From 0 to 20 customers using only Reddit threads

I shipped a dev-tools SaaS and had exactly zero distribution skills. Twitter felt like shouting into void; cold email felt wrong for my price point.

I tracked r/SaaS, r/startups, and three niche subreddits. SaaSLeadsBuddy surfaced 3–5 threads daily where someone asked for tools like mine.

I spent fifteen minutes each morning approving drafts and posting natively. No auto-posting — I wanted zero ban risk.

Month one: 4 trials from threads. Month three: 20 paying customers, mostly from replies that still rank when you search the problem on Google.

The lesson: consistency beats virality. Showing up in the right threads every day compounds faster than one lucky post.