Filip Panoski

Want to get customers from Reddit? Here’s the exact strategy that works for SaaS: ✅ Step 1: Find high-intent posts Look for posts where people: • ask for “a tool for ＿” • compare options / alternatives • describe a problem your product solves You can find these posts via Google: • “best _ reddit” • “_ alternatives reddit” • “tool for _ reddit” • “how do you _ reddit” ... and inside subreddits where your target audience hangs out. ✅ Step 2: Leave a helpful reply (no pitch) • answer the question first (specific steps > opinions) • recommend 2-3 approaches/tools (not just yours) • mention your product by name only (no link) ✅ Step 3: Send personalized Reddit DMs Send DM to OP and other commenters in post asking the same (they are clearly looking for a solution) Copy/paste template: “Hey, saw you’re ＿ (summary from post/comment). I built a tool that ＿ (tie value to their problem). Want to try it out?” This 3-step strategy brings me 100+ high-intent visitors every week. It works because: • these posts already have demand (people are actively looking for a solution) • replies rank on Google and compound over ~3-8 weeks • DMs create immediate 1:1 conversations with buyers If you want, I recorded a step-by-step video of my daily Reddit workflow 👇

Your X followers won't pay for your SaaS. Likes and impressions don't convert. Customers and MRR do. If your goal is making money with your SaaS, stop trying to build an audience here. Ship the product. Find buyers where they already are. Get sales. Once the wins start stacking, THEN start creating content. It's much easier to grow once you have something valuable to share.

@bigboybuilder Not stopping man 🫡

This man has been up in here. Fucking keep it up dude

15 months ago: $0 MRR, no customers, 10 followers. Today: $1.7K MRR, 40 customers, 1.7k followers. Not the smartest or fastest founder. Just consistent.

@StevBuilds Appreciate it man! 🫡

Some wise words here from my friend @FilipPanoski ! It’s very important to zoom out from time to time and not get trapped in the traffic race. Congrats on this iteration! 🙌

I paused all marketing to grow faster. Sounds crazy, but hear me out: I was adding $100 MRR every week. Nice and steady. At that pace: $3.6K MRR by year end. Not good enough. So I stopped chasing traffic and rebuilt the offer instead. First week after relaunch: $1K in new revenue. That's 10 weeks of growth in 7 days. Sometimes the bottleneck isn't distribution. It's what you're distributing.

3 things that grew Bazzly past $1K MRR: 1. Weekly customer convos 2. Shipping what paying users request 3. Refusing to build what nobody asked for The list is boring. That's the point.

"don't quit your job until your SaaS gains traction" I built side projects for 7 years making $0 quit my job, went all-in, hit $1K MRR in 14 months sometimes the safety net is what's holding you back

"you need a bigger audience to sell more." my highest converting channel isn't my X audience. it's Reddit DMs. buyers > followers.

Sometimes you are just 1 iteration away from seeing growth. Don't give up. Keep iterating

"I'll wait until the product is perfect to launch." 6 months later: still not launched. Perfect is a procrastination device. Ship ugly. Fix in public.

"just vibe-code a SaaS in a weekend" cool but who's buying it tho building is the easy part in 2026 selling is still the hard part

should you start cheap and raise prices later? or go premium from day 1? I went premium, then made it cheaper, then raised it again there is no right answer. just test faster.

the $0 MRR dilemma: build features nobody uses or post content nobody reads I did both for months. the thing that actually moved the needle? sending cold DMs to people who fit your ICP.

First $200 MRR → 5 months Next $1000 MRR → 3 months Growth isn't linear. It's invisible for months, then suddenly obvious. If you're in the invisible phase, keep going.

Your code quality doesn't matter at $0 MRR. What matters: - Can you get 10 people to try it? - Will 2 of them pay for it? - Can you repeat that next week? Focus on users, not perfection. That's how you escape $0 MRR jail.

Reddit DMs is my highest converting channel. Higher than X. Higher than writing comments or content. Here's how I send DMs that actually convert: 1. Find the right people to DM • Open subreddits where your target audience hangs out • Find threads where people: - ask for tools like yours - describe problems your tools solves 2. Write a personalized DM • Lead with their problem, not your product • Template: "Hey, saw you're [their problem]. I built a tool that [specific benefit]. Want to try it out?" Why this converts so well: • These people are literally asking for help. • Your DM solves their problem the moment they're asking for it. My reply rate on Reddit: ~30%. Average reply rate from cold emails: 1-2%

some days I wake up and everything feels heavy then I open my laptop, see 0 support tickets, and suddenly life is beautiful again

Reddit is bringing 50% of my signups. Here's the strategy: 1. Search Google for: • "best [your niche] tool reddit" • "[competitor] alternatives reddit" • "how do you [problem you solve] reddit" 2. Write a reply that actually helps • Answer with clear steps • Recommend 2-3 tools (include yours) • No links. Just your product name 3. Get your reply upvoted • Most upvoted reply = most traffic Why this works: These Reddit threads rank on Google. People search, find the thread, see your reply first, and check out your tool. It compounds every week without extra work. I use Bazzly to automate steps 1-3. Manual works too.

There are 2 types of founders: 1. I'll make sure everything works perfectly before shipping 2. My users will tell me what's broken Which one are you?