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B2B SaaS marketplaces with opportunities for indie hackers

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Re: B2B SaaS marketplaces with opportunities for indie hackers

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Post by khuknows »

dstick wrote: post #2

Correct me if I'm wrong but unless you're already an established brand that people actively seek out, or part of the first X listings in a category of a thing everyone wants (i.e. SEO, Ads, accounting for webshops), wouldn't you already be too late on these market places?

There could be categories of things people want without many solutions in some marketplaces. For example, in the Hubspot marketplace, there are many WhatsApp widgets in their marketplace. Someone made one for the Pipedrive marketplace and it’s doing very well. There would be similar missing apps for Pipedrive, or there would be other platforms where a WhatsApp widget could do well.

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Post by protoduction »

bballer wrote: post #11
m00dy wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does it mean ?

It's what the author is doing with this post.

I don't think that's fair, the author is not selling anything - they took the effort to put together a good resource for others to use and are sharing it for free.

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Post by hobofan »

khuknows wrote: post #13
bballer wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's what the author is doing with this post.

I don’t think I see what you mean here. Where am I selling a list of business models?

I guess the interpreted the "opportunity" as "build a marketplace like these ones" instead of "those are marketplaces you can list your product on"?

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Post by k__ »

krm01 wrote: post #7

I work directly with founders of B2B SaaS (run a design a [1] UI/UX design company with a focus on dev teams) which gives me a good idea of the landscape. The biggest opportunities seem to be in the edtech space, remote working and any other type of category which facilitates remote work. If you are looking for opportunities, try to map out where your skills and interest can contribute in a remote / wfh economy. I’ve…

Good to hear.

I want to build a B2B SaaS for remote work this year and next week I will start interviewing potential customers.

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Post by jack_riminton »

m12k wrote: post #8
jack_riminton wrote: post #6

I don’t get it, are they saying that making API products for these marketplaces is what to do?

They're saying making products that integrate with these platforms gets you "free" marketing exposure on their marketplaces.

Ah ok, not a bad idea if you're going for the freemium model

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Post by k__ »

bilekas wrote: post #18

Can someone please tell me what is an 'indie hacker' ?

Rather broad term, I think.

I once had the impression that an indie hacker is a one person dev shop that sells a software product instead of their time.

But lately, I saw many people use that term for business people on the look for the next hustle.

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