Why your side project makes $0 

I'm putting all I learned from entrepreneurship into videos, but my channel is still quite new. You can find more content on my blog - especially about marketing & mindset - marclou.beehiiv.com Keep shipping ⚡

"Users don't care about the invisible. Users only care about one thing: they want a solution to their problems" -- facts

Mistake List: 1) Free plan 2) Shiny Tech Syndrome 3) Subscriptions 4) Bad headline 5) Over engineering

Haha I agree with all the points, building a product is more fun than marketing, but earning a profit is even more fun! Great video as always.

I feel a read a 600 pages entrepreneurship book in 10 minutes. So much knowledge in this video. Having the certainty you are sharing everything based on your own experience with proven results makes it even better. Keep going. You are killing it man. Congratulations.

HAHA Ship to production! The definition of "F**K IT, we're doing it live" I love it

Thank you. This is really helpful for us who are just starting.

Amazing advice. All of your latest videos have been packed with value. Thank you so much

I dont usually comment on vidoes but honestly this video was great really informative and didnt feel like i was being sold bs, just honest information based of your experience. Keep up the great vids man and gd luck on future projects!

Marc, this is golden! Discovered your channel thanks to the youtube algorithm a few weeks ago and can't stress enough how valuable your insights are for the fellow solo devs out there. Huge thanks!

Another great video Marc! You show failures and what you learned from it. That's the way to go!

Love the content Marc. I am working on a SaaS now using your advice.

Awesome content Marc, keep it up!

Thank you Marc, that is so well explained.

Awesome video. Your advice is perfect for me. I'm launching my SaaS this month! Wish me luck!

Love the content Marc! Thank you these videos are great insights

Great video! Thank you for sharing your experience, I can definitely relate

This advice is gold! I often find myself guilty of doing some of these things. I still have a very hard time believing you launch fully functional software businesses in a few days. Would love to see some of your live streams recordings.

hi marc, thanks for sharing this amazing knowledge, I was very confident about selling my sass as a subscription model but not sure anymore after watching you, thanks a lot

Thanks for sharing your SAAS experience

Thanks for the tips! Super helpful

I'm working on a side project right now and this video is perfect timing for me as I'm trying to figure out how to monetize it. Thanks for the insight!

finally a geniune video. love ya man

Amazing! Having launched few weeks ago, I almost did the exact same mistakes! I really like the content and format!

Solid advice, thanks so much!!

Thank you for the video Marc!

Great stuff Marc!

Loved your explanation, man!

Very much valuable information. Thanks for sharing ❤

Amazing video, straight to the point ✅

What a great video. Thank you!!!

Amazing video Marc🔥

Thanks for the video brother 🤘🏽

Marc growing on social media like a 🚀

Hi, thanks for sharing all this. It is very insightful and your content is very inspiring.

That was crazy helpful. Thank you

Love the video Marc.

Hey Marc, great video! I also want to start building things on my own, but I have a really hard time coming up with ideas. Maybe it's because most of the time I just build stuff for other people. Maybe you could do a video on that? How you come up with ideas about a project/startup you want to build?

Love your videos Marc!

great tips bro, keep it up. merci

Great stuff. Crucial value

Marc, this is damn good piece of content. Inspirational. Love you.

great content Marc!

Very valuable video. Thanks!

Very nice video man. Learnt a lot

Like always, a Great Video. Cheers.

It was helpful. Thanks Marc

Thank You sir.. I need to write these things down in my github online portfolio. These insights are gold.

Thank you this was really insightful and helpful. By the way I just subscribed

You had me at "I do not use typescript". Subbed !

Amazing content, thank you for sharing

Great video very nice tips!

I save time by not making a non-dark mode. It's always dark mode. Always.

Excellent tips! I agree with everything you said.. Sadly learnt the hard way!

watchign this video makes me thing I need to shift my mindset so much, sound exciting

Pretty sound! Thanks!

so good, thanks!

This video is so valuable that I created a new playlist for videos like this one.

Glad we have Marc sharing his gems

amazing advice, thank you very much

Thanks. Very usefull information!

Excelent video, educating and for some reason even motivating😂

Amazing advices ❤

Thanks a lot @marc-lou these are amazing lessons I am learning quite a lot.

Awesome video Marc! I'm thinking of getting rid of my free plan on my app for a while, this might be a solution to unlock some revenue!

Excellent content 👏

Mistake 5 hit me hard lol, it's been one year that I'm still cooking my project with everything that I want to be perfect... and on top of that now I'm loosing more and more motivation 😭

Eye opening facts!!

