Revealing Everything About My 2 $500/Month SaaS Side Hustles (Marketing, Tech Stack, Costs, etc.)

[@YourAverageTechBro]

I built a database of case studies of startups that have successfully grown through organic social media marketing for you to learn from their playbook: thecontentmarketingblueprint.com/?

[@WillyShinn]

Got a 404 after I put in gmail account

[@YourAverageTechBro]

@@WillyShinn thanks for pointing that out! Putting up a fix now

[@YourAverageTechBro]

@@WillyShinn Just fixed the bug. Thanks so much for pointing it out 🙏

[@5589e5]

The way how you market the product and built the funnel initially for your target audience (college students) is really smart, I was working with paid advertising a bit, but seeing the views on your SM account CPL is probably would be cheaper making videos (because of high CPM in the US). Why won't you outsource videomakers to grow all of your products?

[@atyt22]

Mans took “good artists copy great artists steal” literally!! Nice job, I’m finishing up an MVP for an app I started a month ago

[@lilshake139]

how is it going

[@KhangTran-uc5lr]

how is it going bruh?

[@damancia_rajongo_1]

bro's too rich to reply

[@atyt22]

@@damancia_rajongo_1 😂😂 I wish

[@atyt22]

@@lilshake139 I ran just into some bugs deploying it but I finally debugged it and I’m starting ti get some feedback from people

[@emerson-sheaapril8555]

I love real videos that show, small and simple with a realistic outcome.

[@mareksuchanski4313]

Same here! Too many "get rich quick" tutorials out there throwing huge figures around. Thanks for keeping things real!

[@SaraLoretta]

I love this! So many people just show multi 4-5 figures. Small rev is important too

[@binarybonds]

I've never seen 20mins go by so fast. So much sauce. Bless up bro.

[@pallavggupta]

The way you explain things so addictive 😅 Really nice the way you simplify things 😊

[@leydanicoleadames2701]

Hello!! KZbin recommended me this video and I am grateful it did!! Thank you for sharing your experience 🙌🏾

[@iakashpatel]

tech bro you earned a subscriber!

[@TheDoubleMvp]

Awesome personal insights. Your channel will blow up in no time

[@YourAverageTechBro]

appreciate the love!

[@Mr9CB]

So much value in 20 mins, thank you

[@YourAverageTechBro]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@adrian110288]

Thank you sharing the details! Much appreciated

[@krisproaffiliate]

For your SAAS Plans for 1 product you should change the weekly plan by limiting projects, uploads, etc.. so like 3 projects per week and 10 uploads or something and if they want unlimited make them go for the monthly plan.

[@adaptivedeveloper]

I like how simply you explain everything

[@TheBlacksunsh1ne]

Love this, so inspired! I also learned you can do calculations directly in Spotlight from this video, double bonus 😅

[@senlee325]

This video is helpful. I have been creating SaaS apps but need to improve how I market them. Thank you for the info!

[@YourAverageTechBro]

It’s definitely hard esp if you’re a developer and you just want to code all day haha

[@siddharthsah1989]

Great video. really helpful information. If you could describe how much time/work it took to build these websites and how much of previous tech stack knowledge you had would be helpful.

[@JuanchoGarVi]

Agree! Would be great to know the tech expertise needed to build something like this.

[@itsaljunaid]

This is amazing bro, keep it up! I did the same thing hehe! I got a script, and I hosted it and do some posts on social media and now the platform has more than 15k users and generating about $2k MRR. I spend $0 on marketing. My trick is that I posted the app on PH, and much more listing websites, and also a KZbinr did a free video for us, and it went crazy.

[@YourAverageTechBro]

That's awesome! Congrats on the success 🙂

[@starlord7526]

whats PH?

[@YourAverageTechBro]

@@starlord7526 producthunt a website where people launch new products

[@dricmoybhatthacharjee8119]

@@YourAverageTechBro Ayy thanks, I'm making a website template store and need a place to promote :P

[@siddharthk9487]

Very informative video. It's far better than the people claiming to make 10s of millions of dollars in 2 months without doing anything.

[@tolaseadegbite1027]

Hey man! Thanks so much for this. I must say you just gave me the motivation to build that AI product that's been on my mind.

