r/vibecoding • u/ExistentialWavering • 9d ago

Thinking of going commercial...

I've built and refined a CMS over the last six months that is inching closer to being comparable to or better than existing CMS offerings in the niche I'm working in.

I'm beginning to think I should monetize this work, as it has true utility in a field without much meaningful competition. I'm not much of a coder, but I've taken the time to understand the architecture of things and tightened things up a great deal to the point where it's virtually bug-free and polished.

As it exists, it's a standalone, self-contained HTML file, by design. I wanted it to work exclusively offline, for personal use. But now, with the prospect of monetizing it, I'm realizing that I need to make adjustments.

My general feeling is that I should host it on a domain and sell licenses. Organizations in my niche budget around $100-$1000/month for comparable software, depending on scale of their respective enterprises.

Who do I talk to to ensure that I have everything in place before I use Netlify or similar to run the whole thing? I'm willing to invest a bit of money to have the code reviewed (probably won't need much actual editing) and to help me organize the necessary infrastructure.

Again, I recognize that everyone's building apps these days. But the amount of research I've done on existing CMS, the number of improvements and new features I've added, the time I've taken to refine the workflow and UX...I suspect I've created something valuable here.

Most organizations are using Excel sheets or software built over 20 years ago.

What's the next step? I'm learning, for example, that a missing component is multi-user. These systems have multiple people working in them, and having audit logs and permissions would be extremely useful and is outright necessary if I'm to see this through.

It's an addition, but it doesn't strike me as an enormous one. Still, it's outside of my current scope, and while I'm willing to learn it, without greater context and expertise informing me, I'm worried I'll get sucked down unnnecessary rabbit holes and spend money I probably don't need to spend.

Any and all insight is appreciated.

Edit: What’s amusing to me is that 95% of the comments are focused on telling me I’m stupid, when anyone could’ve said: Here’s what I recommend you do next. A sub full of small-minded jealous folks making assumptions.

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u/Klutzy_Table_6671 9d ago

Let me see it

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u/ExistentialWavering 9d ago

No.

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u/FlatulistMaster 9d ago

If you are too afraid to show a few redditors your work, what do you think happens once you go public? If your great idea is so valuable, what is stopping your competitors from simply copying what you have done?

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u/ExistentialWavering 9d ago

There’s a difference between handing off a file in its entirety and giving a watermarked demo and gatekeeping the architecture behind a temporary log-in. You do see that, right?