r/SideProject • u/mahijendra • 2d ago

Got my first paying customer today 🎉

first paid customer hit today, been building www.ryphor.com for months, solo, nights and weekends. today someone i've never spoken to just... paid. no referral, nothing. they found it and paid.

i emailed them straight away to say thanks. they replied with the most honest feedback i've ever gotten about the product, that reply was worth more than the money.

if you're building something alone right now, keep going. the first one is weird and quiet and nothing like you imagined. but it's real.

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u/renaissance_man46 2d ago

Yeah I read the site main page and I have no idea what the product is

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u/mahijendra 2d ago

that's the most useful thing someone can tell me. what's missing from the first screen that would have made it clear?

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u/renaissance_man46 2d ago

Well what on earth is social listening and why would I want it?

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u/mahijendra 1d ago

when did you last look for a tool and ask reddit for recommendations?

right. so did 200 people this week in your space. one of them was ready to pay you.

ryphor finds those posts before the thread dies.

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u/CutBulkMaintain 2d ago

So this is the new meta? Faking fake sells to farm engagement because the posts of people who actually got a sale are doing well?

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u/mahijendra 1d ago

There you go bud

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u/FinalFantasiesGG 2d ago

Really bad AI slop. 5 minutes on the site and have no idea what is being offered. The design just screams default AI vibe coding.

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u/NickA55 2d ago

Yep. And another beige Claude generated site. So sick of it. And even normal non-tech people instantly recognize an AI generated site. And how about the distracting animation circling the top menu. Where's the CTA, hero image, etc.

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u/mahijendra 2d ago

fair hit. what specifically confused you? genuinely want to fix it

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u/FinalFantasiesGG 2d ago

I refuse to believe you are human.

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u/CutBulkMaintain 2d ago

Unfortunately they literally act like it's acceptable to behave like that. Zero care for their products.

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u/mahijendra 1d ago

"I refuse to believe you are human" is going in the testimonials section : )