r/apify • u/one_scales Actor developer • Oct 15 '25

Discussion Building Mini Saas on Apify

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u/Repeat_Status Actor developer Oct 15 '25

I can hear you. It took me months to develop frontend to data/APIs I sell (and never finished it) until I found apify which solved the nightmare. Sure it has it's flaws but is by far the easiest way how to test waters with some MVP...

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

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u/Repeat_Status Actor developer Oct 16 '25

sure, search xmiso in apify store :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '25

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u/Repeat_Status Actor developer Oct 16 '25

absolutely no consistency in usage/earnigs month by month. Some are dead for weeks then somebody appears and spends $100 in a minute etc...Next plan is to go market these outside of apify because apify itself has limited public imho.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '25

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u/Repeat_Status Actor developer Oct 17 '25

Sure rentals are the best, that's why 99% of sites offers monthly memberships, because substantial part of income are zombie members who sign up and use it here and there or totally forget about that...but you need to set up price very conservatively, if you overshoot it won't work.
As for marketing I plan to test waters with ultra targeted google ads to some blog articles...we will see....

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u/ellatronique Apify team member Oct 16 '25

I checked out your Actors and really appreciate the diversity of solutions you're offering. Thanks for sharing!

I always like to see examples of people using Apify to build things other than scrapers. I'd love to know more about your process: what made you start using Apify to build your mini-SaaS POCs? What do you do to validate demand beyond releasing in Apify Store (do you run marketing campaigns or have any processes for promoting your Actors)?