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How I built a profitable SaaS web app: from idea to first sales

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16 points by mskvsk 9 years ago · 5 comments

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jblok 9 years ago

Out of interest, how did you work out that you could make $10,000 MRR?

  • mskvskOP 9 years ago

    It's a pretty rough estimation for sure but I considered how much on average is made by the Fiverr's top quote image content gigs and did a quick analysis of how many packages could be sold on the verticals not covered by the Fiverr's gigs.

    Let's see how it goes though.

mskvskOP 9 years ago

This is my third tutorial on building a simple and profitable SaaS. As usual, I'm happy to answer any questions.

Thanks for reading!

  • galuggus 9 years ago

    great tutorial

    Could you link the previous two?

    Will you offer the service to fiverr sellers? Whitelabel it to agencies?

    What is your current revenue?

    • mskvskOP 9 years ago

      > Could you link the previous two? Sure, here https://hackernoon.com/how-i-made-a-saas-webservice-earning-... https://hackernoon.com/i-used-lamp-to-make-a-saas-with-3700-...

      > Will you offer the service to fiverr sellers? Whitelabel it to agencies? Totally. I also think I'll be able build a tiny network of affiliate partners for this app. As I'm the only person on the payroll I could offer pretty much substantial affiliate fee.

      > What is your current revenue? The web service is just launched, let's wait at least a month to accumulate some stats. I'm testing Google Adwords, Facebook Ads, and LinkedIn Ads so, and it should negatively affect the short-term profits. But for the first month I would look at something like $200-500 in revenue.

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