Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
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#312Prints salutations
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#313Solo founder of https://docevent.io SFTP and FTP/S directly to your Azure Blobs, Google Cloud Storage and S3 buckets. I bootstrapped it myself, but there are now others that help remotely (consultants, contractors) on some features, fixes testing and marketing.
This is great! I really wished this existed a few years ago at my previous company. We needed this exactly. A straightforward way to get ftp files into blob. Is it possible to cname/whitelabel the domain of the ftp address?
Thanks! You can CNAME, but for FTPS there will be certificate verification errors because the DNS is changed (there is nothing like http2 where we can serve other SSL certs for different destination hosts).
But for SFTP, and FTP (insecure, not that you'd want to) CNAME works fine.
We do do seperate SSL certs but it is only for bigger customers that we host dedicated instances on their behalf.
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#314Key Values ( https://www.keyvalues.com ) is a one-woman show (oh hi!). I started Key Values as a side project two years ago, but it quickly turned into my full-time passion and business. I'm doing ~$30k/month and it's almost all profit since I don't have an office or any employees. I recently talked to Courtland of Indie Hackers (already mentioned in the comments) about how I got here: https://www.indiehackers.com/po…
I thought this is a Key/Value store. :)
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#315This may not qualify as SaaS but I built makerpad.co to show people how to build products/businesses without code. Currently $27k over the last month. One person, not my full time gig. Wtf am I talking about?! I’m basically showing people the power of not needing to code to build something. I built an Airbnb “clone” by linking webflo, Airtable and zapier. Basically trying to show people they can build their first ver…
Hey just wanted to check out your site, it looks good but the menu is messed up a little for me on mobile. Using the Pixel in Chrome: http://imgur.com/fz2GiVP
Yikes, will fix
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#316I started https://www.seektable.com as a side project 2 years ago - originally this was demo of technology (totally free tool). Last 9 months I'm trying to convert it into profitable SaaS app; have first paid customers however MRR is still low.
Depending on your SaaS app niche and your marketing capabilities it might take some time to get stable and good-enough cash flow.
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#317I launched https://travelmap.net as a side project 5 years ago but now I'm working full-time on it. I preferred that than freelancing ;)
this is amazing idea. Happy to share how much monthly users you got, and what tech you used?
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#318I run a one-person ‘SaaS’ that delivers morning tech briefings each day for industry insight, without ads, that I wanted to see, called recharged: https://char.gd/recharged . I both write the newsletters + develop the platform behind the scenes that enables seamless community access involved, and our MRR is approximately $2,500/month for about 18 months. I’ll admit it’s a struggle to properly grow at this point, but…
I follow your work! If you need a hand on Recharged I'd love to help and keep it live and up.
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#319Go for it! I'm working on NanaGram ( https://nanagram.co ) solo and bootstrapped. Although I'm not making a full-time income yet, it's generating a profit. It's mostly automated. NanaGram is the 3rd greatest generator of happiness and fulfillment in my life (after my wife and my dog). I get a constant stream of good vibes from customers, most recently voicemails from grandmothers! ( https://nanagram.co/blog/feedback-…
Just curious: are you using a third party API for printing and mailing?
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#320Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you have a link to your product? A cursory search turned up nothing.
Sure thing! Thanks for asking. We're closed to new signups now while we wrap up the last bit of feature parity from the old app (and make sure all is working smoothly for our current subscribers), but would love to have you check it out in a little bit: https://pearbudget.com
Oh, wow, I’ve been using your spreadsheet for over a decade now! It was my intro to personal budgeting and has served me well all this time.
Have you ever considered creating a native mobile app? That’d probably tip me over the edge to become a paying customer.