[@alfonsor.6722]

Very Interesting Video and very well explained!!. I've already subscribed.🤝

[@brabbbus]

Very helpful. Can you share your prompt behind nexusresearch?

[@n0cyber]

If you allow unlimited PDFs with Nexus, what security measures are in place against PDF attacks (malicious PDFs, excessive file sizes, etc.)?

[@YourAverageTechBro]

any other questions I can answer? lmk in the comments also real ones like the vid and also hit that juicy subscribe button 🫡

[@berkaycirak]

1- Are there any costs in Stripe or governmental fees? or stripe handles it for you? I mean, do you pay anything on your income to the government 2- do you think gpt 3.5 is enough or will you upgrade it for gpt-4 or gpt-4o ( since gpt 4 is expensive :/, how do you overcome with that issue)

[@tevoj]

Amazing video. I have a question, where do you usually find some cool ideas to get inspired?

[@Lucas-mi3pb]

Awesome video. I have the same question (1) as @berkaycirak above. Plus, what do you use to control the whole billing process? Like manage the subscriptions, refund, etc.

[@YourAverageTechBro]

@@berkaycirak I use stripe for all billing and stuff and then I have a tax person help me out end of year

[@YourAverageTechBro]

@@berkaycirak gpt3.5 is pretty good but as always just test it out in a case by case basis

[@sabilhaque]

simple and humble. excellent content.

[@김도형-g2i]

Wow... This is just soo much value in one video.

[@YourAverageTechBro]

glad you found it helpful!

[@EcomCarl]

It's inspiring to see how these SaaS apps are generating consistent revenue, showcasing the power of innovation and persistence in the tech industry! This success story highlights the importance of not just solving problems but also finding unique angles to make your product stand out in the market. 💡

[@MadeInJack]

Comment AI-generated? Sounds bland

[@YourAverageTechBro]

Def feels a little ai generated lol

[@_I_________________________I_]

@@YourAverageTechBro hahahaha bro didnt hesitate

[@KnightMirkoYo]

Hi ChatGPT, have a nice day

[@WweLegends511]

Such an interesting video , I am also thinking 🤔 to build a Saas product

[@itsAlexanderHILLS]

Hey, with Vercel, maximum size is limited to 4.5mb how can you upload more then 10mb in prod with a data base and not static?

[@CarlHeaton]

I would love to know more on the cost of design and development for each of the apps.

[@dre3840]

Can you talk about the legal aspect of starting a quick saas business? Are you able to just throw this up, how do you pay taxes on it? Do you need to file paperwork for a business? Atleast from your experience

[@YourAverageTechBro]

i have a cpa to help with taxes. Everything is filed through my personal LLC so it is separate from my day job as well.

[@BobSmith-en7jy]

Thanks for the video. What was the time investment into these projects?

[@hwapyongedouard]

that was epic bro 💪💪 , how do you guys hook the target viewers on social medias ?? I just suck when marketing my SaaS

[@YourAverageTechBro]

I wish there was a rule that applies to all products but unfortunately there isn't. It's definitely a skill you develop as you iterate on social media. Try looking at other competitors in your space or products you might want to copy/imitate and see how they do their marketing

[@yoomann5090]

Mann love your content. Just an doubt how do you decide which techstack to use for which project and how to grasp new teckstack knowledge

[@YourAverageTechBro]

I never change my tech stack :)

[@cristifarbrown8429]

Good vid, have you considered a credits pricing structure? Could work well.

[@davidciocoiu4900]

Great video! How do you deal with the uncertainty in responses generated by AI. In other words, not all information generate by AI is accurate and or correct, how do you deal with this in the context of a commercial product?

[@divine7223]

Haha crazy had both of the same ideas, however I am a marketer, no skills in coding. It is really refreshing to see content where founders like you excel in BOTH marketing and coding (creating product)

[@YourAverageTechBro]

I am a jack of all trades and master of none - I always look for cofounders to help me out on either side. although it does help that I can be pretty fluid between both 🙂

[@divine7223]

@@YourAverageTechBro and thats exactly how you should be. Too many funny people and course sellers are saying that you need to master one skill, listen to the GOAT instead. Naval Ravikant tells us that “specialization is for insects.” And that because you only have one life, you should do all the things you want to do in it. What are your goals? Building a unicorn startup? Running several businesses for a good cash flow like Greg Isenberg?

