Hey everyone!
After selling off my previous SaaS, I thought I'd keep things relaxed for a year or so, to be able to think about things, get the creative juices flowing, and so on. "Keep things relaxed" lasted for 6 months, time to try something new!
While building out that previous SaaS (a developer product) and talking with other developers, I discovered a niche. By accident, mostly, but I was surprised at the time there was no existing solution for what I was searching. I posted about it on social media, hoping it would spark someone else to start building. Three years after providing that spark, it looks like nothing happened. I'm in need of the same service again, and there's nothing out there.
That could mean two things! Jump into that niche, or steer clear because there is absolutely no demand for it.
Unlike my previous venture (which turned out great), this time I decided to do some research first. Is there demand? Can I tick the CENTS bullets all the way?
The service I'm looking for is in the travel industry, related to flight booking. Yes, vague, I know, but I'm in the process of thinking what the exact pitch is going to be so bear with me in this thread. There are travel agencies that can do what I'm after, but they charge a lot of money and handle things manually. I want automated, fast, and less expensive.
The fact that there are travel agencies providing this, proves there is at least some market. And they ask good money, so I can definitely ask for money too.
As an added test, I spoke to some people in my network who I think could need such service as well, and asked them if that was indeed the case and if they would pay for it. Big yes from all 5 people I talked with. Not statistically significant, but again some proof there is a Need.
I've had this idea for three years now, there seems to be a need, so let's see hat we can come up with. The thread is prefixed with [Execution], by all means I want to go towards a launch at some point. But first, let's see if the other CENTS bases can be covered.
Edit July 19, 2019: it's alive!
After selling off my previous SaaS, I thought I'd keep things relaxed for a year or so, to be able to think about things, get the creative juices flowing, and so on. "Keep things relaxed" lasted for 6 months, time to try something new!
While building out that previous SaaS (a developer product) and talking with other developers, I discovered a niche. By accident, mostly, but I was surprised at the time there was no existing solution for what I was searching. I posted about it on social media, hoping it would spark someone else to start building. Three years after providing that spark, it looks like nothing happened. I'm in need of the same service again, and there's nothing out there.
That could mean two things! Jump into that niche, or steer clear because there is absolutely no demand for it.
Unlike my previous venture (which turned out great), this time I decided to do some research first. Is there demand? Can I tick the CENTS bullets all the way?
The service I'm looking for is in the travel industry, related to flight booking. Yes, vague, I know, but I'm in the process of thinking what the exact pitch is going to be so bear with me in this thread. There are travel agencies that can do what I'm after, but they charge a lot of money and handle things manually. I want automated, fast, and less expensive.
The fact that there are travel agencies providing this, proves there is at least some market. And they ask good money, so I can definitely ask for money too.
As an added test, I spoke to some people in my network who I think could need such service as well, and asked them if that was indeed the case and if they would pay for it. Big yes from all 5 people I talked with. Not statistically significant, but again some proof there is a Need.
I've had this idea for three years now, there seems to be a need, so let's see hat we can come up with. The thread is prefixed with [Execution], by all means I want to go towards a launch at some point. But first, let's see if the other CENTS bases can be covered.
Edit July 19, 2019: it's alive!
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