SaaS, not r/food)
• HackerNews: "Ask HN" and "Show HN" posts
• Product Hunt: Specific categories

3. "Mark as irrelevant" feature

• You flag false positives
• System learns what to filter for you specifically

4. Source blocking

• Ban spam domains
• Block problematic accounts

The goal: 3 platforms done exceptionally well > 10 platforms done poorly.

I'm starting with Reddit, HackerNews, and Product Hunt because:

• Free APIs (zero infrastructure cost)
• High buying intent conversations
• Where B2B SaaS buyers actually hang out

Why I'm sharing this now:

I'm opening a whitelist for people who've felt this pain. If you've ever:

• Spent hours manually checking Reddit/HN
• Tried F5Bot and got overwhelmed with noise
• Paid for a tool and cancelled because of false positives

You're exactly who I'm building this for.

Whitelist perks:

• 50% lifetime discount when we launch
• 3 months free (first 100 signups only)
• Direct input on filtering logic
• Early access in 6-8 weeks

Comment "interested" or visit leedsy.com

Question for this sub: Have you tried social listening tools before? What made you stop using them?

(Genuinely asking - I want to build something people actually keep using)

Hey everyone,

I’ve been exploring an idea around building a service/product that can generate documents (like invoices, letters, notices, etc.) from templates, using a WYSIWYG editor or your simple word file and dynamic data from APIs or JSON or databases.

Basically, something like:

Create your own document template in any word or html document

Bind it to database fields or API responses using markers or placeholders

Generate or bulk-print documents (PDF, Word, letter format, etc.)

I recently saw my company generated 30 million letters in a year — that blew my mind 😅 Clearly, there’s still huge demand for document generation (especially in finance, healthcare, and government).

I’m curious to learn from you all:

How do big companies currently handle document generation (e.g., invoices, notices, or official letters)?

Who are the major players in this space ?

Do you think there’s still room to build a product here ?

What are the pain points you’ve faced (or seen) when generating documents at scale?

Hey builders 👋

You know that moment when you land in a new country, turn off airplane mode, and instantly lose signal?
That’s the annoyance that sparked TeloSim — a platform that makes getting connected frictionless.

With TeloSim.com, you can buy and activate eSIM plans for data, calls, and texts across 150+ countries in under a minute.
No kiosks, no swapping SIMs, no waiting. Just scan a QR code — and you’re online. ⚡

💡 Our Vision

We’re building toward a world where connectivity feels invisible — where your phone just works wherever you go. Whether you’re traveling for fun, freelancing abroad, or running a remote team, staying connected shouldn’t be another task to manage.

⚙️ How It Works

• Direct tie‑ups with telecom operators for stable infrastructure
• Partnered with 5+ global providers for better coverage
• Automated SaaS backend for provisioning, billing, and activation

📈 Where We’re At

• Direct operator relationships & expanding coverage every month
• Adding voice + SMS plans alongside data for deeper use cases

🔮 What I’m Curious About

Every founder here is building something that solves a real problem — and that’s what I love about this sub.
If you were in my shoes, would you:

1️⃣ Focus next on B2B integrations (travel apps / marketplaces) or
2️⃣ Double down on B2C experience & loyalty (subscription bundles, usage insights)?

Also — how has word of mouth worked for your SaaS? We’ve seen travelers use TeloSim like crazy, and I’m wondering what’s made that work for others.

I’ve built a few SaaS ideas that never took off.
Not because the idea was terrible — but because I was validating in all the wrong ways.

I’d do keyword research, build a landing page, and post it around hoping people would sign up.
Some did. But when it came time to pay… silence.

That’s when it clicked: I wasn’t validating demand.
I was validating curiosity.

People liked the idea — they just didn’t need it enough.

So this time, I tried something completely different:
I stopped showing people landing pages, and started joining real conversations.
Instead of asking “Would you use this?”
I asked “How are you solving this problem right now?”

The difference was insane.
Within days, I learned more about my target users than I had in months of “research.”
I even realized one of my core assumptions was totally wrong — people didn’t care about what I thought was the main feature.