[@YourAverageTechBro]

@@divine7223 several businesses + cash flow all the way. Not looking to play the VC/prestige game. Looking to build wealth + live my life on my own terms 🙂

[@divine7223]

@@YourAverageTechBro Booom! Gotta get you on Philip Isenbergs podcast haha, cashflow > VC game in 2024 and forward for sure. Looking forward to use some of your products! Best way to get in contact with you = here or DMs?

[@YourAverageTechBro]

@@divine7223 DM in IG to get in contact 👍

[@moosa3956]

Rather than paying double for planetscale you can prepend your database name with the different project names and then you'll be able to share across multiple applications 👀 I know drizzle has a way to do it easily, I'm not sure if you use an ORM or something happy coding

[@YourAverageTechBro]

yeah that is one thing I like about drizzle but unfortunately I use prisma and it doesn't offer that ability 😬 i actually ended up migrating to supabase for my next project which still has a pretty generous free tier so not too much of an issue anymore luckily.

[@JeannetteMedja]

Thanks for this inspiring video i definitely subscribe to your channel. I have a simple question how do you find the dataset to train your gpt or do you use stock GPT ?

[@aminbusiness3139]

He used the API which is the stock one . No training involved . He used an LLM technique called “RAG” for document retrieval alongside a Vector Database

[@YourAverageTechBro]

100% correct :)

[@dhirawigata5052]

Can you share how many tools and the use for for each tools you used for this saas?

[@jessl5457]

Great video! May I ask how long did it take you to make the the products from start to finish?

[@GregoryCampbellSwag]

For someone that wants to do things like this where they create side hustle software businesses, but they have no coding experience, what would you recommend they do is a coding boot camp hopeful?

[@YannickPian]

Interesting. How do you handle support?

[@jmadox007]

Great content! What platform are you using to manage all social media, stripe etc?

[@YourAverageTechBro]

I don't use a platform to manage everything - I just use each website individually 🙂

[@YoSo-ly6bg]

Hey brother! that's insane video! Thank you so much But have a question: How did u create instagram accounts? Are you using some Proxy to set it up? Because instagram and tiktok really hard in this

[@YourAverageTechBro]

Nope I just created them from my phone 🤷no issues on my end

[@Sully_one]

Hey man, great video really enjoyed it Since I recently entered the tech industry too, what could be a good place to connect to more people in similar shoes? Early stages tech founders

[@YourAverageTechBro]

twitter is great - lots of tech folk there

[@FtsOmega]

A genuine question, if nexus is powered by open ai can't someone use chat gpt let's say and get free results?

[@rithwikj]

A lot of people are too lazy/stupid (rich and stupid types are the best variety!) and will pay for a product that’s advertised to them rather than spend time researching the technology behind it.

[@TheRealTiffany2.0]

love the nuggets and low editing, high value content!!

[@YourAverageTechBro]

Low editing is my specialty 🫡

[@Lemariecooper]

Making money should be a routine. The secret to making a million is making better investment.

[@Erikkurilla01]

Consistent and smart investing is key to building wealth. Making informed investment decisions regularly can significantly increase your chances of reaching that million-dollar milestone.

[@jessicasquire]

You're right! I've been in touch with a financial advisor ever since I started my business. Knowing today's culture, The challenge is knowing when to purchase or sell when investing in trending stocks, which is pretty simple. On my portfolio, which has grown over $900k in a little over a year, my adviser chooses entry and exit orders.

[@jessicasquire]

Angela Lynn Schilling is the licensed advisor I use. Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment.

[@entx8491]

Shut up!

[@RbyLearning]

No thanks

[@hershalrao3472]

What do you think about Supabase for SQL Db, Auth Provider, Storage Provider which also provides free tier

[@YourAverageTechBro]

love it. gonna talk about it in a future video but for a new project i'm working on i used supabase and it's pretty good so far.

[@johnsummers7389]

That is really interesting. Thank you for showing this information. I know high level but you don't want to give your code away!!

