Issue #136: Building $1K-$10K MRR Micro SaaS Products: AI-Powered Freelance Job Curation, Voice Notes via Email, Custom Interactive Maps, Notion-based Social Media Scheduling & more- Part 1
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Fina Money by Shawn and Clay hit $5K/month in revenue. Fina is a financial management and tracking app that was launched in March 2023 and got 1000+ free users in 4 months after launch.
Zara and Aaron hit $11K/month revenue with Choppity . It’s an automated AI video editor with 45K+ users. It took them 37 days after launching to cross £117 MRR
Simon has grown LaraDir to $650+ in monthly revenue. It’s a directory of Laravel developers where users can filter down by specific skills, experience, location, availability, and compensation.
DrillerDB by Craig reached $6K/month revenue. It’s a Vertical SaaS ERP made for water well drilling companies.
Carta Maps by Franco is generating$1.2K in monthly revenue. It is a tool to create any kind of map with markers, boundaries and custom drawn shapes.
Pol and Corti crossed $7K in monthly revenue with Mumbler. It’s a podcast hosting platform with special focus on growth and monetization.
PagePe by Manoj crossed $600 in revenue and has been acquired. PagePe lets users turn their unused domains into a Content website.
Naper.ai by Jeff $20K/month in revenue. Naper is an AI-powered SEO tool for ecommerce businesses
Rahul is making $16K/month revenue with Maximise AI. Maximise AI enables users to identify website visitors. It provides emails, phone number, addresses and device data for real-time outreach
Flip and Rezvra have grown Rezrva to $550/month in revenue, an appointment and scheduling app for the LATAM market
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⛳ 💡Micro SaaS for AI-Powered Freelance Job Curation
Finding consistent, high-quality freelance work is a major challenge. Traditional search requires freelancers to manually sift through various marketplaces, job boards, and social media platforms, wasting hours on irrelevant or spammy opportunities. Also, filtering is limited to simple rules or keyword matching, which often misses nuances like job relevance, and fails to have the full context of a job description. Build a tool that automates the curation of opportunities for freelancers by scanning multiple marketplaces, job boards, and social media platforms and provides personalized job recommendations. As freelancers apply for, save, or dismiss job leads, the AI refines its recommendations, gradually improving its accuracy over time. This personalization would help increase the likelihood of delivering projects that match a freelancer’s specific skills, budget expectations, and career goals. For example, see SolidGigs that hit $4.8K/month in revenue by curating freelance job opportunities based on users’ preferences
⛳ 💡 Micro SaaS for Voice Notes via Email
Voice messages can be recorded much faster than typing long emails. Also, written emails can sometimes be misinterpreted due to the absence of vocal tone. Build a micro saas that enables users to send voice notes directly from popular email platforms like Gmail and Outlook. A built-in recording feature in the compose window would enable voice capture and attachment. Recipients would be able listen to voice notes without installing any additional tools. The app can include automatic transcription, converting voice messages to text for accessibility and convenience. You can also add analytics to track message engagement and playback. Vocal is one such tool to send voice notes via email that has reached $4.4K/month in revenue after launching in 2021.
⛳ 💡Micro SaaS for Custom Interactive Maps
Build a micro SaaS that allows users - such as real estate professionals, retail businesses, event planners, logistics managers, creative agencies and others - to easily create interactive maps with full customization of themes, interactive elements, shapes, colors, and popups to align with brand identity. The platform should provide an intuitive, no-code interface where users can easily design maps without technical skills. Users should be able to add routes, radius areas, images as well as interactive elements like clickable pins, popups, and filters. Provide multiple sharing options such as embedding maps on websites, generating QR codes, or exporting maps to high-resolution images. Carta Maps is one such tool in this niche that is generating $1.2K in monthly revenue. Also see MangoMap that has reached an annual revenue of $435k
⛳ 💡Notion-based Social Media Scheduling Tool
Many teams and individuals already use Notion for content ideation, planning, and collaboration. Build a Notion-based social media management tool that would let users create, organize, and schedule posts directly in Notion, eliminating the need to switch between multiple apps. Users would simply connect their Notion database, where they can store and manage posts, media assets, and content statuses. Additionally, the tool could offer performance tracking, allowing users to monitor key engagement metrics—such as likes, shares, and comments—directly in their Notion workspace. For inspiration see Notionsocial that has grown to $2.4K in monthly revenue after launching in November 2022 .
⛳ 💡 Micro SaaS for AI-based Mock interviews with emotion analysis
Preparing for interviews is often a challenging tasks for candidates and most candidates need someone to conduct mock interviews for them. Create a Micro SaaS product that can conduct mock interviews and analyze the emotions and give feedback on ccandidate confidence levels. The SaaS should leverage AI to assess not just responses but also emotional cues, providing in-depth feedback to help candidates hone their interview skills. Solutions like these enhances interview readiness by analyzing factors like confidence and expression, helping individuals perform at their best when it matters most. For example, Talk Hiring fully automates the entire mock interview process for candidates. Talk Hiring reached $18K/month in revenue. Some more examples of products in this space are: Interview Igniter, Interviewbot and Interviewsby.ai
⛳ 💡 Analytics tool for SaaS apps
Analytics for SaaS apps are special because they focus on specific metrics crucial for SaaS products. Unlike general analytics, SaaS analytics track user engagement, subscription churn, and feature usage, providing insights tailored to a subscription-based model. These analytics prioritize customer retention, conversion rates, and the overall user experience within the SaaS ecosystem. Specialized SaaS tools often integrate with popular platforms, simplifying data collection and analysis. They help businesses understand user behavior, optimize product features, and make informed decisions for continuous improvement. SaaS analytics are uniquely designed to address the distinct needs of subscription-based software services, ensuring efficient operation and sustained growth. It’s added advantage of the products supports analytics for both single and multi-tenant SaaS products. Vizzly, supported by Y-Combinator, is a popular product in this space, supporting both single and multi-tenant SaaS products. Logspot solving the same problem, also supported embedding these analytics right inside the SaaS products to improve user trust and engagement. TelemetryDeck helps app and web developers improve their product from live, accurate analytics data with 2000+ organizations are using TelemetryDeck.
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