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

How I built a profitable SaaS web app: from idea to first sales(medium.com)

16 points by mskvsk 8 years ago | 5 comments

jblok 8 years ago |

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

mskvsk 8 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.

mskvsk 8 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 8 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?

mskvsk 8 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.