Month Overview
Personal: November was a month of balance and milestone moments. Spent a couple of days in Jakarta with Abi for a friend's wedding and caught up with a close old friend. Quality time with Abi continued throughout the month - the relationship keeps getting better! Fitness was consistent with gym sessions twice weekly and paddle tennis dominating my sports calendar at 3 sessions per week. Got back into golf with a practice session mid-month. The highlight? Making our FIRST SALE on November 30th - 7 months into the journey, SaaSTrialFlow finally has paying customers!
Business: THIS IS THE MONTH EVERYTHING CHANGED. After 7 months of building with zero revenue, we made our first sale! MagLoft purchased our $497 lifetime deal on November 30th, replacing their $97/month GoHighLevel subscription. The math is beautiful - they save money long-term, we get our first real validation. Development remained strong with 66 commits across weeks 23-26. Week 23 delivered Layer 3 email architecture separating conversation history from current messages, 50% performance improvements, and the complete 4-stage agent pipeline (registration → activation → adoption → commitment). Week 24 brought embeddable forms for client websites, dashboard refactor with pipeline/funnel views, and LLM-powered email classification. Week 25 saw Next.js 16 migration with React 19.2, complete marketing website redesign with comprehensive features page, and an AI-powered smart onboarding wizard with Crawl4AI deep crawling. Week 26 was the monetization push: complete PayPal billing integration, STF self-tracking (dogfooding our own product), and the systems that enabled our first sale. We're finally eating our own dog food and it tastes GOOD!
Sports & Fitness: Found a sustainable rhythm this month. Gym twice weekly kept the baseline fitness going, though still not where I want to be. Paddle tennis continues to be the addiction - 3 sessions per week throughout the month. Got one golf practice in, with more rounds planned for December. The paddle-to-golf ratio is way off, but at least I'm staying active!
November marks the turning point from "building in the dark" to "building with validation." Twitch revenue was $3.29 this month. The first sale isn't just $497 - it's proof that the product solves real problems. MagLoft is saving $97/month by switching from GoHighLevel, and we're getting invaluable feedback from a real customer. The goal for December: more sales, deeper product refinement based on MagLoft's usage, and continued streaming of the journey at https://www.twitch.tv/nickm4rtin!
Expenses
| Service | Category | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel Pro | Hosting | $20.00 |
| Railway | Hosting | $5.00 |
| Claude Code | AI Coding | $100.00 |
| Google Workspace | Operations | $8.00 |
| Total Expenses | $133.00 | |
Revenue
| Source | Category | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| SaaSTrialFlow | SaaS | $497.00 |
| Twitch Stream | Streaming | $3.29 |
| Affiliate Marketing | Marketing | $0.00 |
| Digital Product Sales | Products | $0.00 |
| Total Revenue | $500.29 | |