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Do you have a minute? About to launch and need advice

Noah here nice to meet youI'm embarking on an exciting new journey and wanted to share...I've officially let's call it graduated from Paddle.com after 4.5 years, joining at under 10 people, I'm now leaving and they're at 150 amazing Paddler's and I've learned a lot.I've always been around creators and haven't found that right idea but after a realization, it hit me ... to do what I know bestI'm...

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If you have $1000 / month advertising budget for your SaaS startup, what would you spend it on?

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Re:Ask HN: Critique My SaaS Idea on Thursday June 27, 2019 @10:54AM (#20294936)
So the premise enables said individuals wanting to start courses to do it themselves through a white label platform?

I like the idea of pricing from the get-go as the only way you get the real insights is if you can get someone to part with their cash, but in terms of the starting off I don't see the backlinks really elevating you to get those initial users, maybe partner with the likes of App Sumo to start off with?

Hey :) I'm actually from Paddle yes this is true as Jerriep touched on as well as handling all sales tax we take care of all the other complexities that occur when billing :)

But don't take my word for it! Boxy explained exactly why they used us better than I ever can: https://www.indiehackers.com/interview/how-we-grew-to-6k-mrr...

Re:Implementing API Billing with Stripe on Monday April 15, 2019 @07:07AM (#19664482)
My bad must have been a miscommunication here. I was about to expand on those key differences between payment gateways vs Merchant of Records. http://bit.ly/2Us1OWM - Could still be an interesting read as it explores those key elements of what you have to juggle.
Re:Implementing API Billing with Stripe on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @07:24AM (#19562458)
Out of interest, why did you go down the avenue of hacking together your own system to handle subscriptions? Surely you've limited yourself like you've said you have to build out every time you want to attach another payment method like paypal - Is this not more expensive than looking into a Merchant of Record handling these complexities for you?
Re:Implementing API Billing with Stripe on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @07:21AM (#19562444)
Makes sense - I guess it's just an unclear emphasis on their offering which essentially is taking that work off your hands. What would you prefer to see?
Re:Implementing API Billing with Stripe on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @07:16AM (#19562423)
Couldn't agree more, cool to see they indicate that they're working on it but then as I'm sure you're aware of there is so much more needed than just the dealing of tax, how do you deal with the likes of managing your chargebacks? Support? - This post expands on how Paddle helps here: http://bit.ly/2Us1OWM