u/Aggravating_Jury7099

▲ 2 r/SaaS

I’m tired of renting software assets

I like the idea of owning the things I create.

I make an image, I download it.

I edit a video, I export it.

I build a landing page, I host it myself.

But while building my first saas, I noticed there wasn’t any platform for creating and also downloading an interactive demo.

All of them locked the demo I created in their hosting and required a subscription just to keep it online.

So I built PokeDemo to do just this , would love feedback from other SaaS founders: have you had the same issue?

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u/Aggravating_Jury7099 — 2 days ago

So I see lot of SaaS landing pages still use screenshots/ short product videos/ booked demo CTAs /static feature sections.

Personally I prefer clicking through the product myself before signing up.

And this made me wonder: are interactive product demos actually a better for gowth for early-stage SaaS, or do they just look nice?

The tradeoff I see:

Product videos:

easy to watch passively

good for storytelling

but can feel slow or too polished

and are difficult and time consuming to make

Interactive demos:

let visitors click through the product

can work well not just for landing pae but also for docs, onboarding, and sales

but take a lot effort to create and maintain

and tend to cost a lot to make and maintain

I made a small tool around this idea: interactive product demos that can be downloaded and self-hosted without a subscription

But I’m still trying to understand the growth side:

have you seen interactive demos improve conversion activation or demo bookings or are screenshots/videos still enough for most SaaS pages?

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u/Aggravating_Jury7099 — 9 days ago

I launched on PH recently and thought I had the basics right:

product page
video
screenshots/images
tagline
description
maker comment

Result? 2 upvotes. One of them was mine, of course.

I’m not posting this to complain, just trying to understand how ph works.

Is it a place where products can get discovered, or is it just an amplifier for people who already have following?

Cuz from my tiny launch experience, it felt like the product page mattered way less than having an audience ready before launch day.

So for other people:
did Product Hunt bring you real traffic or users?

this is my product if you're curious: https://www.producthunt.com/products/pokedemo-self-hosted-interactive-demos

u/Aggravating_Jury7099 — 9 days ago