I Built My First SaaS — Here’s The Mistakes I did

I have recently launched my first ever SaaS, ToonyTalesWorld where user can create colourful personalized storybooks for kids and feature them as hero in their own story.
CHeck out my project on Peerlist Launchpad.

This is my first ever SaaS so I made too many mistakes and it took around 3 months for me to finish this as a product. The mistakes are silly but were unavoidable as I did not have any experience. But before mentioning them I also want to tell you this is an incredible journey my friend. Once you come out from the project building mindset to product building mindset you will feel the difference. As a solo developer I enjoyed every part of it from buying domains, marketing, to pricing selection this was an incredible journey.

So, without wasting more time here are the mistakes

Not Enough Planning

I did not plan enough before the start of the project and from the day one I started coding. After spending one month I understood the need of PRD. Before starting any project spend enough time on PRD and have clear planning of your different phase development. It is good to build phase by phase and take opinions from your user. Don't try to overdo and make everything perfect before launch. It will eventually be perfect on the way. At this stage you should have clear answer of two questions 1. What you are building 2. For whom you are building

Your Competitions

PLease do spend some time on market research before building a product. YOu will also get an opportunity to validate your idea, pricing structure your competitors are using, and these will save a lot of time later on. i had to spend an enormous amount of time later stage which should have been done earlier. Don't do this mistake

Techstack and cost analysis

in your local development you may not need some professional services for an example mailing services but in production you need such services and it also comes with a cost. So apart from the domain and server there will be more cost associated with your product. research about these services finalize the tiers you will use and make the pricing tiers according to your costs otherwise it will be so much frustrating at the end.

Hype Yourself

In today's world, you have to sell yourself. PLan your marketing and start engaging with people before launching it.

These were my key learnings from my first SaaS. At the end don't forget to check out ToonyTalesWorld at peerlist and please do a upvote if you like the project. Share your experience or feature suggestion. I am waiting !!