IMO it could benefit from a 1-2 min video that shows the whole process, the input and output / problem and solution: "Barry has a problem: (...). He lets us connect to his Google Analytics. We analyze the searches people are doing when they land on his website and tell him (...). As a result, he makes the following changes: (...)"

Maybe also a section that compares this to the existing way of doing things, like ahrefs or something (I'm pretty clueless on this topic).

I use Vue for my stuff and personally I feel like I could just ask ChatGPT for the code to implement something like this.

Also I don't like how every little thing is ending up as a subscription, I feel like the people going that route are purposely hoping people forget about the subscription and end up overpaying for the service.

And the "support future features" line doesn't strike a chord with me, off the top of my head I don't see what other features it would need.

On the positive side, IMO it's great that you went through the entire process of creating a product, creating a marketing site, and getting payments set up.

I have an entire YouTube Premium profile dedicated 100% to music I listen to while working, and it's my default YouTube account on my normal Chrome profile I use to browse the internet, which helps me from falling into browsing stupid videos.

I have two big music playlists, one with my "normal" YouTube account that I had been using for years, the second with my music-dedicated YouTube account that I started using more-recently.

I've linked to one of my favorite sets in each list:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=osS2z…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZiPW…

ok so then maybe it's a legacy behavior from before when there were 'todos'.

Yeah maybe make the default a completed task and require the user to add /todo to make it not-yet-completed.

BTW IDK if you're already aware of this but there's kind of a ying product to your yang, it might be useful for sales or maybe even just duplicating the product since it seems the hard part is interfacing with the different platforms: replyguy.com/

I've done cold emailing and door-to-door sales in the past, personally my inclination is to have as short an email as possible so it doesn't look automated and trigger people's "this is spam, delete immediately" reflex. Instead I like to link to more information. I also try to keep the tone informal so it doesn't seem like it's coming from a B2B salesperson getting paid to find customers for a product he doesn't actually believe is useful.

Of course the best way to do it is to A/B test, but this is what I would be inclined to start with:

Hi <NAME-OF-CONTACT>,

I saw this spam in your community: <DIRECT-LINK-TO-SPAM-POST>

I built an AI bot to deal with this kind of thing, I'm asking $30/mo. I'd be happy to show you how it works: cal.com/ben-makes-stuff/15min

Thank you,

Benjamin Katz
Founder, watchdog.chat
cal.com/ben-makes-stuff/15min

I was following Pieter's posts here for years w/o having an account myself, just to try to understand his work habits so I could emulate them. I created an account b/c I don't seem to have anyone near me who I can meet up with to cowork and talk about indie hacking every day the way Pieter/Marc/Andrey/etc. had it set up in Dojo Bali, so this is the next best thing. My childhood / school friends aren't into indie hacking (or even programming) so that's not an option either. Seeing other people's progress (like Ben w/ Watchdog), especially when I've met them IRL, gives me added motivation to get something done that day, even if it's just a small step. I also block Twitter b/c I waste too much time on it, so this is a nice way to get some social experience / take a break without risking wasting a ton of time. Indie hacking is my #1 professional priority, I'd sooner work as a garbage man and do indie hacking on the side than have to work a traditional office job for the rest of my life, so I'm happy to pay to support this community.

As for how to make the most of it: get to know the individual people by meeting them IRL if you can or following them on Twitter, check out their projects, comment on their posts, like their posts. Set a goal to hit a certain streak (ideally w/o using non-indie-hacking-related posts to keep your streak going, IMO Marc should police that more).

Your idea is well beyond where I am in my journey but one thing I've frequently thought I'd pay for is a service that helps me put out YouTube content for marketing. Helps me organize my ideas, write the scripts, buy/rent the right equipment, do outreach to YouTubers for collaborations, edit the videos.

I don't mind answering some questions to make it easier for the app to auto apply for me. IMO determining whether to apply to a job isn't the hard part, I think the hard part is interfacing with all of the company-specific web apps for accepting applications.