[@SerhiiChernikov]

Nice video! Keep up the good work🔥

[@rohanmarar64]

Very helpful video, thank you

[@salahdinwaji7498]

Hey! thanks for the tips, can you do a detail video about the backend use of gpt? do you use langchain or you just do a normal API call

[@YourAverageTechBro]

I use the normal API calls and specifically I use OpenAI's assistant for a lot of my use cases.

[@Mal-wk3uq]

You inspire me to build a saas average tech bro, how long did take you to code these apps and make money from them ?

[@YourAverageTechBro]

This one was around 3-4 weeks build time and got a customer in the first 2 weeks!

[@ismaelkf]

OMG finaly real data!!!!

[@aniketprasad7700]

Are you working as a team or you have done it all solo

[@Hasan10-oh7vl]

Keep going bro !! Do you need a video editor bro ? I can do a sample video ;)

[@bramburn]

Teach me

[@ranadenish]

At 16:44 , How did you solved cost bill from $137 to around $20? What was the code logic/improvement behind it?

[@VibronicCow]

What’s your background as a developer? YOE + FE/BE/FS?

[@mukailarashid5428]

dude, that was very inspirational to me! keep up the good word my friend. love

[@Emmanuel-is7gm]

Great insight into both SaaS platform. More growth incoming.What platform did you use for analytics at 8:08 and what platform is this at 8:58

[@YourAverageTechBro]

8:08 is Pothog and 8:58 is OpenAI

[@gautampatoliya6872]

Love the honesty ❤

[@BrusselsAI.Agency]

have you tried life time deal ? I think it can work well against one time purchase, unlimited uses for a flat fee something like $149

[@YourAverageTechBro]

Yep I tried the lifetime deal and I did like it but unfortunately not too many purchases/conversions. I probably should've kept it up and I probably took it down a bit prematurely admittedly.

[@InnocenceVVX]

How much sidebusinesses do you run right now?

[@aecsar]

Thanks very much, this is what I was looking for 🎉

[@YourAverageTechBro]

hope it helps!

[@aecsar]

@@YourAverageTechBro Would you mind sharing how long it took you to create each of these apps?

[@marcogarcia8226]

Random q but what are you using at min 6 on the left side of the screen? Is this a browser extension?

[@YourAverageTechBro]

it's Arc browser - not an extension, just a whole dedicate web browser haha

[@saas.alexferreira]

tô nessa mesma pegada aqui na minha cidade com meu saas de catálogos e cardápios digitais usando até marketplace tipo ifood já para não ter pessoas envolvidas diretamente na operação. Tenho até ajudado outros a fazerem o mesmo e graças a suas dicas tenho devagar alcançado meu objetivo. Obrigado.

[@rajrsa]

Are you looking to sell perfect interview?

[@iakashpatel]

awesome breakdown thank you!

[@GDScriptDude]

Nice profits and interesting projects.

[@SundarapandiyanT]

Great information. I have a question. I think you are using great analytic platform. can I know it?

[@YourAverageTechBro]

Nope can’t tell you. jk it’s post hog 🙂

[@xenotion3650]

How do you deal with the UI/UX design? that's the part I'm struggling the most with

[@cyrilalonzo7430]

You're awesome! Thanks for sharing

[@YourAverageTechBro]

Glad you found it helpful! Plenty more content to come :)

[@Christopher-N7]

Great video. Really made me think about my project. Do you offer a one time consulting service? I have a few questions. Thanks!

[@YourAverageTechBro]

Glad you found the video helpful! Unfortunately don't offer a one time consulting service at the moment. Feel free to leave any questions as comments and I'll try my best to respond/make a follow up video answering them if applicable!

[@Christopher-N7]

@@YourAverageTechBro Thanks for the quick reply! I have a micro SaaS that I have been testing over the course of a year. Currently have ADs for monetization, but want to remove the ADs and go a pay-for-use model. Over the course of the year, the majority of visitors use the tool once or twice, then leave. What do you think would be a good monetization model? I was thinking of trying per search.

[@bramburn]

@youraveragetechbro how do you do your marketing video?

[@bramburn]

​@@YourAverageTechBrohow do you do your marketing video

[@koolam5158]

Sir could u share how did u do optimization in backend code such that the openai cost is reduced a lot. That's impressive

[@CREATE-oo8xg]

Amazing bro. I love this

[@YourAverageTechBro]

Thank you 🙌

[@SimplyJustDev]

What screen recording do you use that includes the camera circle?

