The problem in their words
Solo founders say the product works and coding is no longer the hard part. Getting people to notice it is. They feel "build it and they will come" is a lie, and the usual playbook feels broken. Some can't get their first users at all. When they post about their product in communities, their accounts get banned or removed.
Who's asking
- r/saas: 8 posts
- r/microsaas: 3 posts
What they use today
- Cold outreach and cold emails
- Direct messages to prospects
- Listing in directories
- Direct and local outreach
- Posting in online communities
All 11 posts
“How did you get your first 10 B2B SaaS users? (Struggling after transitioning from B2C)”
r/saas · 19 Oct 2026 · Read it on Reddit (How did you get your first 10 B2B SaaS users? (Struggling after transitioning from B2C)) Starting from absolute zero (no audience, no network): how did you actually get your first 10 B2B SaaS users? Is cold outreach the only way?
“It feels like the standard B2B distribution playbook is completely broken right now.”
r/saas · 14 Oct 2026 · Read it on Reddit (Starting from absolute zero (no audience, no network): how did you actually get your first 10 B2B SaaS users? Is cold outreach the only way?) “How can I get my first 1,000 users in the US when I have no network there?”
r/saas · 21 Sep 2026 · Read it on Reddit (How can I get my first 1,000 users in the US when I have no network there?) I need help marketing.
“Realized way too late that "build it and they will come" is a lie.”
r/saas · 5 Sep 2026 · Read it on Reddit (I need help marketing.) “I think I underestimated how hard distribution would be”
r/saas · 24 Aug 2026 · Read it on Reddit (I think I underestimated how hard distribution would be) Struggling to get my first customers for my SaaS. What actually worked for you?
“The product is working and I’m happy with where it is technically, but now I’m hitting the part that I underestimated: distribution.”
r/saas · 21 Aug 2026 · Read it on Reddit (Struggling to get my first customers for my SaaS. What actually worked for you?) We need a Boardy for distribution
“Not AI agent that posts your business everywhere cos that could immediately become spam.”
r/saas · 17 Aug 2026 · Read it on Reddit (We need a Boardy for distribution) “Anyone else stuck trying to get their first users?”
r/microsaas · 15 Aug 2026 · Read it on Reddit (Anyone else stuck trying to get their first users?) I can build the SaaS. Finding the first customer is the hard part.
“Coding isn’t my biggest problem anymore. Distribution is.”
r/saas · 14 Aug 2026 · Read it on Reddit (I can build the SaaS. Finding the first customer is the hard part.) “Building the product feels easier than actually getting people to notice it.”
r/microsaas · 13 Aug 2026 · Read it on Reddit (Building the product feels easier than actually getting people to notice it.) i’m struggling a bit to get my first customers for my SaaS.
“But whenever I try posting about my product, my account ends up getting banned/removed.”
r/microsaas · 12 Aug 2026 · Read it on Reddit (i’m struggling a bit to get my first customers for my SaaS.)
If you tested it
A headline for the page: “Find where your first customers are and show up without getting banned”
Test first: Test whether founders will trust a list of places plus posting rules over auto-posting. Watch how many sign-ups ask for a community map for their own product.
- Build a one-page site: name your product, get the communities where it belongs and how to post there without being removed. Add an email sign-up.
- Answer posts like these in founder communities with a free, hand-made community map for that founder's product, and link the page.
- Treat a steady flow of sign-ups that ask for their own map within 7 days as a yes, more so if some say they would pay.
Test this idea
Edit it to make it yours, then see who's asking this week. If you want, Ghostlaunch builds the page and runs the 7-day test.