Very good video thank you for sharing your experience

Love the unique content.

Thank you!

Amazing and practical

Hmm, this is insightful. I guess I will put a few unnecessary features on my app on hold for now. And also try the pay for what you use model. Thanks again for the insight

Another great video!

Man, can you make a video about how do you sell? I`m stuck in it. Great work bro! Thanks a lot!

Thanks Marc for these tips ! They are very valuable! Could you please tell us about how you started your journey on twitter ?

Just because all of the software industry wants to move to subscriptions doesn't mean it makes sense. If it is a service that has compute and storage around it... and you provide a justifiable value, subscriptions make sense. If you're making an app that you ship which has usage not dependent on a backend... release it like traditional software. Accept a one-time payment for that version with updates for a year, or some reasonable time. When a new version comes out... a new charge, and it can include a discount for existing customers.

I agree with all points, amazing content 🔥I think without a free plan they will just not use it and there will be the same 3% that bought or maybe a bigger percentage. Trials a way to go anyway

Your channel is amazing

Thank for your force my dream back again. I came from Thailand but I love you.

Salut et super contenu merci. Je regarde un peu car j'essaye de voir des opportunités d'apprendre et éventuellement d'en dégager un revenu afin d'être indépendant sans pour autant gagner des sommes astronomiques. Et puis quand je vois un autre surfeur ca fait plaisir. Moi ce qui m'intéresserait ca serait de connaître ton parcours plus en détails, et surtout ton cheminement pour l'apprentissage. Je m'intéresse un peu aux possibilités du nocode/lowcode actuellement. J'avais tenté un début sur les bases html et java de mémoire mais je n'ai pas continué. En ce moment je check la formation de base gratuite sur contournement et donc j'abord airtable, zapier, softr etc... J'aime bien. A voir si je persiste. C'est pour ca que c'est toujours intéressant d'avoir des pistes et vu que tu sembles partager volontiers ton parcours. Enfin je cherche de quoi apprendre et progresser. Idem j'ai une petite chaîne sur les jeux de société (rien à voir) mais je pense possiblement ouvrir une nouvelle chaîne youtube sur un autre sujet, pourquoi pas mon apprentissage en la matière. Mais je n'aime pas trop montrer ma tête même si elle est normale 😅. Aller merci à toi et à bientôt. J'aurais pu l'écrire en anglais mais bon on va faire exception :)

great content

Unfortunately I couldn’t agree more. I did all the mistakes you mentioned and much more on top. But what doesn’t kill me right…🎉

That t-shirt is 🔥.

I about indiepage just now... so wish to follow this path!

Lets go marc!!!

Cool, thank you very much!

00:02 Offering a free plan can kill your revenue 01:19 Free plans may hinder profitability for solo entrepreneurs 02:34 Provide free tools for users to try before purchasing 03:55 Users prioritize solutions over aesthetics. 05:14 Subscriptions have drawbacks for both business owners and users. 06:34 Implement a pay-per-use system for fair user pricing 07:53 Craft an excellent headline for your project. 09:12 Remove anything not directly valuable to the customer. Crafted by Merlin AI.

So to sum up the positive: - Use one-time payment or pay-per use - If you have recurring external costs, use pay-use (credits) - Alternative 1: very limited trial / free time with either 7-days time or some free credits. - Alternative 2: Make some simple part of the app free, make the main part paid - The should be MVP minimal and shipped to the customer

I watched your video and immediately changed the H1 of my website. 😅

I clicked on this video, because of the typescript logo crossed. Typescript is total crap. I've tried it first time on my new fulltime job enterprise project and I couldn't believe everyone in the team was happy with it. It slowed down development speed so much compared to what I did in the previous company. Can't agree more that if you have your tech stack, don't even think to update unless you feel updating would give you much benefits to development speed and experience.

Merci pour ton travail !!! Oui un petit commentaire en français de temps en temps ne fait pas de mal 😝

I'm calling it: 200k subs by the end of 2024 (if you continue to ship videos like this!)

Love it ! I'm currently developing a SaaS this month with your advice : same tech stack, no typescript, no test, no subscription but life time payment and no free plan. Just keep it simple with one main functionality and launch in one month maximum

only practical wisdom that really works.

Thank you for this great content. Please can you teach your marketing techniques ?

All the BIG pitfalls. So well explained

Pure gold 🥇

I confirm, I am also at 0 revenue because I am obsessing over the wrong things :((

very nice video!