I launched a SaaS in 3 days with 3 shortcuts

I launched 3 weeks ago and the product made $2,861. The micro SaaS is called PoopUp: poopup.co/
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00:00 - Intro
00:22 - Micro SaaS demo
01:15 - How I find startup ideas
02:23 - Cheat code #1
03:01 - Cheat code #2
09:16 - Cheat code #3
09:27 - Launch & 1st customers
09:47 - Outro

[@marc-lou]

14,631 readers get my newsletter every Saturday morning - marclou.beehiiv.com I share everything I learn as a solopreneur: How to find startup ideas, launch fast, and get profitable. No spam, sponsorship, or email retargeting BS - Just my thoughts and learnings.

[@samuelfreeman8704]

Please be my mentor 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@zaffereshaffari2453]

Hey Marc! Could you create a video going through your typical tech stack and infrastructure please! Really interested as to how high your overhead for infrastructure costs!

[@rakulagn4598]

How How in Just 3 Days after week How it's Possible to Get $1000 ?

[@edoardodepiccoli3004]

bros printing money at this point, great job man

[@azizbecha102]

I feel lucky finding someone sharing impressive content like yours! Keep up Marc.

[@GabrieleBonetti]

Man there is so much value here, most creators are all smoke no fire. You are the opposite. Success is so deserved

[@matanbitton]

As a developer, who is looking towards building my own Saas I highly enjoyed this video Marc, Thank you, please keep sharing more from your journey! I will be sharing as well!

[@tinkerbrains]

Wow! such a simple idea converted to a product... really amazing 😀

[@JuodasisAngelas]

Hey Marc! thanks for your videos! Your vids helped me to finally take some steps towards my dreams. Especially your opinion about coding. I have been overwhelmed by the fact that to be the best coder, i need to learn typescript. Now i just go with the flow on what i know and dont worry about it. Thanks again. Cant wait for more vids!

[@codewithguillaume]

Marc you are the best ! Thanks for making content on this channel ❤

[@marc-lou]

Learned from the best ❤

[@krzysztof-tys]

Searching for ideas is like cleaning up your room. You look around and things just appear in your head.

[@wordpressadvisor]

Man, you really have a talent to create interesting content and original products! I found you by chance last weekend, and read your Twitter account like a maniac, lol. I can really see the influence from other indie makers like levelsio :) respect for all of that. It's one of those rare cases where even if I hate to say it I'm going to say it: you inspired me ;)

[@marc-lou]

Appreciate you. Thanks!

[@porushpuri]

You are a legend! thanks for creating this

[@illyism]

Quality is INSANE 🔥

[@amitmahajan8989]

I hope you just ship it is a great tag line to end the video. Thanks Marc for sharing your journey, it helps!

[@reimdl]

great video as usual, please for the next one make a video of how to reach potential customers

[@hstrinzel]

Brilliant! Subscribed!

[@lennonsigwenamudenda6768]

Hi @marc-lou I hope you are well. I notice most of your startups mainly feature landing pages are you creating two web apps per startup i.e one for the landing and the second for the actual functionality of the startup?

[@yashdawani554]

Which programming language would you suggest a beginner to learn if he wants to ship faster??

[@abdulrafay1951]

thanks bro, one question: do you hire a ui designer for your apps?

[@ELMlKO]

What are the copywriting/marketing KZbin channels/books that you would recommend?

[@viki-16]

Hey, how do you send that popup component as response in nextjs api response. I'm dealing with this prblm and I can't find any clue. And again my question is how do you send that pop up to another website as response

[@frikitdotnet]

i see marc video, i jump in celebration, i watch, i love MRR go BRRRR

[@muaz840]

I noticed your sites look amazing, how do you design them?

[@matiasdaloia9011]

Hey mark, could you share where you get those nice landing page designs? I’m looking for designers to build my website

[@ProjectYummy]

Another banger!

[@breakoutgaffe4027]

Marc is the realest

[@callmefred]

Which software do you use to record your videos?

[@manu_1701]

You are a really good example brother, really interesting the github copilot, really useful

[@matten_zero]

I built a project for my weekend getaway to a convention (Anime Boston) that helps me schedule events. The idea to expand it and make it available to others as a service only came AFTERWARDS. Now Im on track for launch with beta user reaching out to me!

[@AdrianMark]

That's pretty awesome mate. All the best to you!

[@matten_zero]

@@AdrianMark thanks!

[@lilshake139]

Can you please tell me how you prevent piracy on shipfast? What if someone takes a template and resells it?

[@jigsound]

Fascinating! ✨ How do you handle data protection and GDPR-related legal stuff regarding your customers signing up to use your SaaS?

[@IAMTHEMUSK]

Je sais pas si tu te rends compte à quel point t'es un génie

[@FlorinPop]

My hero! 🎉

[@eter_inquirer]

Thumbnail game strong my boi

[@melvynxdev]

I love the video editing

[@aianish]

What app do you use for recording your videos like this?

