charges hit my account, think “I should cancel that” and then immediately forget. $34/month just burning away on stuff I didn’t use. I tried everything, spreadsheets, calendar reminders, Notion trackers, sticky notes. Nothing worked because they all required me to remember to check them. So I built something that bugs me EVERY DAY starting 7 days before renewal until I actually deal with it. Can’t snooze, can’t ignore. Cancelled 4 subscriptions. Saved $408/year. Then I thought, maybe other people have this problem too? Month 1 results: $600 in revenue ~50 paying customers Zero refund requests All from organic Reddit posts and word of mouth What I learned: Solve your own problem first. If it’s painful enough that you’ll build a tool for it, others will pay for it. One-time payments > subscriptions (for this niche). Ironic to charge a subscription for a subscription tracker. Customers loved the one-time pricing, it’s anti-subscription fatigue. Simple beats feature-bloated. The app does one thing: bugs you until you cancel or keep. That’s it. No bank sync, no complex features. Just simple reminders. Not life-changing revenue, but it’s real money from a real problem I solved for myself first. If you struggle with the same thing, it’s called Vexly. Happy to answer questions about it.
I have ADHD and kept forgetting to cancel subscriptions. Every month I’d see
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