I'm making https://getmakerlog.com , which is currently doing $200 MRR.
Love the idea and a great product. But how are you monetizing this? I can't figure from the page.
Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
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Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#72I started https://ipinfo.io as a side project, and then ran it fulltime as a one-person SaaS app for over a year. We're now a team of 8, profitable, and growing quickly. We're still 100% bootstrapped, and I have zero plans to raise any outside funding.
We started with a simple IP geolocation API, which now handles over 20 billion API requests per month. We've added new data to that service, such as IP type classification (hosting, isp, or business, and soon education too), IP to company, and carrier detection. And we've also launched some other products, like hosted domain API (all domains hosted on an IP, sometimes called reverse IP), IP ranges belonging to an organization, and an ASN API. We've got a lot in the pipeline too, including some domain related offerings (see https://host.io for an early preview).
So it's definitely possible :) What sort of SaaS product are you thinking of launching? Would be happy to chat! Shoot me an email at ben@ipinfo.io
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#73I am not at liberty to say who it is but I know a one person SaaS (well, now a 4 person SaaS) that does several million a year in revenue. They found a niche and wrote software for that niche. It is the tiniest of niches but is underserved.
Atleast giving an idea of the general market would be great. Otherwise, your answer has no meaning
Any user with "throwaway" right in the name automatically gets ignored by me.
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#74I continue to run the writing software Draft (https://draftin.com) all by myself. It can largely run on its own without a ton of interruption to me so I can work on other things.
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#75I run two side projects on my own.
The first with is on auto pilot and does $800MRR. My second is called TeamCal (https://www.teamcalapp.com) and I’m actively working on it. Usually 2-3 hours/week. Its doing $1700MRR and growing.
TeamCal provides a scheduling view for Google Calendar and is used by cleaning/call center/staffing companies.
If your interested about some of the work involved, I documented part of the journey on Indie Hackers: https://www.indiehackers.com/product/teamcal
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#76I am not at liberty to say who it is but I know a one person SaaS (well, now a 4 person SaaS) that does several million a year in revenue. They found a niche and wrote software for that niche. It is the tiniest of niches but is underserved.
I wish I could find a niche :-(
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#77I started https://ipinfo.io as a side project, and then ran it fulltime as a one-person SaaS app for over a year. We're now a team of 8, profitable, and growing quickly. We're still 100% bootstrapped, and I have zero plans to raise any outside funding. We started with a simple IP geolocation API, which now handles over 20 billion API requests per month. We've added new data to that service, such as IP type classifica…
Ip info is quite convenient with curl :)
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#78This 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…
How did you market to businesses ?
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#79Key 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…
Neat! Could you add a category for part time?
How do you enforce that the companies are being honest?
Also the filters seems to OR each other so the more I pick the more results I get. I think most people expect filters to be AND.
Re: Ask HN: One-person SaaS apps that are profitable?
#80Interesting question because answering it is somewhat risky, assuming no secret sauce or years of work to launch.