I’m going to be honest here because I think this forum is the right place for it.
I’ve been a certified Bubble developer for a while now with 1.5 years of experience, 1 year of which was at agencies. I’ve built full-stack SaaS platforms, AI-powered mobile apps, edtech tools, a BJJ community app, an astrology app with 20+ API integrations, and even published native Bubble plugins on the marketplace.
On paper it feels like enough. But I’ve been sending cold emails to agencies, messaging people on LinkedIn, posting in groups — and the silence is honestly starting to get to me.
I’m not writing this to vent. I’m writing this because I genuinely believe someone here has been where I am and found a way through.
So I’d love to ask — what actually worked for you? How did you land your first consistent Bubble role or client? Was it Upwork? A forum post? A referral? Cold outreach?
Any honest advice would mean a lot right now. I’m not giving up — I just want to make sure I’m not missing something obvious.
The paragraph I quoted really just causes a business owner to yawn.
Someone busy does not care about your life story or your certifications. They care about their problems and how you can help them.
When you start with… ‘I have been a certified developer for’… their brain starts thinking, ‘here we go with a textbook list of this person’s credentials.’
From what you’ve posted, you’ve got a whole laundry list and no story whatsoever.
People don’t know if these things you posted are just some side gig you did.
They don’t know if they were some kind of template you just filled in.
They don’t know if any of these apps even work.
They don’t know if anyone even actually uses any of the plugins you built, or if they even work.
All pretty generic stuff and nothing that would even start to grab my attention.
You need to tell a story (example)…
Re-engineered a bottlenecked database for a B2B logistics platform, reducing page-load times by 74% and allowing them to scale smoothly from 500 to 12,000+ active monthly users.
Redesigned the checkout flow and API integration for a local marketplace app, resulting in a 42% reduction in cart abandonment and a direct 600% increase in monthly sales within 90 days of launch.
Inherited a broken, slow legacy Bubble app for a real estate agency. Optimized their repeating groups, streamlined 30+ chaotic workflows, and saved them $1,200/month in Bubble capacity/WU costs.
If you’re sending out emails or running ads that look like you have no idea what you’re really doing, or have no real anything to show what you’ve actually helped anyone with, you won’t even get a second look.
Also, your portfolio is on a free hosted site. That looks a little tacky actually, when you’re trying to impress clients. And none of your examples link to anything.
I mean, a domain name is only like 10 bucks a year.
My honest advice is start learning to code so that you can vibe code safely.
Or build a startup if you have an idea worth pursuing (don’t do both).
It might be kinda rough at first (or forever), but if you truly back yourself you at least have a shot at self-determination.
Bubble’s main value proposition is no longer perceived as valuable. The customer perception problem is a problem that I don’t believe Bubble can solve. So it’s uunlikely that there will be a meaningful amount of new work.
Well, in this case, it’s not a platform problem, it’s a marketing problem.
Even if the OP took the advice to spend the next six months learning to code so they could “vibe code safely”… they would still be sitting around wondering where the clients were because they’d be pitching their ‘safe code’ the same way they pitched their Bubble skills, as a list of credentials.
One person complains they can’t get clients. Another person complains they can’t keep up with all the clients.
It’s like 2 restaurants on the same block…
One is empty, and the owner is sitting at the bar complaining that ‘the economy is bad, people don’t eat out anymore, and the location is terrible.’
Meanwhile, fifty feet down the street, the other restaurant has a 45-minute wait, the servers are running around trying to keep up, and they are turning people away at the door.
It’s all about your marketing… switching platforms doesn’t solve a sales problem.
It’s easier to say ‘Bubble’s value proposition is gone’ than to take a look at what you’re doing and say ‘My portfolio looks tacky, my links are broken, and I’m not explaining how I save people money.’
I truly believe that with the right marketing, you can be successful regardless of what platform you use.
Someone is always looking for solutions to painful problems.
Firstly, when you address anyone, anywhere for any reason, its probably a good idea to not come across as condescending or unnecessarily sarcastic.