[@lure5448]

How do you make your products "visible" to possible clients?

[@john_dren]

What do you think about code stack+AI vs no-code stack?

[@shacodes]

Can you tell what analytics you have used in nextjs

[@bernhardsmuts2265]

Does anyone know what tool he is using to make these UI videos?

[@blasttrash]

where if refund policy document on poopup? Your terms and conditions mention about "refund policy" but I am unable to find it anywhere.

[@jameshizon4861]

Phase 1 for me is to research promising app ideas. Study their structure. Phase 2: Test Ideas (including free app for idea evaluation). Phase 3: Build mvps.

[@jakemangan9534]

Marc how do you create your videos with the smooth cursor and zooming in/out?

[@marc-lou]

I'm using Screen Studio

[@0x-003]

How can i contact you regarding, how to get the same styling for your apps? i really like how you style your web apps

[@compton8301]

Thank you very much.

[@Mohammed.V2]

I am absolute begginer i n coding i watched your roadmap should i follow your roadmap in 2024 or 1 what........pls!

[@ahmedqandiil201]

Can you make a complete course on how to use Copilot and create a complete project with it, even if it is small, but we need to understand how the workflow works. Your friend from Egypt 🙌❤

[@BreydanTan]

I think main problem is not about how to get startup ideas is about how to get the first traffic on your website… fb ads ? TikTok ads ? Forum ?

[@nicolatoledo]

KZbin videos 😊

[@Joe-oq2zn]

I was asking the same question. He has tons of followers on Twitter/YT which is a great advantage

[@user-lp8ur5qn3o]

I think he got one to blow up, generated content and followers and then the next project is easier to advertise since he already has a channel. Not exactly recreateable if you don't want to make youtube videos. Still massive value from this video.

[@maciej5434]

Not recreatable? Bro, he started this channel like month ago

[@CoClock]

I mean… in this video he literally said Product Hunt Twitter HackerNews and Reddit While we’re building, we can create these accounts if not already on there then when the product is ready to get eyes on it or initial users, put it up there.

[@SkinnyIsSkinny]

I want to buy shipfast but I have barely any experience with programming the actual function of the website. Any advice on what you used to learn?

[@marc-lou]

I'll write about it soon! You'll need the basics of ReactJS & TailwindCSS to use ShipFast - so I suggest you learn first using Udemy/KZbin

[@nadamust]

Can you build a product from scratch without using your audience

[@shuvanuganguli9741]

Please make a video about how to get visitors for these projects. Like randomly posting on Reddit or Twitter wont generate 1k visits right?

[@tomnorsu]

What do you use for screen recording? It's really nice! (or nicely edited!)

[@dazzaondmic]

Pretty sure it’s Screen Studio

[@ExploreSciFi]

Sir, is it required to build a SAAS we must be a Full-stack developer? 🤔 What about knowing ML along with it please make a video?

[@PopSantos-nd8jb]

I’m software developer and i study english too. I’m thinking in to try create a saas consuming content in english and using other programming languages, in this way I improve 2 skills at the same time

[@farhad.hossain]

Mark could you please share us how do you promote your SaaS and also how you get your first and first 100 customers?

[@zapfska7390]

KZbin

[@gadgetboyplaysmc]

@@zapfska7390Been following Mark before he got serious on KZbin and I can tell you that's not it haha. He's had like 600 subs for years. He does have a prominent following on Twitter tho.

[@marc-lou]

This is a long post. I'll make a video about it. I wrote some of my strategies in my blog here: marclou.beehiiv.com/archive?tags=Marketing - how to launch on Reddit - how to launch on Product Hunt - how to launch on Hacker News - Free tools marketing My favorite. it should help.

[@tapizquent]

Hey Marc. Great job!👏 How do you handle the costs of hosting the script if people only pay one time for the PoopUp? I’m assuming you have it running on a server somewhere and have to keep it hosted

[@marc-lou]

It's an API endpoint on Vercel, for now pretty cheap :D

[@nagpalm7]

@@marc-lou But if some website with large amount of traffic uses your script, how will you handle ? Also I don't understand how is this even scalable. E.g. your script is exposed and anyone can just copy the script and use it without even going on dashboard. (Assuming if someone is having knowledge of basic js they can do it easily).

[@SamOdiagbe]

Hey Marc, would you be willing to mentor and help me get to a point where I would love to be, I am at that point where I wanna give up but the only thing that has kept me going is that I have been surviving with my coding and designs skills, and I enjoy building stuffs.

[@drago7389]

Whats the screen recording tool that you use?

[@Action2me]

He’s using Screen Studio. It’s Mac only and costs 80 USD but it’s AMAZING.

[@moderngames8892]

You are very talented and smart. I am zero in coding. Could you please make a playlist on where to start from scratch to become like you.

