Issue #132: Building $1K-$10K MRR Micro SaaS: AI-Powered Market Research, Bluesky Feeds, Chargeback Prevention, AI-Powered Tool for MVPs and more (Part 2)

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1. Directify by Serg generated $8K in 40 days. It’s a no-code directory website builder that lets users monetize through paid listings and ads

2. Kyle grows Bluesky Follower to $300+ MRR and 38 subscribers within a week of launch. Bluesky Follower is a tool for automating audience growth on the Bluesky platform by following and unfollowing users based on specified criteria

3. PostFlow, a social media scheduling app by Adam, crossed $180 MRR with 22 paying customers

4. Pavel has grown LiSeller to $3K MRR. LiSeller is an AI tool for automated LinkedIn engagement and growth that posts personalized comments.

5. TaskMagic by Jeremy reached $4M in revenue in two years. TaskMagic is no-code automation tool that turns walkthrough videos into automations

6. Softgen by Dom crossed $2k MRR. It’s an AI-powered platform to build full-stack web apps from instructions in plain English.

7. Piotr reached $2.5K/month in revenue with OpenAlternative, a community driven list of open source alternatives to proprietary applications

8. Enrich.so by Rahul reached $4.5K in monthly revenue. Enrich is a real-time data enrichment platform for person and company enrichment APIs. Enrich was launched in December 2023

9. Notebooklm Podcast by Victor has grown to $4.1K in monthly revenue. It’s a tool to transform any text into engaging podcasts with AI-powered natural conversations in multiple languages.

10. Ugur reached $150 MRR with NotionPlus, a Notion widgets tool for Notion templates

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⛳ 💡Micro SaaS for AI-Powered Market Research in a Specific Niche

Market research and surveys are essential to developing an effective business strategy. Businesses often struggle with conducting meaningful market research, facing challenges like designing effective surveys, reaching the right audience, and interpreting results. Develop an AI-powered platform that simplifies market research for small businesses and startups within niche industries, such as health and wellness, real estate etc. The tool would allow users to quickly design surveys using an AI-assisted question generator or using built templates for common use cases, such as customer satisfaction or product validation. To ensure surveys are meaningful, the platform would feature a curated database of respondents aligned with the selected niche. Users could apply filters to select respondents based on demographics, interests, location, behavioral traits, etc. Once responses are collected, the platform would use AI to provide insights and actionable recommendations depending on the market research objectives. Brainactive is one such player that has received $775K in funding.

⛳ 💡Micro SaaS for Bluesky Custom Feeds

The social media platform Bluesky has grown to nearly 25 million users and continues to expand rapidly. Bluesky has a concept of custom feeds which are collections of posts, curated based on specific interests or topics. While Bluesky offers the ability to create custom feeds but doing so currently requires coding skills. You can find this starter template by Bluesky here. A potential solution is to build a tool that empowers users to customize and create their own custom feeds based on specific criteria such as hashtags, keywords, or user activity all without needing to code. The tool could also provide analytics on feed performance, like engagement statistics and top posts as this would give users feedback to optimize their feeds. For inspiration see Bluesky Feed Creator and Skyfeed.

⛳ 💡Micro SaaS for Automated Chargeback Prevention

Chargebacks are a persistent and costly issue for online businesses. When a chargeback is filed, merchants not only lose the transaction amount but also incur additional fees imposed by payment processors. High chargeback rates can damage merchant reputations, signal potential fraud or customer dissatisfaction, and may even lead to account suspension by payment providers. Build a tool that lets merchants manage disputes proactively by sending real-time alerts when a customer initiates a dispute. The goal is to automate dispute management by allowing merchants to set up customizable rules for handling alerts. For example, small transactions could be refunded automatically, while higher-value disputes could be flagged for manual review. Chargeback, used by 200+ companies, and Chargeblast, which received $1.1M in funding, are two major players in this niche.

⛳ 💡AI-Powered Tool for MVP Creation

There’s a growing demand for tools that enable quick development of MVPs for full-stack web apps, especially for solo founders aiming to rapidly validate their ideas. AI models for code generation are improving rapidly and they can now generate better-quality production-ready code accurately. Build a tool that uses AI to simplify web app creation for one specific tech stack. Users could describe their idea in plain language, and the platform would generate a fully functional MVP. Typical features like authentication, databases, payments etc. would be included automatically. Softgen crossed $2k MRR by letting users build Firebase + Next.js apps using AI. Lovable is another player in this niche that provides native Supabase integration. It received €6.8M in funding.

⛳ 💡Micro SaaS for Personal Knowledge Management (PKM): [B2C & B2B Scope]

Personal Knowledge Management tools can help bring together users everyday notes from places like Notion, Docs, Emails, and Notepads etc. They make it easier to organize all this information, acting like a virtual filing system. This can simplify users thinking, reduce mental clutter, and provide clarity. These tools gather all of that in one place, making it less chaotic. Plus, they let users find what they need quickly, which can make them more efficient and help think more clearly in daily activities. These products were traditionally seen as something for individual consumers (B2C). However, companies like Mem have changed how people view these products. Now, many companies want to provide these tools to help their employees be more productive and save time by using their notes and bookmarks. This shift in thinking recognizes that managing knowledge isn't just for personal use but can be really useful for businesses too. It helps employees learn and work better, and it makes the company more efficient overall. So, these products are no longer just for personal use but also for businesses to make work easier. Some products in this space are Capacities, Twos, Rewind, Mem(Received $29 million in funding)

⛳ 💡 Micro SaaS for AI Powered Interview Helper

Interview preparation is often challenging because it requires candidates to anticipate a wide range of potential questions, craft their responses to specific job requirements, and effectively communicate their qualifications and experiences. Candidates may struggle with time constraints, lack of access to personalized guidance, and feelings of anxiety or uncertainty about the interview process. AI can assist in preparing for interviews based on resumes by analyzing the content of the resume and providing recommendations and guidance by mapping to the job that the candidate applies for. This involves leveraging natural language processing and AI to extract key information from the resume, such as skills, experiences, and achievements. The AI then uses this information to generate potential interview questions, suggest relevant talking points, and offer tips on how to effectively communicate one's qualifications and experiences during the interview. Interview.study has executed this well and grew to 1k users. Final Round AI is also a good example of automation around interview process for candidates.

• Interview.study - Grew to 1k users, and $500+ MRR in 2.5 months.

• Final Round AI: Used by 578,688 candidates

• InterviewJarvis: AI-powered comprehensive interview tool to get 200+ practice
  interview questions and answers for your resume.

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