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A comment on Ask HN: What is an example of a super simple SaaS that is profitable?.

Re:Ask HN: What is an example of a super simple SaaS that is... by novaleaf on Monday January 28, 2019 @10:57AM (#19018417)
I run a saas that is profitable: https://PhantomJsCloud.com

It's a pretty simple concept: providing PhantomJs or Chrome Headless as a REST API.

The thing is, the SaaS itself is only about 1/3 the work. You need a website, account management, and billing too. Today, there are perhaps other services you could leverage that can help reduce this initial burden (Kong?) but a few years ago when I started my SaaS, nothing really met my needs. Hope it's easier for everyone now!

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Re:Ask HN: What is an example of a super simple SaaS that is... by paultopia on Monday January 28, 2019 @05:13PM (#19021570)
Woah, that's really cool. I've been meaning to run my own headless browser in the cloud for personal scraping tasks and such, and may now sign up for your free tier. :-)
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Re:Ask HN: What is an example of a super simple SaaS that is... by uelga22 on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @05:54AM (#19025363)
I am using browserless for a niche project.. Seems this space is taking off slightly
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Re:Ask HN: What is an example of a super simple SaaS that is... by klohto on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @01:33PM (#19028725)
Isn't PhantomJS basically unsupported at this point?
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Re:Ask HN: What is an example of a super simple SaaS that is... by novaleaf on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @09:22AM (#19035208)
yeah, bad name choice. right now the default browser I use is Chrome, but people can still use PhantomJs if they want.

I'll make a more generic domain name sometime in the future (lots of stuff to do....)

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Re:Ask HN: What is an example of a super simple SaaS that is... by tequila_shot on Monday January 28, 2019 @12:51PM (#19019446)
How much are you earning on this?
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Re:Ask HN: What is an example of a super simple SaaS that is... by novaleaf on Monday January 28, 2019 @06:04PM (#19021957)
sub 10k MRR. I need to expand the offering, and there's actually a lot of competitors in this space. My USP is low cost and high scaleability.
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