July 28th, 2024

Show HN: I built an affordable service for growing your SaaS

Saastronomy, founded by SaaS entrepreneurs Matt and Harry, offers tailored marketing services for SaaS businesses, helping clients enhance growth and ROI through strategies like market analysis and user acquisition optimization.

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Show HN: I built an affordable service for growing your SaaS

Saastronomy is a marketing service designed specifically for SaaS businesses, founded by experienced SaaS entrepreneurs Matt and Harry. The company aims to help clients enhance their marketing efforts, grow their customer base, and maximize return on investment through tailored strategies. Saastronomy offers a comprehensive suite of services, including market analysis, customized growth strategies, user acquisition optimization, conversion rate enhancement, pricing strategy refinement, content marketing, and ongoing outreach.

One notable success story involves Yesterday's Domains, which faced stagnant growth despite having a solid product. Saastronomy conducted a thorough analysis of their market and user acquisition channels, leading to a customized marketing plan that included refining pricing, targeted social campaigns, and cold outreach. As a result, the company experienced a significant revenue increase, tripling within two weeks.

Saastronomy emphasizes a growth-focused approach, targeting potential customers effectively to drive new revenue. The service is available for $69 per month, with a three-day trial period and a money-back guarantee if clients are not satisfied. Testimonials from clients highlight the effectiveness of Saastronomy's strategies and the team's commitment to understanding and addressing their specific needs. Overall, Saastronomy positions itself as a partner in driving growth for SaaS businesses, leveraging years of experience to navigate the unique challenges of the industry.

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By @mtlynch - 6 months
This isn't a Show HN, as the users here can't play with it:

>Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you feedback, and ask questions in the thread.

>On topic: things people can run on their computers or hold in their hands. For hardware, you can post a video or detailed article. For books, a sample chapter is ok.

>Off topic: blog posts, sign-up pages, newsletters, lists, and other reading material. Those can't be tried out, so can't be Show HNs. Make a regular submission instead.

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

By @mtmail - 6 months
"The results were immediate and substantial. Within just two weeks, Yesterday's Domains saw their revenue triple."

That's the project of one of the authors (https://x.com/mjhcodes/status/1816156147428048941). How does "Our team jumped into action." apply when it's one's own project?

For $69 USD/month I'd expect 20 minutes of a seasoned senior SaaS professional's time. The page lists a dozens of tasks they can work on. Either they're massively underselling themselves or it's some kind of marketing ploy to find founders with underperforming products and later sell them something else (for example ask for shares of the company).

A pricing of $1000 USD/month for 10h/week or such would fit better. That might exclude those early SaaS project which don't have much revenue yet but I think $69 is too low to be believable.

By @maxverse - 6 months
What exactly do you do? The very first thing I read is:

> We work alongside every step of the way to help you to push your SaaS to new levels.

The second thing is.

> By taking a growth-focused approach, we target your potential customers and acquire new revenue.

That's a lot of words that don't tell me anything about the service you provide. I'm already growth-focused, trying to maximize ROI, and pushing my SaaS to new levels. What exactly do you do?

Consider: "We offer a set of services tailored to the SaaS industry" sounds like marketing speak. How about "We know SaaS inside and out, from years (decades?) of experience at [SaaS company], [SaaS company], and working with dozens (?) of clients."

After I scroll a third of the way down, I finally see that you're marketing consultants. The bullet points under "About us" are the most interesting thing about the page, and you should lead with them. I know next to nothing about marketing, but "we will help optimize (increase? triple?) your conversion rates through a highly-personalized pricing and content strategy" reads a lot better than "grow your business, maximize ROI".

Finally, and I don't mean to sound harsh, but if you're doing marketing consulting, your own marketing page currently doesn't inspire much confidence.

By @hobobaggins - 6 months
Is this SaaS growth/pricing/ads consulting? What do you get for $69/month?

It's a bit unclear, but such services can definitely be useful.

By @borissk - 6 months
Looks like an interesting service. Maybe you can provide a little bit of extra explanation what you're doing. SaaS is an overused term and it means different things to different people.