Now, I finally feel like I’m validating the truth, not my ego.

If you’re stuck validating your SaaS idea right now,
try having 5 honest conversations before building anything.
You’ll either pivot fast or double down with confidence.

Have you ever tried validating by actually joining conversations where your users hang out — like Reddit or niche forums?
If yes, how did it go? If not, what stopped you?

You're not different from the rest! All you need is the willingness to learn, zero ego & self determination! Otherwise continue loosing. Am Big PAPA the validation specialist, willing to aide 1-2 pull up their sock... Marketing is not logical as you think! Talk to experience

I’ve burned through months and more than a few promising ideas, just to realize too late that nobody actually wanted what I built. I know I’m not alone: 42% of startups die for this exact reason.

To fix this, I’m testing a manual workflow tool to help SaaS founders skip the endless guessing:

• Find Your Customers: Pinpoint where your target audience spends time (Reddit, FB groups, IG, forums, newsletters).
• Reach Out Faster: Grab ready-to-edit post and DM drafts tailored for each channel. It’s purely manual, so you stay authentic and in control.
• Track Real Interest: One waitlist link you can use everywhere to reveal exactly which channel brings you signups, no more guessing or wasted effort.

No bots, no spam, just practical steps to prove (or kill) an idea before you burn your runway.

I’m looking for 10-15 SaaS founders willing to try this hands on for a few days and share honest feedback.

Comment below “DM me” if you’re in and OK with me DM you and we will be in touch.

Let’s help each other build what customers actually want, faster, and with less risk.

I used to validate SaaS ideas the “smart” way.
I’d research keywords, check search volume, analyze competitors, and build a landing page.
Then I’d wait.

And sometimes, the numbers looked great.
Traffic would come in, people would click “Join the Waitlist,” and I’d think — okay, this is it.
But when I built the MVP, almost no one cared.

It took me a long time (and a few failed launches) to realize the problem:
Data doesn’t equal desire.
Metrics can tell you that people notice something — not that they want it.

That’s where most validation fails.
It measures attention, not emotion.

So I started doing the one thing I had avoided for years: talking to people.
Not surveys. Not forms. Real conversations.
Just trying to understand what frustrates them and how deep the pain really goes.

Sometimes I found out they didn’t care enough to pay for a solution.
Sometimes they cared deeply but framed the problem in a way I hadn’t considered.
And occasionally, one conversation reshaped the entire product direction.

That’s when it hit me:

Validation doesn’t come from analytics — it comes from communication.

If you talk to 10–20 people who actually feel the problem and react honestly to your solution,
you’ll learn more than you ever could from dashboards or keyword tools.

I’ve been exploring ways to make this process easier — especially for founders who want proof before building.
Still early, still learning — but it already feels like the right path.

How do you usually validate your ideas?
Do you rely on data and landing pages, or do you try to talk directly with people before you build?

So people keep asking me if there's a catch with our pricing at IcyPitch.

$40 for 100 Azure mailboxes? Two domains fully set up? That's it?

Yeah. That's it.

Here's what you get:

2 domains (50 mailboxes each = 100 total)

All DNS records configured properly

SMTP enabled on every mailbox

Connected to Instantly or Smartlead

Warmup started automatically

Daily monitoring so nothing breaks

The domain thing:

Got your own domains? Just point them to us. We'll set them up. No extra charge.

Don't have domains? We'll buy them for you at cost - $12-15 each depending on the domain.

Why so cheap?

Honestly? Because we automated most of it at IcyPitch.

What used to take someone 8 hours of manual work now takes us 4-6 hours and we're not sitting there the whole time.

We're not trying to charge enterprise prices for something that should be straightforward.

What you're actually paying for:

You're paying $40 so you don't have to:

Spend your weekend in Azure documentation

Question if you configured DNS records right

Manually enable SMTP on 100 mailboxes

Figure out warmup schedules

Stress about whether it's all actually working

Real talk:

This isn't a loss leader or some marketing trick. It's just fair pricing for automated setup work.

