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I built a SaaS from India — here's day 22

I built a SaaS from India — here's day 22

via Dev.toKumar Aayush

The Problem Indian coaches were losing ₹90,000/year in booking platform fees. No tool was built specifically for them. So I built one. What I Built LinkDrop (trylinkdrop.com) — combines: Link-in-bio profile page Booking calendar UPI payments built-in Zero commission Tech Stack Frontend: Next.js 14 + Tailwind CSS Auth: Firebase Auth Database: Firebase Firestore Hosting: Vercel Payments: Dodo Payments Email: Resend Domain: Hostinger The Honest Numbers (Day 22) Metric Value Google impressions 403 Pages indexed 28/316 Real clicks 7 Real users 1 Paying customers 0 The Moment That Mattered Sent 20 Instagram DMs on day 21. 18 ignored me. 1 wanted payment. 1 replied. That 1 coach has 150,000 followers and signed up immediately. One DM. One conversation. One user who could change everything. What I Learned Build after validating — not before Direct outreach beats SEO in month 1 One real user is worth 1,000 impressions UPI support is a genuine differentiator Solo building from a tier-2 city is p

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