The Lighthouse Blog

A plain-English migration guide for indie founders switching waitlist tools. What to export, how to move the signups, and how to re-warm the list without losing momentum.

RouzbehJuly 24

How to build a waitlist landing page in under 2 minutes: what to put on it, how to turn signups into customers, and the free tool to create a waitlist in seconds.

RouzbehJuly 23

Pre-launch marketing strategy for indie SaaS founders: 15 tactical moves to validate the idea, build a waitlist, warm it up, and launch to real customers.

RouzbehJuly 22

Google Forms captures emails but misses everything else a waitlist needs. Six honest alternatives ranked by fit for indie SaaS launches.

RouzbehJuly 21

A waitlist is a landing page that captures email signups before your product launches. Full guide: why they matter, what makes them work, when to start.

RouzbehJuly 20

Honest roundup of the best GetWaitlist alternatives for indie founders: LaunchList, Waitlister, Prefinery, KickoffLabs, Viral Loops, Lighthouse.

RouzbehJuly 19

Viral Loops is referral-first. Lighthouse is validation-first. Honest comparison for indie SaaS founders picking a pre-launch tool.

RouzbehJuly 18

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