Indie Dev Reports SaaS Sales Crash from 50/Month to Just 6, Shares Recovery Plan
jonathan_wilke · x · 2026-08-13
An indie developer reported a severe drop in sales for their SaaS product supastarter, plummeting from 50/month to just 6 this month. While not panicking yet, the founder treats this as a critical signal and outlined a recovery plan: talking to customers, sharpening positioning, doubling down on content and SEO, improving AI-assisted development, and running more experiments.
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