r/SaaS — Complete Community Guide
Welcome to r/SaaS, a friendly community with over 412,821 members since 2008. This is a great space for SaaS and online business owners to share ideas and find useful resources. Whether you're starting out or have years of experience, there's always something new to learn and discuss here.
What you'll find on r/saas
Success Stories and Revenue Milestones
People love sharing their SaaS success stories here, whether it's hitting a revenue milestone like $20k MRR or getting acquired for millions. It's all about celebrating wins and sometimes diving into the strategies that got them there.
AMA Sessions with Founders
We get a lot of 'Ask Me Anything' posts from founders who've made it big or have unique experiences to share. These AMAs offer a great chance to pick the brains of those who've navigated the SaaS world successfully.
Failed Ventures and Lessons Learned
Not every SaaS story is a success, and folks here don't shy away from sharing their failures. Posts about spending big money on an app that flopped offer valuable lessons and insight into what went wrong.
Bootstrapping Journeys
There's a lot of love for bootstrapped businesses. People share their journeys of growing a SaaS without outside funding, detailing how they manage with limited resources and sometimes zero employees.
Tech and Tool Tips
Discussions around tech stacks and tools used in building and scaling SaaS are pretty common. Whether it's about using AI for quick idea validation or cool coding tricks, these posts can be a goldmine for developers.
Market Validation and Idea Testing
You'll find posts about how folks test their SaaS ideas before going all in. From quick validation techniques to customer feedback loops, these discussions help in figuring out if an idea is worth pursuing.
Inspirational Stories
Every now and then, someone shares an inspiring journey about overcoming odds, like surviving years without a job thanks to a side project. These stories are great for motivation and show the potential of SaaS.
Industry News and Analysis
People also discuss broader industry trends and news, like insights from big players such as Spotify. These posts offer a glimpse into the strategies of successful companies and what's happening in the SaaS landscape.
How to Engage
Share your struggles openly—like the guy who spent $300k on a healthcare app that nobody uses. People appreciate honesty and can often relate to these challenges.
Host an AMA if you’ve got an interesting story or success, like Jacob did with his AI Resume SaaS. It’s a great way to engage directly with the community and provide valuable insights.
Get straight to the point. Posts like 'Stop building useless sh*t' resonate because they cut through the noise and deliver blunt, actionable advice.
Showcase specific achievements without fluff, like the solo founder hitting $20k MRR with zero ads. People love real, detailed success stories they can learn from.
Highlight your unique processes or tools. The post about using Claude to validate an idea in 10 minutes shows how sharing specific methods can spark interest.
If you’ve got a quirky or unconventional approach, share it! The post about 'VIBECODING' an entire SaaS caught attention because it was different and intriguing.
Link your story to a large, successful brand or figure when possible, like the post about Spotify’s CEO. This can lend credibility and attract interest by association.
Offer something extra if you're promoting yourself, like the guy who gave away $3K in subscriptions while sharing his journey of being acquired by Wix. People love freebies and it incentivizes engagement.
Rules & Moderation
Follow the Reddit site-wide rules and please treat others with respect, stay on-topic, and avoid non-productive self-promotion. No spam. Feedback requests must be posted in the weekly feedback thread! (A post that will always be pinned at the top of the community)
Promotion is ok here, but please don’t mention your SaaS/blog/company unless it’s relevant and actually helpful for someone reading. Overdoing it results in a ban. Direct sales that are unsolicited are forbidden as well. No PM requests please (unless people really request it), and no promotion for other communities outside Reddit. Feedback requests must be posted in the weekly feedback thread! (A post that will always be pinned at the top of the community) No promotion of other communities.
Please keep the discussions oriented around SaaS, tech companies, business in general or even personal aspects of the business world. If posts are not somehow helping anyone in regards to the topic, removals and bans will be enforced.
You may submit your blog post as long as the main ideas are in the Reddit post. You need to provide value to people through your post and not simply present what you're talking about in your article. The more value you provide in the body of the Reddit post, the safer it is to say that it won't be removed. The only way a link is allowed is at the end of the post (“Originally posted here”), unless highly relevant (don't abuse this). Anything else will be removed/banned.
At the end of the day, we’re all trying to make the world better for us and for those around us. "Be nice and supportive" is common sense. Try to criticise objectively and not personally.
* Doxing－Posting or seeking personal information, dox attempts or threats * Flooding－Posting excessively frequently * Duplicates－Reposting news or information * Plagiarism－Not giving credit properly * Hyping－Pushing speculative, volatile, illiquid, or meme investments, especially flippantly, tersely, or implying huge returns * Missing－Disappearing after posting a discussion, posting for another with inadequate information
We don't allow: * Moralizing issues * Petitions or calls-to-action * Political discussions * Political baiting * Soapboxing
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