https://logmyhours.com - Time Tracking & Invoicing Software. Floating around the 1K mark. Been stuck here for a bit, struggling to get any more traction.
I’ve got a couple Saas ideas for building as side projects but as the common startup advice goes - I need to validate the idea first. Would you like to share how did you validate the idea, or was it a project for a customer which was later productised? thanks!
I originally created the site back in 2011 mostly just freshen up my PHP skills, and I needed a way to keep track of my work hours. It was just a basic free to use timesheet tool for for around 4 years. It was super ugly but it was still getting people signing up but only a handful would stick around.
I decided rebuild it all and launch it was a proper SaaS in 2015.
If I had to start over today, I'm not sure what I would do. I just like to build things I would use. I'd try to find an existing tool and see if I it's something I feel I could do better.
It's been something I've been wanting do but it keeps getting pushed back. Our App needs a major update first I think and then support for QB would be next.
I use my own time tracking tool (https://logmyhours.com) along with rescuetime.com to make sure I'm keeping focused. I can actually tie my timesheets right into rescue time to see how productive I was during the time period.
Ive been using clubhouse.io recently to help me keep my many todos a bit more organized.
I want to try to plan out my day the night before, but that almost never happens.
I love my little Surface Go, using it to write this reply now! I hope they release a new one this year with a better CPU, and with WSL2 right around the corner, it'll be the perfect tool for coding on the go.
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Thank you for the suggestion but we're either staying with Xamarin or going native.
I'd rather optimize the Xamarin code than use a web framework for a mobile app. On iOS you don't have any control over how the web view renders your app. Any future update could break your app.
I've been working on my own Time Tracking tool since 2015 as a side project. I've managed to break 1k MMR. The competition is just insane. Every day I discover a couple new time tracking tools, and every one of them looks better than the last one. I've actually started exploring other SaaS ideas on the side (nothing too serious yet though).
Ads really suck at our pricing point. Google & Bing are $5+ CPC for most of the main time tracking keywords. Facebook ads were horrible from my experience (and none of the other major time tracking tools are running them).
I don't really have any advice, but do want to wish you the best of luck!
logmyhours.com - I'm happy with it so far though, it's something I've built for myself (I log all my hours working on it) and 100% on my own and has been a great learning experience. But it is getting harder and harder to work after work.
I love that I get to chat with customers and see what really are their pain points (something devs rarely ever get to do).
If I can double the MRR and relocate outside of Vancouver, I can most likely go full-time.
Hope you are able to do that. I guess at your point it's getting a few more clients via different scrappy ways (cold outreach, etc), and keep using their feedback/behavior to improve the product.
