People told me to turn my business idea into a SaaS, but does this model fit how I sell?

Don't go redesigning a working system just because investors hyped you up. Close your first 10 clients at the planned 70,000 TL license price. Get real cash flowing in, test the software out in the field. You can always fund the shift to a SaaS backend using that internally generated capital.

Investors push SaaS because it serves their own interests: recurring revenue brings higher valuation multiples, making the business much easier to flip. But when the internet cuts out and the workshop grinds to a halt, that investor won't be out in the field dealing with an angry manufacturing owner—you will.

In a similar industry, we switched from a one-time license of 45.000 TL to a monthly subscription of 1.200 TL. We hit a massive cash flow crunch for the first 9 months, because instead of pulling in 450.000 TL from 10 clients, we were only getting 12.000 TL a month. It took us a solid 15 months to recover and turn a profit.

Turning an architecture built for desktop into a multi-tenant cloud SaaS tool essentially means rewriting the codebase from scratch. Issues like database isolation, data security, and server redundancy require serious technical engineering effort.

our accountants were also against the cloud at first but once two machines died and the data was wiped they realized its worth. bosses get used to monthly payments too as long as they can see everything from their phone even if the computer crashes.

Clarify these three questions before making the switch: 1) How many minutes of internet downtime can your client tolerate? 2) Does your company have enough runway to subsidize the low cash flow for the first 12 months? 3) Does your software require frequent updates and constant live support?

i know contract manufacturers well; they get furious when money gets charged to their card at the beginning of the month. btw consider SaaS only if you can bill an annual subscription and collect upfront, otherwise you'll be too busy chasing payments eveyr month to write any code.

Looking at it as a process, the picture changes. Calculate how many months you can survive without revenue, then halve that number.

Proven by experience.

grat work.

We need to take it step by step. Measure first, then divide. When the order is right, the debate ends.

I'm also curious if anyone does it differently.

Same here. Don't hesitate to ask; those who don't ask always pay more.

I'm also curious if anyone does it differently.

My questions are cleared up, thanks. If it's your first time, start small; scaling comes later.

If you post the result here, it will help others too.

Let me summarize what's been said so far... anyway the harder it is to reverse a decision the slower you should make it.

Just leaving this note, it might be useful.

My questions are cleared up, thanks. Splitting your budget without knowing where you're losing users is just throwing money in the dark.

I'm also curious if anyone does it differently.

You're right, I've been down that road too. Processes without records never improve, because you don't know what to fix.

I have no experience with what is a saas tool, so I'm asking. If it's your first time, start small; scaling comes later.

Hope this helps.

I'm a small business, let me explain from my side. The real issue isn't the number, but what it's based on.

A two-week notebook guides you more than a six-month forecast. Of course, it varies if your situation is different.

If you're going this route, sort this out first. When making a decision first look at what data you have on hand.

This is my opinion, I'm not claiming it's absolute truth.