5 Micro SaaS Making $100,000/Month (Ai + No Code)

Summary

This video explores five successful micro-SaaS businesses earning $100,000 monthly, revealing their strategies for success. From LinkDrip's link tracking to StudyBuddy's homework assistance, Crayo's video generation, Cast Magic's podcast transcription, and Plug AI's dating app conversation aid, each app solves a specific problem with a viral marketing approach. The video also highlights no-code development, pre-sale funding, and leveraging user-generated content for growth, inspiring viewers to consider starting their own micro-SaaS with the provided resources.

Takeaways

• 💡 The current micro SaaS market is booming with numerous AI apps making significant revenue.
• 🔗 Link drip is a no-code micro SaaS tool that tracks link clicks across social media platforms, providing insights into traffic sources.
• 💰 Link drip's founder, Simon Hyberg, funded the app development through pre-sales, generating $70,000 in revenue before the app was even built.
• 🔄 Link drip has a built-in viral loop, as using the branded URL inherently markets the product, creating free advertising.
• 📚 Study buddy is an AI tool that automates homework for college students, solving a significant pain point and thus being a 'painkiller' product.
• 📈 Study buddy's success is attributed to its viral nature and the founder's strategy of creating content that goes viral on social media.
• 🎥 Crayo is an AI tool for generating short videos, capitalizing on the TikTok creativity program where views can be monetized.
• 📈 Crayo's tiered pricing system charges based on video output, aligning with the revenue potential of its users.
• 🎙️ Cast Magic converts podcasts into written content for social media, leveraging user-generated content (UGC) to grow its user base.
• 🤖 Plug AI is an AI-powered dating app assistant that helps users with conversation starters, demonstrating the value of niche-specific AI tools.
• 🛠️ The script highlights the potential for non-coders to build and launch successful micro SaaS apps, as showcased by the 10-week SaaS challenge.

Q & A

What is the main topic of the video script?

The main topic is about micro SaaS (Software as a Service) businesses that are making $100,000 per month and the strategies behind their success.

What is LinkDrip and how does it work?

LinkDrip is a tool that tracks where all of your link clicks come from. It allows users to create a new link by pasting a URL and then track the clicks from different platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter.

How did LinkDrip's founder fund the development of the app without spending his own money?

The founder, Simon Hyberg, announced a pre-sale on his YouTube channel and directed interested people to a landing page. He offered lifetime access to the tool for $75, which resulted in $70,000 in revenue before even starting the app development.

What is the significance of a viral loop in a SaaS product?

A viral loop is significant because it creates product-led growth, where users of the product also market it for the company, leading to free marketing and exponential growth.

What is Study Buddy and how does it solve a problem for college students?

Study Buddy is an AI tool that automatically fills in college students' homework for them, solving the problem of having to do tedious homework assignments.

How did Study Buddy's founder, Oliver Bato, ensure the product's virality?

Oliver Bato chose products that are intrinsically viral, meaning they are so shocking that they naturally go viral on social media platforms like TikTok.

What is Crayo and how does it benefit its users?

Crayo is an AI tool that automatically generates short videos for faceless content creators. It helps users create videos for the TikTok creativity program, where they can earn money based on views.

How did Crayo achieve rapid growth in revenue?

Crayo achieved rapid growth by leveraging user-generated content (UGC) and partnering with creators who already had an audience of short-form video creators, which resulted in thousands of customers.

What is Cast Magic and how does it leverage user-generated content (UGC)?

Cast Magic is a tool that turns podcasts into written content for social media platforms. It leverages UGC by reaching out to everyday people and offering them payment to create videos demonstrating the product.

What is Plug AI and how does it assist users on dating apps?

Plug AI is an app available in the Apple App Store that helps users have romantic conversations on dating apps by providing AI-generated responses, acting as an AI wingman.

How did the 10-week SaaS challenge help beginners launch their apps?

The 10-week SaaS challenge guided complete beginners through the process of validating their ideas, designing, building, and launching their apps on Product Hunt, with some achieving high rankings and significant user acquisition.

What is the WGY Academy and how can it benefit someone interested in starting a SaaS business?

The WGY Academy offers a 10-week program designed to take individuals from being complete beginners with no coding experience to launching their app and acquiring their first 100 users, providing a step-by-step guide and proven blueprint.

Outlines

00:00

🚀 Micro SAS Boom Success Strategies

The video script discusses the booming micro SAS (Software as a Service) market, highlighting five successful micro SAS businesses that generate $100,000 per month. It emphasizes the importance of solving a specific problem for a targeted group and the potential for non-coders to start a SAS. The script introduces three no-code tools that launched from idea to launch successfully. The first case study is LinkDrip, a tool for tracking link clicks across social media, which was funded through a pre-sale strategy, validating the idea and covering development costs upfront. This approach not only de-risks the venture but also offers early users significant savings, creating a win-win scenario. The tool's viral loop marketing strategy is also highlighted, where the product itself becomes a marketing tool, leading to product-led growth.

05:00

🎓 Innovative SAS Tools for Education and Content Creation

The script continues with a review of Study Buddy, an AI tool that automates college students' homework, addressing the 'painkiller' need in the SAS market. It discusses the founder's strategy of creating viral products and the tool's exponential growth in its first year. Crayo is introduced as an AI tool for generating short videos, particularly for the TikTok creativity program, where the platform pays creators for views. The tool's faceless content feature and tiered pricing system based on video generation are highlighted. The script also discusses the founders' strategy of leveraging existing audiences from social media to gain instant traction for Crayo, leading to significant monthly recurring revenue in a short period.

10:01

📈 Leveraging User-Generated Content and Niche AI Solutions

The video script presents Cast Magic, a tool that converts podcasts into written content for social media, which has grown by using user-generated content (UGC) creators strategically. Instead of partnering with influencers, Cast Magic reaches out to everyday people to create demonstration videos, which can garner significant views and contribute to the SAS's revenue. The script also introduces Plug AI, an app that assists with romantic conversations on dating apps, emphasizing the value of well-thought-out prompts for specific niche use cases. The success of these tools is attributed to their ability to solve specific problems and the strategic use of content and audience leverage. The script concludes with an encouragement for viewers to start their own SAS, mentioning a 10-week challenge that helped beginners launch their apps, all built without coding.

Keywords

💡Micro SAS

Micro SAS refers to a small-scale Software as a Service (SaaS) business model where the product is typically a single, focused tool or service. In the video, the term is used to describe the five successful SaaS applications that generate $100,000 per month by solving specific problems for their target audience. The script mentions that the success of these micro SaaS businesses does not depend on the founders' ability to code, emphasizing the accessibility of starting a SaaS business.

💡Link Drip

Link Drip is a specific micro SaaS tool mentioned in the script that allows users to track the source of their link clicks. It is an example of a product that was built without any coding and was funded through a pre-sale strategy. The script describes how Link Drip's branding is displayed whenever a user shares a link, creating a viral loop that contributes to its growth and marketing.

💡Viral Loop

A viral loop in the context of the video refers to a mechanism where the use of a product inherently promotes it, leading to organic growth. The script uses the example of Link Drip, where every time a user shares a link with the Link Drip branding, it serves as free marketing for the company, potentially attracting new users.

💡Study Buddy

Study Buddy is an AI tool highlighted in the video that automates the process of doing homework for college students. It is described as a 'painkiller' product because it completely solves the problem of having to do homework, which is a significant pain point for its target audience. The video mentions the founder's strategy of creating products that are so shocking they go viral on social media.

💡UGC (User Generated Content)

UGC stands for User Generated Content, which is content created by users rather than the brand itself. In the script, Cast Magic is mentioned as leveraging UGC creators by paying everyday people to make videos demonstrating their product. This approach is contrasted with partnering with large influencers, and it is shown as an effective way to gain traction and visibility for the SaaS product.

💡Product Hunt

Product Hunt is a platform where new products are launched and voted on by the community. In the video, it is mentioned as a place where three teams from a SaaS challenge ended up in the top five, gaining significant user traction for their apps on their first day. It serves as an example of a platform where new SaaS products can gain exposure and validation.

💡Plug AI

Plug AI is an app mentioned in the script that assists users in having romantic conversations on dating apps. It is described as an AI wingman that operates natively on phones and is a simple use of a GPT API tailored for a specific niche. The script highlights its success in generating revenue and its value proposition to users.

💡Creator Le SAS

Creator Le SAS, as mentioned in the video, refers to SaaS products designed for content creators. Crayo, one of the micro SaaS examples, is a tool that generates short videos for faceless content creators, which is particularly relevant for creators looking to participate in the TikTok creativity program. The video discusses the strategy of leveraging existing audiences of short-form video creators to gain customers for such SaaS products.

💡MVP (Minimum Viable Product)

An MVP is the minimum version of a product that has just enough features to satisfy early customers and provide feedback for future product development. In the context of the video, Oliver Bato, the founder of Study Buddy, is mentioned to have hired a single developer to create an MVP in around two months, which then gained traction through social media views and resulted in substantial monthly recurring revenue.

💡TikTok Ads

TikTok Ads refers to the advertising platform within the TikTok app. In the script, it is mentioned as a strategy used by Study Buddy to scale their business past $100,000 in MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenue). The video suggests that leveraging TikTok's advertising platform can be an effective way to reach a large audience and drive growth for SaaS products.

💡WGY Labs

WGY Labs is the software development agency mentioned in the video that is focusing on Creator Le SAS. The script discusses how WGY Labs has partnered with large creators to launch their SaaS products, indicating a strategy of collaboration between developers and content creators to bring new SaaS tools to market.

Highlights

We are in a micro SAS boom with numerous AI apps making millions.

Five micro SASs making $100,000 per month will be discussed, revealing their strategies for success.

Starting a SAS is possible regardless of coding knowledge.

Three micro SAS tools will be shared that went from idea to launch without any code.

Link drip is a micro SAS that tracks link clicks, launched with a single core feature.

Link drip was built without code and funded through a pre-sale strategy.

Study buddy is an AI tool that fills in college students' homework, solving a specific problem.

Study buddy's viral strategy involves creating content that is intrinsically viral on social media.

Crayo is an AI tool for generating short videos, leveraging the TikTok creativity program for monetization.

Crayo's founders are teenagers who have achieved significant success in a short time.

Cast Magic turns podcasts into written content, using user-generated content (UGC) for marketing.

UGC creators are paid to make videos demonstrating Cast Magic, driving significant views and revenue.

Plug AI is an app that helps with romantic conversations on dating apps, demonstrating the value of niche AI solutions.

A 10-week SAS challenge helped beginners launch their apps on Product Hunt, with some achieving top rankings.

Ringley.io, a customer support AI, and Model Muse, an AI fashion model generator, are examples of successful no-code SAS apps.

Smart Riser is an AI video editing tool that automates the editing process for content creators.

The 10-week program by WGY Labs guides beginners through validating ideas, designing, and launching their SAS apps.

Transcripts

we are in a micro SAS boom and

everywhere I look I see another AI app

making millions so today I'm going to

share five micras that are making

$100,000 per month and reveal the genius

strategy behind their success so you can

do the same it doesn't matter if you

know how to code or not you can start a

SAS and just in case you don't believe

me at the end of this video I'm going to

share three micras tools that went from

idea to launching without any code

whatsoever the first micro SAS is link

drip link drip launched with one core

feature that lets you track where all of

your link clicks come from for example I

create a new drip link by simply pasting

a link to my YouTube podcast then I put

that new drip Link in my bio of my

Instagram Tik Tok and Twitter now this

will allow me to track where all of my

views come from before this tool I would

post a podcast clip on Tik Tok and it

would get a million views but I actually

had no idea how many of those people

would go and watch the full podcast on

YouTube but now when I post short form

clips from the podcast on other

platforms I can see exactly how many

clicks I got and where they came from

the beauty of micro SAS is that you just

need to solve one problem for a specific

group of people oh and did I mention

this also was built with no code also I

love how the founder actually funded the

development of the App instead of

spending his own time and money building

the app then releasing it and hoping

people buy Simon hyberg announced a

pre-sale on his YouTube channel and sent

people to a simple landing page

explaining what the tool would do anyone

who was interested in using it could

just pay $75 and in exchange they would

get lifetime access to the tool once it

was complete this resulted in $70,000 in

Revenue before he even started

developing the app this is genius

because not only does it validate your

idea pay for the entire development UPF

front and pretty much eliminate all risk

for the founder but the users who joined

early are now saving hundreds of dollars

every year it's a win-win and the beauty

in this product is that it has a great

viral Loop anytime someone uses a drip

link they are publicly displaying the

drip link branding since they use a

branded URL when I put a drip Link in my

BIOS now my social media profiles are

essentially serving as a link drip.com

billboard so anytime someone uses this

product they are also marketing it for

the company AKA it's free marketing a

viral Loop creates product-led growth

which is the most powerful way to grow a

SAS now my mass number two is study

buddy study buddy is a simple AI tool

that automatically fills in college

students homework for them the problem

lazy college kids have to do homework

the solution an AI software tool that

does it for them in SAS you want to make

sure your product is a must have and not

just a nice to have so you want to sell

a painkiller not a vitamin in this case

study buddy is the definition of a

painkiller because not only does it help

them get the answers but it actually

fills it in for them AKA is solves the

entire problem and it takes away the

pain of a college kid having to do their

homework entirely the vitamin version of

this tool would be something like

check.com where you still have to search

for the answers and then fill them in

yourself and this is why study buddy saw

exponential growth in their first year

now we will save the morals of this

product for another day but what stood

out to me about this app was the

intentionality behind it the founder is

Oliver Bato and when he came on my

podcast last year he shared his strategy

of finding products that are

intrinsically viral this means he

chooses products that are so shocking

that they go viral on social media again

and again he used this exact same

strategy to scale a sex Chocolate

Company to $1 million in revenue and he

recently sold that at just the age of 21

years old and now he's using the exact

same strategy to scale study buddy he

got the idea after scrolling Tik Tok he

saw a video of a similar tool getting

millions of views and thought he could

do it better he then hired a single

developer and had an MVP out in around 2

months now once he had a working product

he just started shooting content these

were simple videos showing the AI tool

filling in college kids homework in a

library these simple demos racked up

millions of views and resulted in

thousands of dollars in monthly

recurring Revenue he has since started

running Tik Tok ads and that's allowed

him to scale past $100,000 in Mr and

just over 12 months of starting the

business there is a major lesson to take

from Oliver's content firste approach

approach to building software he doesn't

choose a product and then figure out how

to sell it no first he finds a proven

content strategy and then he builds a

product around it this is the new era of

SAS but now speaking of content

strategies that leads me to micras

number three crayo doai crayo is an AI

tool that automatically generates short

videos for faceless content creators

crayo uses AI to write a script generate

voiceovers captions effects background

IM

and music for you the people using this

tool are using it to create videos for

the Tik Tok creativity program Tik Tok

now pays you a dollar for every thousand

views you get and so if you get a

million views you make 1,000 bucks so

this is a great tool to sell because

people are using it to make money and

it's a lot easier to convince people to

pay for your product when your product

makes them money another great advantage

that they have is that this is faceless

content so it doesn't matter if you're a

14-year-old in your mother's basement or

a stay-at-home mom you can get in on the

action this also allows for dynamic

pricing because if people are seeing

success with the videos that they're

making then they're going to make more

and more videos so Kayo's tiered pricing

system charges based on how many videos

you're generating So in theory the more

money their users make the more money

they can charge crayo hasn't even been

around for 6 months and they're already

generating over $300,000 in monthly

recurring Revenue oh and did I mention

all three of the founders are teenagers

okay so how did they do this well ARB is

a recent podcast guest who's going Allin

on Creator Le SAS so ARB is the

technical founder AKA he is overseeing

development then he strategically

partnered with two creators Daniel

bitten and Musa Daniel is the

15-year-old who made $500,000 a month

creating short form videos on Snapchat

and because of this he gained a large

following of short form video creators

and Musa is the controversial founder of

Media meta an online community that

teaches people how to make clips from

popular streamers repurpose them by

adding split screen footage and then

posting them on Tik Tok to make money

since this is a very controversial topic

every video he posts gets millions of

views which leads to thousands of people

joining his paid Community he then

teaches everyone in his group how to

create short form content like him and

what tool does Musa recommend they use

you guessed it crayo since Daniel and

Musa already had an audience of short

form video creators this instantly

resulted in thousands of customers for

crayo this strategy is Flatout genius

and that's why my software development

agency WGY Labs is going Allin on

Creator Le SAS we have already partnered

with two large creators and launched

their SAS just last month I'm going to

make a full video on Creator Le SAS in

just a few weeks so if you're interested

in that just go ahead and subscribe to

the channel now if you're not friends

with any large creators don't worry you

can still get in on the action and that

leads me to SAS number number four which

is cast Magic cast magic is a tool that

turns podcasts into written content for

all your social media platforms it is

very similar to rsas revamped but they

used a cool strategy and I just want to

share it with you cast magic has grown

to over $120,000 per month by leveraging

ugc creators so instead of partnering

with large creators or paying

influencers with millions of followers

cast magic took the opposite approach

they just reach out to Everyday People

and offer them a few hundred to make a

video demonstrating their product this

is called ugc content ugc stands for

user generated content and these videos

can get hundreds of thousands of views

if done correctly here's an example of a

full-time ugc creator that they hired so

the creators actually post these on

their own accounts and so this is a

volume game the more ugc creators you

can pay to make videos the more money

your SAS is going to make one important

thing to note here is the type of video

you have them make is very important

that example video that I showed is not

a video that says how to use cast magic

the video is instead how to create

content across all platforms and then

cast magic is subtly used as a part of

that process so good marketing is

focused on helping a viewer achieve a

desired outcome this is a lot like

Shopify and dropshipping a lot of people

make videos on how to start a Drop

Shipping business and then Shopify just

happens to be the tool that you use now

moving on to the fifth micras this this

is plug AI plug AI is an app in the

Apple App Store that helps people have

romantic conversations on dating apps

AKA it helps you talk to girls on Tinder

this AI wingman has generated millions

of dollars in revenue and it is a simple

GPT API but the value here is that it

works natively on your phone this just

goes to show that some wellth

thought-out prompts for a specific Niche

use case can create a lot of value for

people plug AI is $15 a month and it was

created by a group of college friends

now if you're watching this and you want

to start a sass but you think it's

pretty complicated promise you it's not

I know this because we recently hosted a

10-week SAS challenge where we helped

complete beginners go from idea to

actually launching their app on product

hunt 600 people entered 47 launched and

three of them ended in the top five on

product hunt this resulted in hundreds

of users for each of them on their very

first day oh and all of these apps were

built with no code whatsoever so last

month we hosted a two-day in-person

workshop in our Arizona office for the

winners of the challenge our first place

team got fourth on product hunt and

their app is Ringley doio Ringley

provides customer support AI voice

agents to help e-commerce companies

handle returns shipping inquiries FAQs

and automates general customer support

tasks over their phone and their first

day they got 130 users which is pretty

insane considering considering they

didn't even know what bubble was 6

months ago our second place team got 178

users in their first week with their app

model Muse model Muse is an AI app that

generates AI fashion models Sev created

model Muse to help new apparel Brands

replicate high-end photo shoots without

the high costs with this tool you can

customize the models to fit the look of

your brand in any environment that you

choose and our third team created smart

Riser doai smart Riser is an AI video

editing tool that automatically Cuts

video footage for talking head YouTube

creators so basically if you make

content like mine it will go through

your videos and cut it For You video

editing is very tedious and this will

save you hours this is a great idea and

it's no wonder that they got third on

product hunt Yuki smart riser's founder

is building in public so if you want to

follow his journey follow him at Yuki

inthe cut all three of these tools were

built by people just like you none of

them had any experience going into the

challenge in just 10 weeks they were

able to build and launch fully

functional apps without writing any code

whatsoever most people say they're going

to do something and then never take

action but I am extremely proud of the

teams that stuck it through did the work

and are now seeing the rewards that they

deserve so a huge congratulations to

each and every one of you who completed

the challenge if you're watching this

and you want to start your own SAS now

is your chance our 10we program is

designed to take you from a complete

beginner with no coding experience to

actually launching and getting your

first 100 users the program guides you

from validating your idea designing the

app building it in bubble to your actual

launch day we show you everything you

need to do to build your app step-by

step in order so if you are serious and

you want the exact proven blueprint that

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