The Lighthouse Blog

KickoffLabs wins on viral marketing and referral mechanics. Lighthouse wins on indie pricing and survey-answer-first pre-launch. Honest comparison.

RouzbehJuly 17

SaaS pre-launch playbook for indie founders: validate the idea, build a waitlist, run a beta, ship the launch email. Timeline, metrics, and common mistakes.

RouzbehJuly 15

Prefinery wins on enterprise-grade referral and integrations. Lighthouse wins on indie pricing and survey-answer-first pre-launch. Honest comparison.

RouzbehJuly 15

Waitlister wins on referral mechanics. Lighthouse wins on survey depth, feedback after launch, and a REST API for indie iOS/SaaS onboarding.

RouzbehJuly 12

LaunchList wins on one-time pricing and referral mechanics. Lighthouse wins on survey answers and what happens after signup. Honest indie comparison.

RouzbehJuly 12

GetWaitlist wins on referral loops. Lighthouse wins on knowing why people joined and what to do after. Honest comparison for indie SaaS founders.

RouzbehJuly 12

Playbook for indie SaaS founders picking a first price: three shapes that work, how to pick the number, common mistakes, and how to raise later.

RouzbehJuly 11

One-list-fits-all kills launch conversion. Playbook for indie SaaS founders: which questions to ask, which segments matter, how to send the right email.

RouzbehJuly 10

X is where indie SaaS founders live. Playbook for turning replies, threads, and follows into waitlist signups without cold DMs or spam.

RouzbehJuly 8

Playbook for indie SaaS founders: pick beta users from your waitlist, invite them the right way, collect feedback that ships, graduate them to paying.

RouzbehJuly 5

MailerLite is a full email marketing platform. Lighthouse is a launch toolkit where email is one of four pieces. Honest comparison for indie SaaS founders.

RouzbehJuly 4

Waitlist full but launch converts at 5 percent? Playbook for indie SaaS founders: warmup emails, launch day, 72-hour follow-up, non-converters.

RouzbehJuly 3