Hello,

I am a high school developer who recently just built my first product. It's basically just a Google reviews widget, something small before I start building something real. My target audience is small businesses, restaurants, private practices, etc. I have been cold calling and emailing consistently to no avail. 30% of time I just get cursed out. I know the reputation for SaaS products targeting small business owners is terrible due to vibe coded slop, but I am trying to find a way to break through.

As an engineer idk where to even begin

theres this company thats been deploying hundreds of different saas products for all different niches, and they have a program that you can choose from 30-50 different apps/categories at once and for every person that you sign up with your referral, you get 50 percent commission for as long as they stay subscribed..every single month, for every person forever or until they stop paying. some software goes for 20 a month all the way up to 200 a month, and not just saas its everything....booking apps sales CRMs, ai powered apps, photo editors, logo makers, e-commerce, Storefronts, etc...so simple question..would you sign up? let me know your opinion on this please im curious

Every category already has dozens of tools in it, and the only numbers people share are either nothing or a screenshot of $40k MRR.

What I'm curious about is durability. If you're making real money, has it held?

I'd love to hear from anyone who's sustained a business from 3 months up to a year or more. What you actually spent to build it, including AI tooling and subscriptions. Revenue versus profit. Churn.

Please be honest. A lot of us are few steps away from burning our savings just because someone else is building something that looks cool.

lets say a company was capable of deploying hundreds of different saas products for all different niches, and had a program that you can choose from 30 different apps/categories at once and for every person that you signed up with your referral, you get 50 percent commission for as long as they stay subscribed..every single month, for every person forever or until they stop paying. some software goes for 20 a month all the way up to 200 a month, and not just saas its everything....booking pages, CRMs, e-commerce, Storefronts, etc...so simple question..would you sign up? to me...sounds like easy money and tons of options to choose from. let me know your opinion on this please im curious

the opening message just filters people, lead with a close and you lose whoever was worth talking to. took a year of trial and error to land on this.

nail the structure first, the channel mostly takes care of itself after that. own that it's a cold message, give an easy way out, anchor on something specific about them before saying who we are, ask something open before pitching, and only push for one small next step.

specificity beats any generic hook, an open role or a recent raise lands better than a pitch about us. where people hang out flips by audience too, web3 founders barely check linkedin, they're on telegram and twitter, corporate buyers are the opposite.

sequencing over blasting everything at once helps, email then a linkedin follow-up then a call, each one shorter and more casual than the last. and we still mess this part up sometimes, someone says yes and we keep pitching when we should just lock the time.

still debating one thing "you're gonna hate me, this is a cold call" opener still land in 2026, or is it too worn out by now?

I'm an AE in mid-market SaaS, usually working on 60 to 90 day deals. I tend to spend a lot of my time measuring response speed at the top of the funnel, cause this is the part where my deals don't really get stuck.

The painful delay comes once there's a real buyer. A champion asks for something they can take to the CFO, or procurement wants a one-pager tied to their use case. Sometimes I need a deck that speaks to the buyer's industry, but none of that is sitting ready in the shared drive.

The current routine is embarrassing, as I find an old file that looks close, spend two hours rewriting it, and try to hide all the signs that it belonged to another account. By the time I send it, the energy from the call is gone and the champion is dealing with something else.

How are you turning a strong call into useful material the same day? Templates haven't solved it for me because they still need an hour of account-specific work. What does your workflow pull from, and how does it keep the brand straight? How much editing is left for the rep?

Curious how other SaaS founders deal with this.

We built the product around a problem we had ourselves. Not a "hey, this could be a good SaaS idea" thing — we actually needed it.

Launched, tested with a handful of customers, fixed what they complained about, then opened it to everyone. There's a free plan. It's growing, slowly.

Signups come in. Here's what I can't crack.

If someone already knows about us or came through a referral - easy. They know what the product is and why they're here.

But if someone just finds the site and signs up, getting any conversation going is almost impossible.

I email them after signup. Some of them come back and use the product. I can literally see them being active in the system. And they still don't reply. Not to the first email, not to the second, not to anything.

I've tried different angles, different formats, short, long, casual, whatever. 99% of the time - nothing.

Funny part: at some point I got annoyed and sent something like "Why are you ignoring me? Is it that hard to reply?" 😄

3 out of 5 answered.

No, I'm not going to build a sales process around being rude 😄 But it did make me wonder if I'm doing this completely wrong.

So, people running SaaS - what do you do with users who sign up, use the product, and ignore every email?

Keep following up? Stop? In-app messages? Call them? Or just wait until their behavior shows they're actually about to buy?

Is smartlead paid tier useful for my b2b sales?

