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Commerce · August 4, 2025

Validate First

The marketplace to sell before you build

Validate First launched on August 4, 2025 with 8 votes, #2,487 of 8,530 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.

What it does

A zero-risk marketplace to pre-sell your SaaS idea before writing a single line of code. Founders sell lifetime deals to real buyers and instantly build a beta community. If the product isn’t built, all payments are refunded. Think APPSumo before having an MVP

Pre-sell your SaaS idea with lifetime deals before writing code. Zero-risk marketplace for founders to validate demand with real buyers. If funded, you build it. If not, everyone gets refunded.

A zero-risk marketplace for SaaS founders to test demand with real buyers. Pre-sell your idea with exclusive lifetime deal discounts. If people pay, you build it. If not, everyone gets refunded. Simple. Benefits for both founders and backers in our zero-risk marketplace. Get validation from real paying users, not just surveys or landing page signups. Raise money to build your MVP before writing any code or seeking investors. Direct feedback loop from actual customers who have skin in the game. Engage with your backers in a private Skool community throughout development. Backers get lifetime access to brand-new SaaS products at early-bird pricing. 100% refund guarantee if projects don't hit…from validatingfirst.com

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