I Got Customers!

Since launch, I've managed to get quite a few sign ups, but the issue is that once signed up, they stop the process and don't purchase the Pro version. Seeing as the running costs of the product are really low, I've been going with the following approach:

1. Once users sign up, I have their email. I then count that as a lead.
2. I send them a 100% off for 6 month discount coupon. I don't use any external APIs, so this isn't going to cost me much.
3. Hopefully, the users are then tempted to take the offer and then use the product.
4. Once the 6 months are over, they may still think that paying the small fee per month isn't worth it, BUT keeping their code documentation that they've put INTO Ghost Note over the last 6 months WILL be worth keeping, and therefore they'll be inclined to keep paying. That data isn't cleanly exportable, which I think is wise. This is where the "stickiness" of the product comes from.

So far, from this strategy, I've managed to get one customer, who was Principle Software Engineer at Oracle. So hopefully after 6 months he continues paying the monthly fee, which he is likely to do if he continues to use the product.

Then, following that, I have a user from Taiwan pay the full price for the yearly membership for Pro, which I was very happy about. After 12 months of using the Product, hopefully he has put a lot of documentation into it, at which point the value of keeping that documentation becomes more valuable than the small fee per month for the product. And therefore, hopefully, that's a permenant customer

Product Hunt Launch

I launched Ghost Note on Product Hunt over the weekend, and out of the 121 products launched that day, it was voted 7th place, with 77 followers!

I'd say that's pretty good going

Ghost Note - A New Way to Document Your Code

Hi all, I'm Leyton, the creator of Ghost Note, a Visual Studio Code extension with a unique approach to documentation. Microsoft featured it on the VS Marketplace homepage in early 2025 (see attachment), a strong endorsement given the volume of extensions published monthly.

Website: https://www.ghostnotedev.com/

Problem

When working in large or complex codebases, developers often need to capture their own understanding of tricky business logic or leave reminders and bookmarks for later. The usual options are flawed:

• Inline comments clutter codebases and expose private notes. If every developer left a comment to describe some complicated logic in a way that makes sense to them, there'd be too many comments and the code would get cluttered.
• External docs (Notion, Confluence) quickly grow stale and are forgotten.
• Bookmarks in editors attach to lines, not symbols, so they break when code moves.

We need a way to keep private notes in code without touching version control.

Solution

Ghost Note lets you attach private notes directly to symbols (functions, classes, variables), invisible to Git and teammates. Unlike line-based bookmarks, notes stay attached through refactors, moves, or reformatting. You can also add attachments (docs, images, video, or audio) right inside your editor.

When you're working in a million line codebase, a tool like this immensely useful.

Product Journey

I built the extension for my own use, then opened it up to the public. It now has 1,847 installs with an 82% install rate (see attachment). A small Discord community has formed (23 members), many asking for broader language support. This inspired me to develop a Pro version.

If just 5% of current users upgrade, that’s over 90 customers, with strong growth potential. In this channel, I’ll share my go-to-market strategy, launch plans, onboarding approach, and outreach efforts to teams and organizations.