news.ycombinator.com• Aug 16, 2026• 1 min read
Ask HN: How would you market this service?Hi all,I have a genuine problem here, I have been working for myself on a licensing layer for my personal apps.A few fellow developers are using it after seeing how good it is, but I've had a very hard time getting new users into the platform.In average, a dozen of people are signing up a week and are going through the first steps, setup their dashboard and issue their first license. I made a CLI that automates all of that by safely.Then, blank.I feel like I didn't find the way to properly show off the service or I don't know. For me it totally make sense to use a licensing layer, it ensures your data stays in one spot, even if u use multiple payment providers or MoR.Although it seems hard for people to understand the value of it.I won't share the link, I'm not doing marketing here. The SaaS is really about, licensing your app, customer portal, payment provider agnostic, deep analytics, usage and cross-platform SDKs.Do any of you have any ideas?
