My journey to building and launching my first SaaS side project
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6 min readJan 28, 2022
Why my side projects haven’t succeeded previously
I have written code on many side projects over the past 15 years but most fizzled out without even getting a single paying, or even free user. Technically some of these projects launched but most of them involved putting in a tonne of effort and then just before they could have been successful I got distracted or burnt out and moved onto something else.
Some of these projects include:
- Layout Paradise (myspace theme site)
- WordPress custom theme
- Affiliate marketing niche sites
- Facebook apps (Christmas card builder)
- Mobile games (Flashy Fall)
- Fantasy Football Stats Tracker
- Crypto Price Tracker
- Grocery price tracker
What went wrong?
- Lost interest after not seeing immediate results
- Got burnt out from putting in too many hours on top of my full time job
- Didn’t put effort into marketing
- Hit a hurdle/roadblock and never recovered
