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Besides by doing market research, how can one find out what are API's that people are actually looking for and willing to pay for?
No one wants to pay for APIs. They want to solve headaches, appease their bosses, build cool things. Figure out a problem that a niche group of people have and you're golden. There are people making 6 figures selling CS:GO skin price feeds.
https://github.com/samsquire/ideas4#5-permanent-softwareplat...
BSD sockets solved communication for everyone in one library that everyone uses. But communication isn't the only problem we have.
Most of the problems listed are solved independently by each software shop, installation and company.
Most build an MVP product.
If you’re selling access to data, it’s niche and easily replaced.
A product with corporate and business integrations? Not so easy.
No one wants to pay for APIs. They want to solve headaches, appease their bosses, build cool things. Figure out a problem that a niche group of people have and you're golden. There are people making 6 figures selling CS:GO skin price feeds.
Really?
I was working on a project a few years ago that needed this data so I setup a scraper to get all price data from Steam and Bitskins. It was running 24/7 and putting everything into a database that was very clean and neat. Maybe I should boot that back up and just sell access to the API...
Does asking professionals directly what they're missing count as market research?
Does this post count as market research?
No one wants to pay for APIs. They want to solve headaches, appease their bosses, build cool things. Figure out a problem that a niche group of people have and you're golden. There are people making 6 figures selling CS:GO skin price feeds.
> There are people making 6 figures selling CS:GO skin price feeds. Really? I was working on a project a few years ago that needed this data so I setup a scraper to get all price data from Steam and Bitskins. It was running 24/7 and putting everything into a database that was very clean and neat. Maybe I should boot that back up and just sell access to the API...
On a similar note, there are also folk making 6 figs selling access to steam game hour idlers.
> Besides by doing market research, how can one find out what are API's that people are actually looking for and willing to pay for? Does asking professionals directly what they're missing count as market research? Does this post count as market research?