AI-powered lead finder for indie POS founders to discover high-intent small retailers
Solo founders building retail POS systems struggle to acquire small retail business customers due to fierce competition from Square and Shopify and lack of a sales team for initial traction.
POSRadar scans public business directories and signals like recent store openings to generate verified leads for small retailers ready for POS upgrades. Solo founders get scored leads with contact info and personalized outreach templates, bypassing cold starts against Square. Launch campaigns in minutes to book demos without a sales team.
Solo founders building SaaS retail POS systems targeting small retail businesses
Vertical-specific lead scoring trained on retail POS buying signals, delivering 3x higher qualification rates than general tools
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Search and filter small retailers by location, size, and POS need signals
AI scores leads 1-100 based on upgrade likelihood from public data
Pull verified emails/phones for owners/managers
CSV export and 10+ POS-specific email templates
Track lead conversion to demos and revenue
One-click send to Gmail/Outlook
Save searches for niches like boutiques or cafes
Pull leads into your CRM
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| credits_used | int | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| business_name | text | No |
| text | Yes | |
| score | int | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| filters | text | No |
| lead_count | int | No |
Relationships:
/api/leads/searchGenerate and score leads based on filters
/api/leads/export/:idDownload CSV of leads
/api/dashboard/statsFetch user analytics
/api/users/creditsCheck remaining credits
No exports
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 50 | 5% | $63 | $756 |
| Month 6 | 250 | 12% | $750 | $9,000 |
POSRadar delivers scored leads of small businesses ditching Square—without scraping or spam.
Post in IndieHackers POS thread offering free beta access to 3 founders sharing their tech stack. DM 10 solo POS builders on Twitter searching 'building POS'. Run $50 Reddit ad on r/SaaS targeting 'POS acquisition'.
Large database
Generic, low retail relevance
POS-specific scoring beats 80% false positives
Email finder
No scoring or retail focus
End-to-end leads + templates
Proprietary POS lead scoring data moat from user campaigns
Explosion of indie POS alternatives amid Square price hikes creates urgent acquisition need
Data source compliance
Use only public APIs like Google Business
Few POS solo founders
Validate with 20 interviews pre-build
API rate limits
Caching + multiple providers
Success: 10+ confirm willingness to pay $25
Success: 20% generate 1+ demo
Success: 100 signups
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