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[API question] Should I do it ?

If there is an api that returns possible holiday combinations around public holidays would anyone use it ?

on April 16, 2020
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    I believe a ton exist https://calendarific.com/

    Doesn't mean you shouldn't do it if you can find a way to get customers.

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      Well not quite, this returns the public holidays not a suggestion of how to combine your vacation days. Maybe I didn't formulated my question correctly. What I'm saying is that what if there is an API that suggests you for instance if Thursday is a public holiday that you take Friday as a vacation day and that way you get 4 days of vacation for 1 day. That was my idea.

      Also I know that even if it exists this should not turn me down but I'm just asking if this kind of functionality sparks some interest :D

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        Ah.

        When i see a problem i want to know how you will earn money.

        Would you run ads?
        How do you plan on driving traffic to it?

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          To be honest I don't know how to monetise it, I'm kind of a newbie in SaaS. I was thinking of publishing it on RapidAPI (https://rapidapi.com/) and add a subscription plans. Other than that I kind of already have the prerequisites for the API, I have holiday management web app that I did but I'm struggling to get traction for it (that one also doesn't make money) its called Foiz, you can check it here https://foiz.io/.

          But basically thats why I'm here - to look for advice and learn how do SaaS products that generate some additional income.

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            It didn't even compute you wanted to make it into an API.

            That is such a small niche.

            SaaS is the hardest way to make money. It takes years.