[@marc-lou]

Will work on this ASAP, promise!

[@amritwt]

​@@marc-lou please do it!! 😭

[@sekhniashvili]

This channel is gone blow up soon.

[@mikesot4471]

what do I study do be able to do it? ReactJS and Javascript?

[@marc-lou]

And TailwindCSS

[@rayhankessal6976]

T'as l'air super sympas Marc

[@mkbusiness3561]

can i build saas from scratch 0$to10.000$/month?

[@Atlasomc]

Been following you for a month now. Im inspired to start my own saas but i have no idea how to code. ...id love to build a saas like your indie page but for forex traders. However i have no idea where to start. So i guess the question is how do i start?😅

[@marc-lou]

Learn to code the very basic to make an app you/your friends can use . Keep me posted :)

[@Atlasomc]

@@marc-lou cool...say no more.

[@aliashraf...]

What languages does he use

[@kheealam]

Does it include the marketing? Or was it organic google searches?

[@DerClaudius]

I'm sure by now he uses his followers and announces products on twitter etc.

[@marc-lou]

It's only from the launch on PH/HN/Reddit - which was boosted by my audience.

[@rudyorre]

How feasible is this to do part-time if im a full-time swe? Seems kinda fun actually

[@marc-lou]

Spare 1 hour a day Build the smallest app you can Launch Learn Repeat

[@rudyorre]

@@marc-lou thank you, i'm going to get on this grind. excited to watch more of ur vids to learn more!

[@jayvasant114]

Video feels like github copilot had sponsored it, just to realise later only a clickbait 😅😂

[@rkumarv]

Man I would love to work together as two youtubers haha

[@fixiple2722]

could you link the video about your unconventional methods in the description or in a pinned comment, please ? As always, awesome video. 🙂

[@marc-lou]

Starts at 02:00 > kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3Snc5V7i6eneLc Thanks for your kind words :)

[@ritikjain6018]

you also do UX/UI for your projects yourself?

[@marc-lou]

Yes

[@ritikjain6018]

@@marc-lou seriously? Using AI or what, because designs are way too good and very professional...

[@goldencream2761]

Marc you are so inspirational. And you’re growing so fast! I definitely want to give indie hacking a try some time in my life. I bet you’ll reach 300k subscribers by the end of the year! Cheers brother 🎉

[@lamarcabaudouin]

I am curious as an dev what’s your approach on your marketing? How do you acquired customers? Do you creates ads? Would be interesting to have a video on that

[@samosborne]

Do you remember (and if you want to share) how much in savings you had when you got fired / started indie hacking full time? :-))

[@hypnoticedge]

how it is relevant to you?

[@explanationsite]

U have idea u create u launch u earn great but what about us

why not typescript? what's the issue with it wheres the video with the traffic?

[@sirtoothy844]

I don't think saying "Copilot builds me code I don't even understand" is a good idea given you're a developer that delivers paid products, and tbf I like the content but because of what was said here I don't think I will ever go for any of your paid projects. It's just some feedback from me.

[@ValPlayerAshish]

Did you really learned all this in 3 years ?

[@patrykkowalski8355]

and now everyone tries that, at the end of the day 100% fails and no real profit from that, life is life, but good content to grow up fast on YT by just doing good titles

[@prestongovender5715]

Solve the right problem and you might have a different outcome than you expect. However you are correct there is a very high likelihood of failure.

[@amxdai4568]

If you have built a product that isn’t making profit, either your product sucks or your marketing sucks. The problem with the indie hacking/start up community now isn’t videos like this, it’s people thinking a specific tech stack or random idea with no market research is going to make them rich.

[@javicontesta]

If someone believes someone would actually pay monthly for an app like this 😂 c'mon

[@oSpam]

@@javicontestawho said anyone’s paying monthly? Also they make thousands a month from customers, so people definitely are paying bud

[@marc-lou]

All my friends who started the journey with me 2 years ago are all making $10K/month If you know a better way, maybe share your knowledge instead of hitting on people who show up?

[@theofficialmatei]

This mofos saying poopup on purpose I love this guy though Binging the channel

[@codeinseconds9657]

That's amazing you got me... Subscribed... Please Pin

[@user-wl3ts1fy7f]

its like lying with more steps and programming :v

[@jugurtha292]

Dude really milking this out. Funnel is crazy

[@user-cj8tz1tu8u]

Thank you.

[@khanra17]

People pay for this ?😐

[@thefirsttimers5240]

You would be surprised for what people actually are willing to pay. One of my biggest problems in the past: "Who would pay for this"? Oh boy, was I wrong. People buy all kinds of things, even things where I would never ever spend money on it. That's the coolest part of him actually: Just ship it fast, don't test, just ship it and if nothing works out, then he did "only" waste 3 days of his life. People validate their product for weeks just to find out no one wants it. He builts it in couple of days.

[@ayman4047]

a lot talking about your self nothing informative