SaaS, productized service, freelance - anyone doing it successfully with no-code, low-code tools?
Ask HN: Anyone built a business with no-code tools?
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Re: Ask HN: Anyone built a business with no-code tools?
#2I've had 2 friends start revenue generating MVPs on Bubble.io
One is a Cameo-like platform for LatAm, the other is a TikTok like short-form audio app .
I've been incredibly impressed by the platform and extensibility. If you have basic coding skills I think it's much more powerful than Webflow or other platforms.
Re: Ask HN: Anyone built a business with no-code tools?
#3I believe for the case of SaaS, at worst it's just not possible, and at best the odds of identifying and building a successful SaaS tool with no code is probably orders of magnitude lower than otherwise.
That being said there are many people who have built businesses around helping companies with setting up WordPress and Shopify sites, which are all about navigating their admin panel, dashboards, etc. You would not be the first person to help set up websites with no code.
Re: Ask HN: Anyone built a business with no-code tools?
#4OkieFoodTrucks.com is a SaaS for event organizers to find/book food trucks, built entirely on no code.
You can read more about how it was built here:.
https://www.foxy.io/blog/how-okiefoodtrucks-is-using-foxy-we...
Re: Ask HN: Anyone built a business with no-code tools?
#5Sure, look at any low-code platform that has an ISV partner program. You'll find plenty of success stories. My company even started that way, and ended up growing over 15 years and getting bought out before we even looked at going full-stack for our products. We're just shy of 20 years since our initial launch, and just now finally coding at our first full-stack version.
To be fair, we did start adding custom code after the first few years, but we went a really long way before losing the last of the low-code platform.
Re: Ask HN: Anyone built a business with no-code tools?
#6Don't do this. I know that sounds like bad advice, but if you aren't comfortable working with lower-level design paradigms, who's going to fix things when something goes wrong? You'll eternally be in debt to engineers who are happy to take your rudimentary API contracts and make free money. Trying to be an entrepreneur in an area that you don't have experience in is a money pit.
Re: Ask HN: Anyone built a business with no-code tools?
#7I guess any tech content business would count. For example this guy below has both online classes where he teaches others how to ace a FANG interview and he also earns from his YT channel.
Re: Ask HN: Anyone built a business with no-code tools?
#8Don't do this. I know that sounds like bad advice, but if you aren't comfortable working with lower-level design paradigms, who's going to fix things when something goes wrong? You'll eternally be in debt to engineers who are happy to take your rudimentary API contracts and make free money. Trying to be an entrepreneur in an area that you don't have experience in is a money pit.
Couldn't agree with this sentiment more.
It's always going to be a money and time pit when you need to outsource to fix any problems.
If you don't know code, hire someone on your team who does. :)
Re: Ask HN: Anyone built a business with no-code tools?
#9Not really low/no-code but the Views module in Drupal lets you build very nice simple tools for customers with just a few clicks.
I've built webshops with it.
Re: Ask HN: Anyone built a business with no-code tools?
#10I guess any tech content business would count. For example this guy below has both online classes where he teaches others how to ace a FANG interview and he also earns from his YT channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xKdmAXFh4ACyhpiQ_3qBw
Good thing I knew you're talking about TechLead, so I could avoid clicking the link and poisoning my YouTube recommendations pages