Hello, I don't like marketing, and I'm really bad at it, so I try to avoid it as much as possible. I simply just want to build the product and move on to the next one, but obviously this doesn't bring the cash in. Is there a market of people who want to buy these SaaS products that are built out fully, and they just have to market them and call them theirs to sell to; and I'm not talking about $1,000,000 dollar deals, I just mean a market of people who are willing to buy a SaaS from a developer for a few hundred or thousand dollars, and run it themselves?
Any feedback would be useful, thank you!
Is it possible to sell $0 revenue SaaS?
byu/Matees21 inEntrepreneur
Posted by Matees21
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I think so, but the markets not massive, hard to sell them, and if the saas you’re talking about is vibe coded slop then it’s worthless
Have you actually listed anything yet?
Wondering how complete your SaaS is and if you’ve validated demand even a tiny bit.
No
Selling $0 revenue SaaS can be challenging but not impossible. There are indeed entrepreneurs looking for ready-made solutions to market and run. Platforms for buying and selling software or marketplaces for small SaaS products may help connect you with potential buyers. Good luck!
So you basically are a dev agency but the customer don’t get to choose their product.
A few hundred or even thousand is probably just not worth the time to do the hand off. Truthfully most non technical founders won’t know what to do with a pile of code that will need fixes/expansions to actually be sold to anyone, and other technical founders are likely to rubbish your code reflexively anyways.
I mean either try to get a non technical founder for a supported product, or toss it. Truthfully even if it did pay out the last thing you want to be is the person in the business school story that sold off their stake in NextHottness for $400.
It’s going to depend on the assets you have (ip, technology, talent etc) and the valuation of those assets. Valuation really depends on what the market will bare and if your app is aligning with someone else’s vision.
If you have built out a SaaS application then you are likely 60% of the way towards generating revenue. Find a peer group in that vertical and find a partner that will handle sales / marketing.
Would be better to find a marketer or salesperson who would be interested in equity in exchange for helping promote/drive sales.