The Complete SaaS Development Checklist

192 items · 7 stages

Founder's Guide

The Complete SaaS Development Checklist

A stage-by-stage guide to building, launching, and scaling your SaaS product—from initial validation to exit-ready. Built from 50+ real-world checklists and Reddit war stories.

192 items • 7 stages

Stage 4 / 33 items

Pre-Launch Polish

The difference between 'it works' and 'it's ready'. Fix the things users notice immediately and the edge cases that break at 2am.

Make terminology consistent throughout app

Differentiate CTAs clearly

Test mobile responsiveness on real devices

Verify signup completable on mobile without zooming

Make core action reachable in one click from dashboard

Ensure navigation is understandable without explanation

Provide feedback after every action

Offer undo for destructive actions

Verify back button behavior works correctly

Ensure page titles and URLs make sense

Measure and optimize time to first value

Reduce signup form to minimum required fields

Add progress indicator for multi-step onboarding

Allow skip for non-essential setup steps

Optimize default settings for most users

Test welcome email deliverability

Guide first-run experience to core value

Provide sample data or templates

Test with slow network (3G throttling)

Test in incognito/private mode

Test in Chrome, Safari, and Firefox

Test with ad blockers enabled

Test with very long text inputs

Test with special characters in inputs

Test file uploads with maximum sizes

Test timezone handling

Test concurrent sessions (same user, multiple tabs)

Build admin panel for user management

Add user impersonation feature for debugging

Allow admin to trigger password reset

Make subscription status viewable/editable by admin

Show user activity log

Document supported browsers

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