HACKER Q&A
📣 HSK11

Should I Promote My SaaS to get first 100 Customers without budget


Bootstrapped founders: how did you get your first 100 customers without spending on ads? I'm interested in tactics that actually worked in 2026, not generic marketing advice.


  👤 lalithaar Accepted Answer ✓
Distribution is the hardest rn and most marketing advice is absolute with AI.

So would love to know if something is working tbh


👤 elombn
Depends on the product niche, but most of the time if it's a b2c, posting tiktok/instagram content regularly helped a friend of mine a lot. And if b2b, twitter and reddit comments and cold dm worked for me personaly. Am currently at ~50 users, not 100 yet haha

👤 poulskyman
Man, I'm literally in the exact same boat right now. I've been trying everything submitting to those tiny directories nobody visits, even doing manual cold outreach.