About 4 weeks ago I launched Motionfly, and it somehow already reached 500 users and around $330 MRR.
I know those numbers are still small compared to bigger SaaS companies, but this is the first time I’ve built something that real strangers consistently use and pay for.
A few things that helped:
• Shipping fast instead of overthinking every feature
• Posting consistently on Reddit and other communities
• Talking to users directly and shipping improvements quickly
• Focusing heavily on distribution instead of only coding
• Making the product easy to try immediately
One thing I learned quickly is that distribution is harder than building the actual product.
Most of the growth came organically from content, communities, and people sharing Motionfly. I barely spent anything on ads.
Still early, but getting the first paying users completely changed how I think about building products.
Happy to answer questions about growth, mistakes, or what worked.
Motionfly is a product launch/demo videos generator tool for indie hackers like me.