This week's micro-SaaS acquisition opps
I was looking at acquisition marketplaces (there are a ton of them) trying to find early-stage products to buy/grow. It was a pain and I figured that meant it was also an opportunity, so I started curating the products into a newsletter.
The meat of it is pasted below. I hope it's helpful to anyone in the market.
I'd love some feedback, as this is super MVP. The main feedback I've gotten so far is that I need to include less data so that it's more readable and maybe reformat it. I plan to do that in the next issue.
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Format = Description: Asking price | TTM profit | monthly rev | rev multiple | target | model
❎ = Data is unavailable
💰 $0-$1k opps
- Tool that offers a gateway to targeted leads and verified CEO information: $500 | $500 | $500 | 30x | B2B | ❎
- Personalized stock quiz that helps you find your ideal stocks: $500 | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | ❎
- Fully-automated SEO reports and tools platform: $600 | ❎ | $60 | 0.8x | B2B | Subscription
- Online AI image generator: $700 | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | B2C | ❎
- Tool that creates compelling cold emails using AI: $1k | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | ❎
💰💰 $1k-$5k opps
- Tool for users to efficiently build and customize portfolio websites: $2k | $0 | $0 | ∞ | B2C | Subscription
- Tool that brings together all the most effective elements of mindfulness: $2k | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | B2C | ❎
- Automatic newsletter creation platform: $2.5k | ❎ | $13 | 16x | B2B | Subscription
- Personalized recipe and meal plan generator/organizer: $3k | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | B2C | ❎
- Landing page builder with over 100 template kits: $4k | $400 | $245 | 5.4x | B2B | Subscription
- Digital loyalty program SaaS: $4k | ❎ | $63 | 5.3x | B2B | Subscription
- Project and financial management, invoicing, and proposal platform: $5k | $0 | $0 | ∞ | B2B | Subscription
- Categorized database of 11k+ angel investors and venture capitalists: $5k | ❎ | $239 | 1.7x | B2B | ❎
💰💰💰 $5k-$20k opps
- AI tutor that helps students with learning difficulties improve their grades: ❎ ($1k-$10k) | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | B2C/B2B | ❎
- Personalized meal plan and recipe composer: ❎ ($1k-$10k) | $0 | $0 | ∞ | B2C | ❎
- Portfolio builder that produces interactive websites: $7k | ❎ | $80 | 7.3x | B2C | Subscription
- Tool that reimagines spaces: $7k | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | B2B | ❎
- AI-powered tool for product planning and strategy formulation: $7.7k | $100 | $0 | 77x | B2B | Subscription
- Instant, remote slideshows during cold calls: $8k | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | ❎
- AI-powered healthcare transcriptionist and documentation generator: $8k | $210 | $220 | 36.4x | B2B | Subscription
- