5 Micro SaaS Ideas I Can't Believe No One's Built Yet 🧐

Summary

This sponsored video explores five software app ideas that could be built on the monday.com platform, such as a tool to quickly add items across boards, short link generators with analytics, cross-board dependency managers, and AI-powered document converters. The script discusses why the monday.com app marketplace presents a lucrative opportunity for developers given its large customer base, room for new apps to solve use cases, available competitive research, robust developer resources, and future revenue share plan.

Takeaways

• 😊 monday.com is a popular work management platform used by over 186,000 customers
• 📈 There is growing enterprise adoption of monday.com with 50% of Fortune 500 companies using it
• 🚀 The monday.com app marketplace is relatively new but growing quickly
• 💡 The video outlines 5 potential app ideas that could be built for the monday.com platform
• 🔍 Understanding monday.com's core user groups and their needs is key for developing useful apps
• 💰 monday.com will implement a revenue share model for apps in their marketplace in the future
• 🌟 Building an app rather than a standalone SaaS allows you to focus more on products over marketing initially
• 🤝 monday.com provides developer resources and support to help build successful apps
• ✨ The app ideas aim to help users save time and simplify workflows within monday.com
• 💡 There are still many use cases and integrations left to be built for the platform

Q & A

Why does the speaker recommend building apps for the Monday.com marketplace instead of standalone SaaS products?

The speaker recommends building apps for the Monday.com marketplace instead of standalone SaaS products so founders can focus on the product side of the business without having to also learn and manage the marketing and demand side.

What are some key stats about Monday.com's business?

Monday.com has over 186,000 customers across more than 200 industries, with teams ranging from 2 people up to 7,000 seats in a single account. 50% of the Fortune 500 use Monday.com and they are seeing massive growth in enterprise customers.

What is the first app idea suggested in the video?

The first app idea is 'quick item add' - an app that would allow users to quickly add an item to any other board they have access to without leaving the board they are currently viewing.

What features could the short links and share analytics app include?

The short links app could include tracking analytics to see number of views/visits per link. It could also allow link and domain customization and have security/privacy settings like expiration dates and password protection.

How could a cross-board dependency manager help with complex projects?

A cross-board dependency manager could create a visualization showing how tasks across various boards are related, integrate monday.com's automation to alert when a change affects linked items, and help manage dependencies across boards.

What resources does Monday.com offer developers?

Monday.com offers developer documentation, a developer community forum, and an app ideas directory. They also have a free developer account that provides helpful resources.

What is the AI powered doc-to-board converter app idea?

This app idea involves using AI to analyze a work doc and intelligently convert it into a monday.com board with relevant tasks, instead of just copying text.

What types of documents could the doc-to-board converter analyze?

Strategic plans, meeting minutes, product specs, and marketing briefs are examples of documents the AI-powered doc-to-board converter could analyze.

What is the purpose of the boards-to-slides app idea?

The boards-to-slides app idea would automatically convert a monday.com board into a slide deck, eliminating tedious manual effort for users who need to regularly turn project updates into presentations.

Why does the speaker think there is room for more opportunity in the Monday.com app marketplace?

The speaker thinks there is room for opportunity because the Monday.com app marketplace only has 500 live apps currently but Monday.com has over 186,000 customers, so there is a large gap and many use cases still needing to be addressed.