news.ycombinator.com• 18h ago• 1 min read
We ran X (Twitter) ads for 4 months and here are the resultsDuration May - Aug 2026My Background: I am a founder of multiple SaaS company. Most recently i am building a AI native ticketing system for support platforms, simply put it takes your issues coming from Github, Discord, Forum or email and have a AI agent run through all the sources and generate a reply that is posted back. Pricing is tier based with a freemium model, direct signup, without demo.Marketing Strategy for X: We started marketing using text and image based post, with our website link put as CTA or the blog (medium) link.Total spending: We spend Around $3,509 for the entire 4 months.Audience: We narrowed down our audience , starting from targeting globally to focusing on Tier 1 markets especially as they have normally have higher rate of subscription buying.Results according to X own numbers: 46M impressions and 26K+ link clicks.Compare with our own website tracker (Matomo): Twitter 613 visits 885 actions 1.4 actions per visit 50s avg. time on website 74% bounce rateActual Si