Secondly, you’re wrong. Location matters more than marketing for a restaraunt business.
Location matters because you want to be where your ideal customers/clients are. For Bubble devs this used to be non-technicals with a budget struggling to build software. That client profile currently thinks that they can either vibe code their ideas to life on their own or they can pay a traditional developer to vibe code their app into existence in days. Hence, the Location for the ideal client profile has been redirected away from Bubble.
You also have to consider the OPs current skill level. Can the OP walk into an existing app and deliver value fast enough? If the answer is no, then their best bet is landing an entirely new project where they are more likely to provide immediate value. I think it’s pretty well documented on this forum that there has been a major drop-off in enquiries.
So in conclusion, because the OP hasn’t sunk many years into Bubble, I think it makes sense for him/her to make a switch early.
Don’t get me wrong, I still love Bubble and I still use it everyday. I just don’t think it’s a good idea to bet it all on Bubble especially in light of the latest observable hiring trends.
Yeah, maybe you should read my comment again and comprehend what I was alluding to.
I didn’t mention that location played a factor in either restaurant. I actually said they were 50 feet apart.
But since you want to also make a statement that isn’t true about the location of a restaurant being the main factor…
I can introduce you to some food truck operators who have no permanent location and make more than a whole lot of restaurants. It’s all marketing.
I can introduce you to some ghost kitchens that make multi-million dollars, and most of their customers have no idea where they’re located. It’s all marketing.
I can also remind you of some restaurants in very high-traffic locations that went under…
while there are others 30 or 40 miles out of town that do great because of marketing.
So anyway, if you want to call me on something, that’s fine. Just read the comment first before you talk about something I didn’t allude to.
Yeah obviously marketing is important but to try to break in and build up a brand in a sector that is in significant decline with no visible solution in sight is not a marketing issue.
There’s a lot more work in getting in the projects to convert to a real code app and obviously that will diminish it shortly as there are less and less companies left…
I’ve never done any marketing other than having templates, coaching and plugins. I’ve sold 1 template in six months compared to 3-4 monthly between 2020 and mid 2025.
Used to see 5-6 coaching sessions a month, those are mostly dried up.
I have a feeling, based on conversations since early 2025 that most other professional developers experienced the same drop off in how their client funnels no longer produced.
I remember one plugin developer telling me how his course stopped selling completely in early 2025 and was reason they were leaving Bubble…it was a very well known plugin developer.
If you look at public numbers of visits to bubble pages like RFP page, they seem to be low….not something I ever tracked but were pretty low compared to number of agencies. I saw 407 visits with 300 agencies listed, so from what I’ve heard from agencies, is the bubble RFP system is not a source of leads now.
What I think has happened is Bubble as a business is probably fine, you can assume this by the consistent team expansion. But, I do not think the business as a Bubble developer is fine for vast majority of developers.
I’ve seen upwork job postings getting 50+ proposals in a day. You can see in bubble forum how the ‘jobs’ section is full of, “I’m looking for a job” while the “I’m offering a job” is scant.
2 years ago I told somebody asking if they should become a bubble developer not to, others on the forum disagreed.
I’ve noticed that too. I can only agree to the below:
I have always thought it would not make a lot of sense to be a Bubble developer for the purpose of working for another Bubble developer. It’s so niche.
Bubble solves specific problems so the goal of a Bubble developer should be to solve problems. For others or themselves. This post sums it up well.
@QinisoG Google search is definitely not where you want to look for evidence of Bubble’s actual usage.
Yeah, a lot of people are stuck with the tech, but that doesn’t mean it’s still being used to build new projects or even as a logic stack. Sorry, but look around, the Bubble environment has been slowly declining since Claude Code exploded.
For the OP, you want to land a Bubble role? Good luck, there is not a single agency that isn’t slowly leaning into vibe coding.
Bubble was the MVP king and now it’s been dethroned. Best of luck to you.
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