I MADE MY FIRST SALE الحمد لله 🥹
It took me:
· 1718 days since I wrote my first line of code.
· 613 days since I started learning SaaS.
· 315 days since I bought the domain.
· I started coding in Python at the start of 2022 as a New Year's resolution. I loved the freedom it gave me, so I started building little programs in the terminal.
· At the same time, I was working with my father at our old family business. I worked 8–10 hours a day, and you'd expect the business to grow, right? Well, most of my time went into managing operations instead of growing the business. I wasn't fond of marketing or automation back then and genuinely thought operations = growth… until I came across "DRY."
· Don't Repeat Yourself or "DRY", it completely changed how I looked at work. I started building little tools to automate the things I kept doing over and over.
· One of those tools worked great for me, so I packaged it and sent it to my father and colleagues. Their response? "It doesn't work on my end." It turned out their computers were too old to run it.
· I spent another 45+ days building a better version, only to realize I had no idea how to distribute software efficiently. I was clearly missing something.
· That's when I realized something important: building software isn't the same as building a business.
· In January 2025, I discovered Marc Lou's DataFast and invested $169 to learn how to build SaaS properly. I built one, talked to potential customers, and heard plenty of “sure, I'd use that.” Nobody paid. I had learned how to build software, but I still hadn't learned how to sell it.
· Around this time, I discovered Alex Hormozi's $100M Offers. And that led me to a question I hadn't really thought about before: what exactly makes something valuable enough for someone to pay for?
· I also built a website for our family business and started building an internal CRM. That's still ongoing after 9+ months, and I'll probably share that story another time, so which app made this sale ?
· One day I saw a video of Chris Raroque talking about his struggle to keep AI costs down for his app, Subscription Monster. That got me thinking: I can definitely build something like this that doesn't need AI, especially for something as structured as financial transactions.
· The idea was simple: upload your bank CSV and find the subscriptions you're probably forgetting about.
· I bought
subscriptionpilot.app on November 5, 2025.
· And then I did what I apparently enjoy doing most: building it instead of marketing it.
· I wasn't consistent. I wanted to give up more times than I can count. There were already so many subscription trackers in the market and the domain expiration was close, but I knew I had a different angle. I just needed to get it in front of people, let them try it, and earn their trust.
· I kept building. I kept learning. I kept posting. I kept trying to figure out how to get someone to actually care.
· And today...
Someone paid me.
SubscriptionPilot made its first sale. 🥹
· It's only one customer. But it's proof that something that started as an idea in my head can become software, reach a stranger, and create enough value for them to pull out their wallet.
· 1,718 days of coding.
· 613 days of learning SaaS.
· 315 days of owning the domain.
· 1 customer.
And honestly, that's enough to make all those failed attempts feel worth it.
To anyone building:
→ Ship fast.
→ Market harder.
→ Learn what people actually value.
→ There can be 100s of similar products out there. People will still choose yours if they trust you.
So give value first. Earn trust. Sell later.
And most importantly, keep showing up.
Opportunities can only find you if you're still there to open the door.
الحمد لله