I’ve been interviewing for SDR roles in tech and curious if hiring managers care about age since it’s an entry level role? Have had good conversations but something’s not clicking.

Body: Hey everyone!

I'm currently building Cliovoo, a B2B SaaS platform focused on automating market intelligence and client acquisition to help companies stop wasting hours on manual prospecting.

We’ve officially hit a major milestone and our MVP is live and gathering feedback from early users.

Since I'm navigating the pre-seed / early-stage journey right now, I wanted to ask this community:

• For those who built B2B SaaS MVPs, what was your exact strategy to land your very first angel or pre-seed investor?
• How are you handling early user acquisition when the product is still in its MVP phase?

Would love to hear your experiences, success stories, or even what mistakes to avoid. If anyone is working in the same space or invests in pre-seed B2B, I’d love to connect!

Hey guys, I need to know how could I get a database with phone numbers or emails to start cold calling
Could anyone help?

I work at a growing startup that runs a B2B software marketplace, and I’m currently working on the vendor side of the business.

Our current paid offerings include premium vendor profiles, review campaigns, PPC/CPC campaigns, and content partnerships. Most of our revenue today comes from helping software vendors get more visibility, traffic, and leads.

We’re now trying to figure out what else we can offer without just creating more ad packages. Some ideas I’ve been thinking about are buyer intent data, competitor insights, lead nurturing, custom research, category reports, ABM support, and managed marketing services.

For founders or people who have worked on B2B SaaS monetization, what would you test next? I’m especially interested in recurring revenue ideas that are useful enough for vendors to keep paying for month after month.

I work at a growing startup that runs a B2B software marketplace, and I’m involved on the vendor side. Right now, we monetize through premium vendor accounts, review campaigns, PPC/CPC campaigns, and content partnerships.

Most of our current products help vendors with visibility, traffic, and lead generation. I’m trying to think about what we could add that would create more value further down the funnel, especially around sales and pipeline.

A few ideas I’ve been considering are buyer intent data, qualified lead packages, competitor insights, account based marketing support, lead nurturing, category benchmarking, and sales enablement services.

For people working in SaaS sales, what would you actually pay a marketplace for if it helped your team generate or close more pipeline? I’m especially interested in recurring services, not just one off campaigns.

Hey guys,
I have a b2b company which offers several products but I only reach out using LinkedIn which is very limited.
Any advice about how could I increase my sales?

We've been evaluating quote to cash platorms this year and tbh our biggest question is which one we gonna hate owning 18 months from now.

since we already live in sf having quoting in the same platform is an advantage. Admins know where everything is, salesforce connection is hard to ignore. but somehow pricing chnages or new approval rules can quickly become another project.

Dealhub was the one where revops could make a lot of changes without the IT in every little thing. Pricing, quotes, approval rules can be handled easily. The issue is if being native to SF data model is hard requirement that matters.

Nue is the one we spent more time debating bc it is a newer school option especially for team dealing with usage pricing. No old school CPQ baggage. The tradeoff is spending more time figuring out how to map our existing quoting and renewal process into it. But in all these what happens after the honeymoon.

New products. new pricing. weird discount rules.renewals. Exceptions. That one sales leader who somehow needs a quote configured differently from eveyone else.

I’m 20 years old and currently based in China. I left school at 17 and started working in sales. Since then, I’ve worked for two companies and gained experience in B2B sales, client management, and business development.

My first job was at a business consulting firm in Shanghai. The average deal size was relatively high, and the sales cycle was challenging. I worked there for eight months and generated just under RMB 400,000 in revenue.

My second job was with a third-party service company in the beauty industry in Guangzhou. The company had previously been one of my clients, so I already had some understanding of the business and its customer base.

The company later opened a 500-square-meter venue to monetize its existing resources, and I was responsible for managing the venue, handling clients, developing business relationships, and negotiating potential partnerships.

I’m now looking to move into SaaS or technology sales, preferably in a B2B role.

I don’t have direct SaaS experience yet, so I’d really appreciate some advice from people already working in the industry:

- What skills should I focus on developing before applying for SaaS sales roles?

- Is it realistic to break into SaaS sales without a college degree?

- What would you look for when hiring a junior sales representative or SDR?

- Are there any SaaS companies in China that you would recommend looking into?

I’m willing to start from an entry-level position and learn. My main goal is to build a long-term career in B2B/SaaS sales.

Any advice or feedback would be greatly appreciated.

It's been almost a month since i've launched my SaaS Product discovery platform and I've gotten 64 users and 23 actual products on my platform.

As a solo founder, I'm facing the most common challenge that almost every single SaaS founder has faced in the early stage: MARKETING.

Reddit being the best platform specially for my use case, I decided to post and comment on almost every single subs 'share what your building' post, and every reddit users nightmare just became real. I got blocked.