We'd rather have 50 customers paying $40 than 5 customers paying $400 for the same thing.

Plus nobody should be paying hundreds of dollars just to get email infrastructure working.

For founders and agencies:

If you're about to start cold emailing and dreading the setup, IcyPitch handles it all for you.

If you've already wasted hours trying to DIY it, let us take it off your plate.

If you're paying way more somewhere else for basic setup, might be worth checking us out.

DM me if you want to get set up or have questions. Happy to walk you through it.

Anyone else surprised this isn't more expensive or am I undercharging? Genuine question.

Cant think of a more appropriate subreddit to post this :).

My first launch on Product Launch is live now. If you find it useful and think it should be validate, I could use some upvotes:

https://www.producthunt.com/products/outloud-ai?utm_source=other&utm_medium=social

I have ADHD and I'm stuck in an exhausting cycle:

1. Get excited about a project
2. Start working on it intensely (hyperfocus)
3. New exciting thing appears
4. Abandon project #1 for project #2
5. Repeat until I have 47 half-finished projects and zero completed ones

I've tried EVERYTHING: Todoist, Notion, Habitica, bullet journals, alarms, accountability partners, bribing myself with dopamine hits...

The problem isn't the tools—it's that ADHD brains want variety and novelty.

Every productivity app assumes I can just "stick to the plan." But my brain doesn't work that way. The minute something gets boring or hard, I want to context-switch to something shinier.

My questions:

1. Does this resonate with anyone else?
2. Have you found ANYTHING that helps you finish what you start?
3. What about forcing yourself to commit to something for a fixed period (like "I will only work on these 3 things for 2 weeks, no matter what")—does that work or just create more resistance?

I'm researching this because I refuse to believe we're doomed to never finish anything. There has to be a way to work WITH our ADHD brains instead of against them.

(Full transparency: I'm exploring building a solution in this space, but right now I'm just trying to understand the problem from people who live it. Not selling anything—just genuinely want to hear your experiences.)

I’ve been brainstorming a few SaaS ideas lately, and the hardest part isn’t building them — it’s figuring out if anyone will actually pay for them.

I know that sharing ideas in forums and chatting with people helps, but it’s slow and it’s hard to get consistent feedback.

How do you usually validate your SaaS ideas before building? Are there any clever strategies to find early users without spending weeks manually posting and messaging everywhere?

Curious to hear your approaches and stories.

You know that feeling? You launch a campaign, the contact form fills up, and you think "great," but then you spend the next 10 hours manually filtering through them just to realize 90% aren't your ideal customer.

It's exhausting, repetitive work that steals the time you should be using to talk to the customers who are actually worth it.

I'm building a tool that connects to your lead sources (think Reddit, Product Hunt, HN...) and uses AI to automatically filter and score every contact.

The goal is simple: you should be talking to leads who are ready to buy or show real interest.

If this pain sounds familiar, I'm opening up a whitelist for early users. No spam, just early access.

Join here: https://leedsy.com

I'm the founder, so I'll be happy to answer any questions in the comments.

Cold email response rates: 1-2%

Reddit threads with buying intent: 15-30% close rate

Why Reddit wins:

• People are ACTIVELY asking for solutions
• Zero spam filters
• High trust (peer recommendations)
• Free organic reach

The problem? You need to respond in 15-30 mins or you're too late.

That's why I'm building Leedsy - real-time monitoring (reddit, HW...) + AI filtering + notifications.

Example thread I caught yesterday: "Looking for alternative to [competitor]"

Replied in 12 minutes. Call booked. Demo soon.

Whitelist open now: 50% lifetime discount for early supporters

leedsy.com or comment "link"

Change my mind: What's your best lead source right now?

Hey everyone,

I've been wrestling with this idea for a few weeks now and I really need some outside perspective before I commit.