[@rawelioli]

Thanks TenZ!

[@wetogo_official]

Hi dude, may I know your tools for monitoring revenue and cost on your video? Tq

[@YourAverageTechBro]

revenue is all handled by stripe so nothing fancy there. And then for costs i just add up the individual prices myself haha

[@isyrafismail7801]

Hello hope somebody notice. I'm a newbie and want to ask for the analytics that used on this video, does it need to build from scratch or have some tools that can help?

[@hansc8989]

great content😊❤

[@YourAverageTechBro]

Thank you 😁

[@wesleymogaka]

Would it be cheaper to self host the Ai & DB on the cloud?

[@Suzi-QCodes-gh9rp]

What’s the difference between pinecone and planetscale?

[@colors8812]

To sum up: A good service needs a good marketing. What is the use of your service if your competitors is getting the eyeballs?

[@YourAverageTechBro]

yup! exactly

[@sitrakaforler8696]

dam impressive bro ! I wanna do that too haha

[@YourAverageTechBro]

totally possible! it takes time (it took me 2 years to get to this point lol) but definitely possible by everyone

[@maleek410]

i just started my own agency

[@extremetech12345]

Move to Turso, it takes like an hour and will save you $40/mo

[@YourAverageTechBro]

actually strated using supabase and i'm a fan of it!

[@witchestify]

subsribed and im going to copy your app. I might change the variable name a little bit tho. to make it not obvious

[@YourAverageTechBro]

Definitely feel free to

[@brian_akhtar]

make it a one time fee $24 you’ll get 3 months of revenue and more and people will be happy to pay only one

[@AvgJane19]

This! Ppl are TIRED of subscriptions

[@geoffl]

no incentive to improve the product in the future. The product will wither and die.

[@brian_akhtar]

@@geoffl yeah but if you liked it how it was when you bought it then it doesn’t matter if it gets improved or not bc you don’t care

[@UmairSadaqat]

Which tool you share with the screen and your video recording

[@YourAverageTechBro]

screen studio is the name of the tool

[@tenzincooks]

You said company, did you registered LLC or just launch this application

[@YourAverageTechBro]

At the very beginnign I just launched and did everything as a sole proprietor (no fancy tax forms necessary). Eventually now that I've built a lot of apps + have social media income I created a separate LLC for social media + apps, but definitely not necessary when you're just starting out.

[@IamJason-xt5ev]

Which LLM are you using and how much is it costing you?

[@YourAverageTechBro]

OpenAI - I go over the cost breakdown in the video

[@chrisrobbo]

How are the LLM API costs for Nexus?

[@InnocenceVVX]

Sounds like the perfect scenario to sell.

[@CodeZakk]

is openai cost that cheap months ago i've also tried to build on top of openai but since the cost is in credit i hesitated to create the saas . thanks for sharing your insight much appreciated!!!

[@YourAverageTechBro]

Back in their openAI developer day i think back in oct/november they did announce price cuts to certain parts of their API, so definitely take a look!

[@adelhishem1]

Great content and unique helpful concept. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@YourAverageTechBro]

glad you found it helpful!

[@acseattle1975]

What browser are you using?

[@JohnsonMwakazi-q5r]

Arc browser

[@sobanvideoeditor]

Can I Edit Your KZbin videos

[@blasttrash]

1. on nexus, why don't you have privacy policy, refund policy, terms and conditions etc? Maybe I am unable to find them or was it left out for some reason? 2. Also you have a "trusted section" where you show all the people at different universities using it. Is that real data? How did you find out that a person who used your site is studying/working at say Google? Or is this vague information? If its vague, then isnt that lying since its not genuine information?

[@YourAverageTechBro]

1) tbh we just never really needed it - no one asked for it 🤷 2) it's legitimate information. we look at our signed up users and look at the email addresses that they signed up with so from there we include the relevant institutions.

[@blasttrash]

@@YourAverageTechBro Do your users know that their university/company name is being mentioned on your website?

[@YourAverageTechBro]

@@blasttrash nope probably not

[@bmassioui]

Point Of Inspiration dude.