How I built a profitable SaaS web app: from idea to first sales

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Out of interest, how did you work out that you could make $10,000 MRR?

It's a pretty rough estimation for sure but I considered how much on average is made by the Fiverr's top quote image content gigs and did a quick analysis of how many packages could be sold on the verticals not covered by the Fiverr's gigs.

Let's see how it goes though.

This is my third tutorial on building a simple and profitable SaaS. As usual, I'm happy to answer any questions.

Thanks for reading!

great tutorial

Could you link the previous two?

Will you offer the service to fiverr sellers? Whitelabel it to agencies?

What is your current revenue?

> Could you link the previous two? Sure, here https://hackernoon.com/how-i-made-a-saas-webservice-earning-... https://hackernoon.com/i-used-lamp-to-make-a-saas-with-3700-...

> Will you offer the service to fiverr sellers? Whitelabel it to agencies? Totally. I also think I'll be able build a tiny network of affiliate partners for this app. As I'm the only person on the payroll I could offer pretty much substantial affiliate fee.

> What is your current revenue? The web service is just launched, let's wait at least a month to accumulate some stats. I'm testing Google Adwords, Facebook Ads, and LinkedIn Ads so, and it should negatively affect the short-term profits. But for the first month I would look at something like $200-500 in revenue.

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