Avoid the Risk of Unproven Micro-SaaS Ideas
Validating a micro-SaaS idea – that means proving your target audience is willing to pay for it – is very important and time consuming.
That’s why one of the best ways to build a successful micro-SaaS is to copy successful examples.
Good news for you – the five micro-SaaS ideas we’re sharing in this post have already been validated!
Not only have they been field-tested, but they also have all begun earning revenue.
We’ll list the examples in ascending Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) tiers from lowest to highest:
- USD 500
- USD 1,000
- USD 5,000
- USD 10,000
- USD 40,000!
Depending on when you read this, the examples will likely be doing better or worse, but the takeaway is that these are valid micro-SaaS ideas with recurring revenue figures to show.
Plus, we’ll include links to them so you can check them out properly!
Let’s begin.
1. Scrabio ($500/month)
- Time to Achieve MRR: 2 months
- Target Audience: Marketing agencies
- Key Feature: Scrapes data from businesses running Google Ads
Scrabio is a micro-SaaS that scrapes data from businesses running Google Ads, created to help marketing agencies find clients of a certain size.
For $50 a month, users can:
- export 5,000 contacts
- access scraped contacts across the US
- receive seven-days-a-week support, and
- join a Discord community with other founders
Although limited to contacts in the USA, it can still cater to an international audience since EVERYONE wants US-based clients.
2. PressPulse AI ($1,000/month)
- Time to Achieve MRR: time not stated
- Target Audience: Business owners and subject matter experts
- Key Feature: Automates sorting of HARO queries
PressPulse AI is a piggyback SaaS designed to help users of HARO (Help a Reporter Out) by automating the process of sorting through the numerous questions journalists post, saving time and avoiding irrelevant questions.
Admirably, PressPulse AI uses AI to find queries but not to generate pitches, maintaining ethical standards.
3. FTT Signup ($5,000/month)
- Time to Achieve MRR: 2 months
- Target Audience: Legal professionals
- Key Feature: Connects legal professionals with clients for specific issues
FTT Signup is a micro-SaaS that connects legal professionals with clients seeking assistance with specific issues, basically handling digital marketing and client acquisition for lawyers who don’t know how to do it or don’t have the time.
It charges $500 per month and provides an average of 20 high-quality leads that can cover that by closing just one case, demonstrating a concept that could be expanded to other professions with similar marketing challenges.
4. Keepthescore ($10,000/month)
- Time to Achieve MRR: Not stated
- Target Audience: Streamers and event organizers
- Key Feature: Creates live leaderboards and progress trackers
Another micro app, KeepTheScore allows users to create live leaderboards, progress trackers, and click counters that can be embedded in PowerPoint presentations or websites, along with pre-made sports-specific score counters for streaming.
Also, on a personal note, we gotta say it’s got excellent user guides,
Us developers can’t help but fall in love with good documentation.
The app has a limited free tier and a feature-rich paid version priced at $28 a month, not bad considering it serves content creators and social media users.
5. Formula Bot ($40,000/month)
- Time to Achieve MRR: 12 months
- Target Audience: Spreadsheet users (AKA EVERYONE)
- Key Feature: Uses AI to generate spreadsheet formulas and code
Formula Bot is another product that started life as a micro-SaaS (when it was called Excel Formula Bot) that used AI to generate spreadsheet formulas and code, reaching a nutty $40,000 MRR in just 12 months!
It’s since expanded with multiple methods of leveraging AI to manage data.
Despite its diverse offerings today, its roots as a micro-SaaS are undeniable and frankly downright inspirational.
The app offers a free tier and a low-cost paid plan starting at just $9 per month, a low price to pay for never having to memorize another Excel formula for life!
Inspired to Build Your Next Micro-SaaS?
In our post on the essentials of starting a successful SaaS business, we identified four requirements:
- Idea validation
- Product management
- Marketing, and
- Monetization strategy
As the micro-SaaS examples on this list are already validated, you don’t have to worry too much about whether or not they can work – they very probably can.
Instead, your challenge is to focus on the other three pillars (product management, marketing, and monetization strategy). Here are some guides to help you take the next steps:
- Learn product management through our reviews of 19 no code web app builders and 15 no code mobile app builders and
- How to build an app in 12 weeks for a systematic process on software development.
- Master marketing techniques with how to build app landing pages that convert to generate leads for your micro-SaaS.
- 7 App Monetization Strategies for you to maximize revenue streams from your product.
Give those guides a read, then it’s time to hunker down and start building your micro-SaaS!
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