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Checklist · Advanced · 10 min
Subscription billing go-live checklist
What must be proven before real cards are charged.
- Billing bugs cost money and trust in equal measure. Prove these on a test card first, then on one real charge.
- ☐ Checkout carries your reference as the external id
- ☐ Webhook signature verified
Items 10
Cheat sheet · Beginner · 5 min
SaaS metrics cheat sheet
The definitions of the metrics every SaaS reports, so two people compute the same number. 4 sections, 16 entries.
- Revenue
- Retention
- Acquisition
Entries 16
Checklist · Beginner · 10 min
SaaS launch checklist
The items that must be true before the first paying customer is invited.
- A launch checklist is the difference between a first customer and a first refund. These items are the minimum.
- ☐ Sign-in, reset and verification tested from a real inbox
- ☐ Billing tested with a real card in test mode and one real charge
Items 10
Guide · Beginner · 12 min
Pricing a small SaaS
A method for setting a first price and a plan structure without guessing.
- Pricing is a decision you can revise, but a first price set by guessing anchors everything after it. This guide gives a method: value from the customer's alternative, a simple structure, and a rule for when to change.
- Start from the alternative
- Two plans, one difference
Guide · Beginner · 15 min
Choosing a SaaS stack you can maintain alone
How to choose the framework, database and hosting for a small SaaS on the basis of maintenance, not novelty.
- The stack that ships a SaaS is the one you can debug at midnight. This guide sets out the questions that matter for a small team choosing a framework, a database and hosting, and the answers that hold up two years in.
- Framework: the one you already know
- Database: Postgres unless you can say why not
Playbook · Intermediate · 3h
Onboarding that reaches first value: playbook
Design onboarding so a new user reaches the product's first valuable moment in the first session.
- Half of new signups reach first value in session one.
- Step 1: Define first value precisely
- Step 2: Map the current path
Steps 5Deliverables 3
Playbook · Advanced · 5h
Subscription billing integration: playbook
Integrate a billing provider so subscriptions activate only on verified payment and stay correct through renewals and cancellations.
- Billing that never grants access it was not paid for and never drops access that was.
- Step 1: Model the subscription locally
- Step 2: Build checkout with your reference
Steps 6Deliverables 3
Playbook · Intermediate · 3h
Authentication and accounts done right: playbook
Set up sign-in, sessions, password reset and account deletion so they never need rebuilding.
- Accounts that are secure by default and boring to maintain.
- Step 1: Pick a library, not a tutorial
- Step 2: Set the secrets and the URL
Steps 6Deliverables 3
Playbook · Intermediate · 4h
Ship a SaaS MVP in six weeks: playbook
Take a validated idea to a paying first customer in six weeks by cutting scope to one job and one price.
- One customer paying for one job done well by the end of week six.
- Step 1: Fix the one job
- Step 2: Build the walking skeleton
Steps 5Deliverables 3

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