Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?

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Post by pieterhg » Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 7:41 PM UTC

phatak-dev wrote: post #60

pieterhg wrote: post #37

I run Nomad List ( https://nomadlist.com ) which is not exactly a SaaS but it is a subscription revenue based company. It just passed $300k/y

Loved the site and became member few months back and went on my first nomad trip in South Asia. Keep it up your good work.

Thanks!!

Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?

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Post by sova » Wed, Jun 22, 2016, 6:38 PM UTC

earlyriser wrote: post #4

wwkeyboard wrote: post #3

I'm pretty sure https://pinboard.in is only one person. Apparently a healthy skepticism about everything is useful for running your own SaaS.

And he's making 20K every 3 weeks, according to some previous comments. I paid for the app before it went to a subscription model and it's perfect. Nothing more and nothing less than what I want in bookmarking app.

Very inspiring :D

Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?

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Post by imtu80 » Sat, Jun 25, 2016, 12:03 AM UTC

I'm looking to buy a SaaS app where the owner would to move on to next project. Let me know if you or anybody you may know would like to sell.

Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?

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Post by Rafaka » Mon, Jun 27, 2016, 3:17 PM UTC

http://geniepad.com is quite profitable. I work when I want to. At a minimum I need to put in about 1 hours of work a week total. I travel, enjoy life, read a shitload of books, etc. Total lifestyle business.

Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?

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Post by mvicioso » Mon, Jun 27, 2016, 4:07 PM UTC

I run http://www.designertask.com, steady growing every day. We offer on-demand designer with unlimited requests & revisions.

Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?

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Post by tomgorski » Mon, Jun 27, 2016, 4:10 PM UTC

I run http://www.saasgenius.com and it's going to be profitable in next year. Started it in 2015 as a side project and now working full time on it!

Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?

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Post by afkehaya » Mon, Jun 27, 2016, 5:08 PM UTC

Thanks for sharing this. I'm bootstrapping www.actionpages.co and www.actionwins.co. I'm curious to learn how other entrepreneurs who have bootstrapped their SaaS companies have managed to keep their CAC low enough to not raise money. What strategies did you use?

Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?

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Post by ramsevak » Mon, Jun 27, 2016, 5:25 PM UTC

I started https://scrap.me as a soloprenuer though we are still very far from reaching 1M ARR but we are doing good. I have started this tool as a helping tool for my other venture but launched as a seperate product after our customers started to ask about the product.

Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?

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Post by armstrjare » Mon, Jun 27, 2016, 7:51 PM UTC

MinuteDock (https://MinuteDock.com) was just me until last year - scaled up a couple of staff to try grow faster :-) still bootstrapped and profitable!

Also the guys at Quotientapp.com are just 2 dudes bootstrapped - and multiple times bigger than MinuteDock.

World's your oyster - it's a hard slog just grow slow and steady and you'll get there.

Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?

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Post by funkyboy » Mon, Jun 27, 2016, 9:27 PM UTC

I am working on https://www.podrover.com. It's totally self funded. I didn't quit consulting yet, but I am happy with how it's going. My suggestion is to start your side project right away, regardless of whether you think it will be profitable or not.