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Hi there!

I’m an experienced startup product designer and marketer who recently got into building small-scale software products as a one-person team. While working on various projects, the part of creating a waitlist website every time I need to validate an idea or gather early users just takes a ton of time and thinking that could be better spent elsewhere.

I spent hours designing landing pages. AI-generated sites required endless prompting and fixing, and full website builders like Framer or Webflow took a lot more time than I expected. Because of that extra effort, I often lost momentum and sometimes missed the window to test concepts quickly.

So I built Preshiplist — a tool that generates simple, clean, mobile-optimized waitlist pages with minimal setup. No builder UI. No templates. You write your description, choose a style, and publish.

The platform includes: - Fully working forms - A built-in database for signups with email validation - AI assistance to help you refine your page copy - A basic email drip system so new signups receive an automatic follow-up - Custom domains, short links, and an Open Graph editor to make sharing easier

All of this works out of the box without needing integrations, prompting, or configuration.

A few technical notes: – Built mainly with Next.js and Supabase for the backend – Deployed on Vercel with Cloudflare in front for stability and security – Email functionality is handled by the always-reliable Resend – AI features use OpenAI models for generating text variations – Custom domains come with automatic SSL via Vercel

If you’re up for it, I’d appreciate feedback on: – Simplicity vs flexibility — is a streamlined flow enough, or would you prefer more customization power? – Features you think would be valuable for makers or founders using waitlist pages – Whether AI-assisted copy is helpful in this context or unnecessary

Thanks for reading!