Hey, I'm James, and welcome to my personal Audiolog. I mostly use this to share personal updates, via Indie.am. DM me for an invite!
James' Audiolog: Indie.am
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Hey, I'm James, and welcome to my personal Audiolog. I mostly use this to share personal updates, via Indie.am. DM me for an invite!
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April 25, 2026
Waitlist SaaS: Good Idea, or Bad?
Today's question is it a good idea to launch a Waitlist Saas? But first, what is a Waitlist Saas? The proposed Saas would be a web app that makes it easier for founders to add a waitlist sign up to their launch process. Sounds great, right? But is it a good idea? I would say no, and here's why. A bit of background. RobinHood and Clubhouse both popularize the strategy, although they were not the first. You create hype around a product, delay gratification, sign up as impossible yet, only a waitlist. Maybe you can invite a few friends or share the post on social media to move up the waitlist. Waitlist became popular as a Saas launch strategy following these products and earlier products and playing similar strategies. In fact, Saas products, at a waitlist, to your own Saas is not a new idea, it's been tried several times in the past, and I don't know these companies or if they're still around . But what if I told you waitlist wasn't what made Clubhouse or Robin Hood successful launches? Their real launch strategy wasn't the waitlist. It was FOMO and hype. It was over promising on a product that couldn't possibly be as good as you imagined, substantively. The waitlist only worked because FOMO was so high, the hype train was moving so fast, they could actually get you to share the product with more of your friends to move up the waitlist. They traded a little bit more friction in the sign up process. For more shares, more like, more hype. So actually, the waitlist added friction to the sign up process works against conversion rates. Because thought experiment, 100% of visitors who would sign up for a waitlist would have been willing to sign up for the product immediately if it were available. And whatever your conversion rates are, your waitlist conversion rates. Week later, a month later, two months later can't exceed 100%. But would that have slowed down the hype train and FOMO driving the marketing campaign forward? Possibly. So in short, I would say no, this isn't a good sass idea in 2026, especially for a solo founder or small team. A sass that makes it easier for founders to add a waitlist sign up process to their app is a bad idea. In most cases, these founders need to launch faster. Not, so hype and FOMO can be a valid launch strategy. But they require a level of execution found in more experienced teams. This is unlikely to be a mass market strategy and an experienced or solo founder or small team can play successfully. These are probably the least difficult parts of a more complex marketing strategy, a better marketing team might play.
January 6, 2025
Indie.am Updates: RSS fixes, social sharing options
James discusses indie.am updates, including RSS feed fixes, chat.gp transcript formatting, Whisper transcriptions, video generation rework, and social media sharing improvements.
January 6, 2025
Indie Maker Update: Create Sharable Videos!
James Futhey shares an update on creating shareable videos on Indie.am, offering insights for independent makers.
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