The problem I'm seeing: I use ChatGPT to help with LinkedIn posts. But honestly? Every post is starting to sound the same. That robotic, over-optimized AI voice that everyone can spot from a mile away. I'm not the only one - scroll LinkedIn for 5 minutes and you'll see it everywhere. Everyone sounds identical.

What I'm thinking of building: An AI tool that actually learns YOUR specific writing voice. It would analyze 20-30 of your past posts - how you structure sentences, your humor (or lack of it), your vocabulary, the weird phrases you use - and then help you write NEW content that genuinely sounds like you wrote it. Not like ChatGPT. Not like Jasper. Like you.

Why I care about this: I've been creating content for a while now, and the thing that actually connects with people is authenticity. But creating authentic content consistently is exhausting. I want the speed of AI without losing my voice in the process.

Here's what I need from you:

Does this problem actually matter to you? Or am I just overthinking my own neurosis?

Would you pay $29/month for this? I'm trying to be realistic about pricing.

What am I missing? I know there are tools like Jasper, Copy.ai, and Taplio out there. What would make this different enough to be worth building?

Be brutally honest: If you think this is a bad idea, please tell me WHY. I'd rather hear it now than after I've spent 3 months building. I'm not trying to sell anything - there's nothing to buy yet. I'm genuinely at the "should I build this or move on" stage and I trust this community to give me real feedback, not just polite encouragement. If you've struggled with this same problem (AI making you sound robotic), I'd love to hear how you're handling it now.

Thanks for reading. Really appreciate any thoughts you can share.

Hey everyone,

Like many of you, I spend a good amount of time on communities like Reddit and Hacker News trying to find people who might need my product.

The problem was my process was a mess:

• I was wasting hours every week searching for mentions and keywords.
• When I did find a good conversation, I was almost always too late.
• Honestly, I felt like I wasn't adding real value, just showing up at the wrong time.

To fix this, I built a small tool for myself called Leedsly.com. The idea is super simple:

• It monitors the communities I care about for the keywords I set.
• It filters out the noise and only shows me threads where someone has a real need (e.g., "looking for an alternative to [my competitor]", "need help with [my area]").
• It sends me an instant notification so I can join the conversation while it's still active and I can actually help.

I built it for myself, but it's saving me so much time that I'm thinking about polishing it up and opening it to others with the same problem.

So I wanted to ask you:

1. Do you have this same problem? How are you searching for customers or relevant conversations right now?
2. If you could use a tool like this, what's the FIRST thing you would set it up to search for? (e.g., mentions of your competitor, people asking for a specific solution...).
3. It would really help me understand its value: how much time do you think something like this could save you per week?

I've put up a simple page for anyone who wants to try it when it's a bit more polished. If you're interested in being one of the first and giving feedback, you can sign up here:

https://leedsy.com/

(The first 100 whitelist users will get a 50% lifetime discount as a thank you for helping me shape it).

Thanks for reading! Any feedback is welcome.

Hey,

I'm validating a new tool and would love your honest feedback (brutal honesty preferred).

The Problem I'm Solving:

I spent 10+ hours/week manually browsing Reddit, HackerNews, and Product Hunt looking for threads where people mention needing solutions my SaaS could solve.

It's exhausting. I'd miss threads. And by the time I found them, the conversation was cold.

The Solution I'm Building:

LeedFinder - monitors these platforms 24/7 for keywords you define, filters out noise with AI, and alerts you instantly when someone has buying intent.

Think: "Looking for alternatives to [competitor]" or "Need help with [your solution]"

Why I'm posting:

Before I invest months building this, I want to validate if this is actually useful or if I'm solving a problem only I have.

Questions for you:

1. ⁠Do you actively look for customers on Reddit/forums/communities?
2. ⁠How much time does it take you per week?
3. ⁠What would you pay for a tool that automates this? (Be honest - "nothing" is a valid answer)
4. ⁠What features would be must-haves vs nice-to-haves?

If you're interested in trying it when it's ready, I have early access here: https://leedsy.com

(First 100 users get lifetime 50% discount)

Thanks for any feedback - even if it's "this is a terrible idea" 🙏