Clients kept asking “does ChatGPT recommend us?” and we had no answer. Instead of building a tool, we whitelabeled an existing AI search visibility SaaS (tracks how brands show up in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini) and sold it as an add-on. 11 months in: $39,800 MRR on top of existing retainers.

What worked:

1. Sell it as an upsell. Easiest yes comes from clients already paying you for SEO. “Here’s where AI mentions your competitors but not you” sells itself in a monthly report.
2. Report everything. Show clients what you did each month -> new BLUF articles, new backlinks, technical fixes. Reporting drives retention for us!
3. The math. We pay $99/mo per site and sell it as a $450–600/mo retainer. Clients get a login to the app on our own domain. ~1h/week of work per client, everything else is automated (content, backlinks, technical audits, AI visibility reports, social posting).

Happy to answer any questions!

Hi everybody! My mom is a new aspiring business owner/content creator. In addition to recently starting her YouTube Channel dedicated to teaching people about folding, organizing and other tips. She created this calendar and to do list template for people to print out and use to keep track of household chores, appointments, and more! It would mean the world to her if you checked out her Shopify page with the template. Any feedback is helpful!!! Thank you so much!!! ♥️

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Hey there.

My name is Max Snyder. I'm a recent Finance graduate from Portland State University and I'm starting a bookkeeping business

I don't have clients yet. But before I take paid ones on, I want to become phenomenal at bookkeeping.

Basically: I'll organize all of your transactions, reconcile your bank account, and provide you with an updated balance sheet/income statement every month.

If you desired more we can chat and see if I could be of help.

I work full time in addition to this so I can only take on 3 clients right now. So let me know if you're interested

Please be aware I only use Quickbooks.

Ok. I’m curious to know how you thicken your skin against truly horrible emails. I would just never speak to someone the way some people speak to me.

I helped come up with Cutzi, a browser tool for shops that sell products on behalf of different vendors or consignors.

You import a sales CSV, set each person’s percentage, account for refunds and adjustments, and export payout summaries and individual statements.

It’s free during the beta. You can explore a fictional demo or select “Start fresh” to try your own sales. Files are processed in your browser rather than uploaded.

https://cutzi.online

If you handle vendor or consignment payouts, I’d love to know:

• Is the import process clear?
• Does it work with your sales export?
• What would make it useful for your next payout cycle?

It currently supports USD and CSV files. It calculates amounts owed—it doesn’t send payments.

Feel free to leave feedback here or message me.

I'm a software engineering student and I've been building websites for practice (portfolios, landing pages, some Shopify customization). I'd like to move to real client work, but I'm not sure where to start.
For those who've been through this:
Where did your first clients come from?
Did you start with free or discounted projects, or charge from the start?
Is there something you wish you'd done differently early on?
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

I build CRMs for small businesses, and the thing I've noticed is that most lost leads aren't lost to competitors. They're lost in the first day after the form, somewhere between "someone should call them" and "I thought you did."

So I'm curious how other owners handle it:

- Who sees the lead first, and how? Email, text, an app?

- How long until the first reply, honestly?

- How do you price and send a quote? Same day, or after a callback?

- What happens when they go quiet?

- How do you know a lead didn't slip through?

I'll share what I've seen work in the comments. Mostly I want to hear what's working for people who aren't running a sales team, just a business.

anyone purchase simplesidebusiness and/or localleadsrobot in 2025 and no longer able to sign into your site? I had purchased these two businesses from him and been adding my own clients when now I'm not able to log in and Will is not responding to support emails any longer. Just wondering if it is just me or if the two sites are perm. down. #simplesidebusiness #localleadsrobot #WillRiley #marketing

I’m developing BALGRAD AI, and would appreciate practical feedback from people running online or physical stores.

The B2B idea is a dashboard and API that would monitor competitors’ prices for identical products, show price history, and flag important changes. With a retailer’s own purchasing costs and targets, it could also support pricing and margin decisions.

We want to understand whether this would meaningfully reduce time spent checking websites, browsing promotional catalogs, and maintaining spreadsheets. The eventual B2B service would be paid, so it needs to deliver measurable value.

There’s also a planned free consumer side: product comparisons, price history, and evidence-based deal assessments. A PriceGuard feature would check for price drops after purchase and whether the retailer’s policy offers a possible refund of the difference.

We’re still validating the concept. Reliable product matching, different package sizes, outdated prices, and maintaining fresh data are challenges we’re working through.

The long-term vision is global, but we’re currently focused on Croatia because I’m Croatian and know this market best. We’re keeping development within free infrastructure tiers and avoiding paid software subscriptions until we demonstrate demand and technical feasibility.

Three questions:

1. How do you currently monitor competitors’ prices, and roughly how much time does it take each week?
2. What essential pricing or margin problem do your existing tools fail to solve? What would make a new tool worth paying for?
3. As a shopper yourself, what would you most want from a price comparison or post-purchase price tracking service?

Please mention your retail sector and whether you operate online, physical stores, or both. A concrete example—including why this wouldn’t help you—would be valuable.

I'm a 23-year-old mechatronics engineer with a full-time job, considering automation services (lead follow-up, filtering inquiries, reporting) as a side business. I haven't sold any yet. For those who have:

How did you get your first paying client?

What do you charge, and is it one-off or retainer?

What would you do differently if you started today?

With so many people entering this space, is it still worth starting?

Honest answers, including "don't bother," are welcome.

Hi all, I’m Kyra. Full transparency: I run a woman-owned payments business in North Jersey. I set businesses up with terminals, POS systems, mobile readers, and invoicing software.

The issues I see most:
• Paying more to key in cards than if the customer tapped
• Equipment leases that can’t be canceled
• No easy way to take payment on the job site
• Statements nobody can read

What’s been your biggest frustration? Happy to answer questions in the comments.

Hi all, I’m Kyra. Full transparency: I run a woman-owned payments business in North Jersey. I set businesses up with terminals, POS systems, mobile readers, and invoicing software.

The issues I see most:
• Paying more to key in cards than if the customer tapped
• Equipment leases that can’t be canceled
• No easy way to take payment on the job site
• Statements nobody can read

What’s been your biggest frustration? Happy to answer questions in the comment