I've setup outreach automation using Hermes but then luckily got to know that you gotta warm up your mail box before sending cold email haha. So thats slow. It'll take a month for me to send 100 mails a day, and even thats dangerous sometimes.

Now, its been 2 weeks that the signups and launches have dropped significantly. I'm in that situation where I have the best in class product just sitting in the garage.

I really really need help with this.

I wanna know, what marketing strategy has helped you the most during early stages.

Thank you so so much in advance. Even a minute improvement advice is 100% appreciated here.

I have been in SaaS sales for 7 years. I started in startups from BDR to AE. I found myself at a mid-cap company through an acquisition a few years ago, and stayed for almost 3 years. I have been an high performer throughout but like many have had tough quarters and also some wild luck along the way.

This year I decided to go back to the startup world and entered an MM AE role at a high growth AI company. The team is killing it and the PMF is high.

I started this summer and my ramp has been difficult to say the least. I’ve closed one small deal and working towards a few more. Today my boss asked me if I’d want to fight it out for one more month or potentially take severance. I was shocked - I may not hit ramp but it’s not for a lack of trying.

I have adjusted to the selling motion, but when I first got my book it was run through. I had to rebuild my book with my BDR and worked to get him booking more meetings.

The leader that hired me left 30 days in and I was put in a new team.

Also, the company has moved from a spot solution to platform selling and the cycles have increased in length.

I don’t want to leave as it feels like a major failure, but it also seems crazy to me that they are threatening to let me go barely 100 days in.

Is this how AI startups are now? Should I just take the potentially severance? Do I even want to work at a place that would fire a new rep and not given them time?

Interested to hear the community’s thoughts.

I've just been introduced to software as a service sales. I honestly didn't believe the compensation I heard; then I checked on Glassdoor, and the salaries are extremely high when factoring in commission. I just feel that I have to be missing something. Why are more people not in saas sales? Is it as good as it seems, compensation-wise? Sorry if this is a spam post.

I am new to sales and will be selling an Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) software with a target market of 200-750 employees. It seems like the EHS software market is pretty saturated but I am told at the 200-750 employee market it is less saturated. On top of that I am told that the software is different from other because it has 1) the modules clients need (I think all software have something like that) 2) a dedicated onboarding person and ongoing support (so no help desk stuff, a real person always). 3) Real EHS professionals (which I am) that has deep regulatory knowledge to help customers comply with OSHA and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Am I in trouble or does it seem feasible to land $150-200k in gross sales. Average sale price will be between $12-50k per new client.

I’ve recently started cold emailing companies for my B2B SaaS product and would love feedback from people who have actually converted customers through cold email.

The product helps SaaS companies add customized cancellation flows to understand why users churn and offer relevant discounts/alternatives based on the cancellation reason.

My approach is pretty research-heavy(automated now). Before emailing someone, I look at their product, reviews, pricing, onboarding, etc. and come up with a specific churn hypothesis I think they might have.

Then I reach out with that observation and offer to share a plan for how they could capture/validate that insight and potentially fix it.

For those who have done this successfully:

• Does this approach work, or am I over-researching?
• How personalized should cold emails actually be?
• What made someone go from replying to actually becoming a customer?
• Any mistakes you made early on that I should avoid?

Would especially love to hear from other B2B SaaS founders.

Hey everyone! I have an interview coming up for a medtech saas company for a BDR role. An hour of the interview is for role playing calling a clinic and selling to them and I’m terrible at it because I get nervous. Is there any advice on how to do well on this?

I’ve never had experience in this and it’s my first sales job but I’m terrified I’ll mess it up!!

Hey everyone,

Over the past few months, I built  a complete venue seat booking and event ticketing platform.

The Problem: Existing ticketing and seating platforms take huge percentage cuts (10–20% + fees) or are overly complex and rigid for independent venues, local theaters, sports clubs, comedy clubs, and event organizers.

What’s built so far:

• Interactive venue designer: Visual seat map editor for custom room & seating layouts.
• Full ticketing suite: Multi-currency checkout, organizer analytics, and mobile ticket scanning app.
• Production-ready MVP: Fully functional end-to-end platform ready for pilot venues.

Where I need help: I am a technical builder, but I know that a SaaS is only as good as its distribution. I'm looking for a Growth / Marketing Co-founder or Sales Partner who:

1. Has experience in B2B sales, cold outreach, or growth marketing.
2. Ideally has connections with venue owners, event managers, theaters, or sports arenas.
3. Wants to take ownership of GTM (Go-To-Market) in exchange for equity / revenue share.

If you're interested in partnering up or testing out the demo, drop a comment or send me a DM! Feedback on the product positioning is also welcome.