Hildebrand Pre-Sold Subscribr by Offering a Full Money-Back Guarantee
Gil Hildebrand · How I Built It: $30K/month Micro-SaaS (Subscribr Breakdown) · Dec 2, 2025 · at 12:39
Gil Hildebrand, founder of Subscribr, shares how he de-risked pre-orders for early customers before the software was finished.
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“So the way that I did that was by offering a Money back guarantee. So the entire time in between when the presale happened and when the product was delivered, they could ask for their money back.”
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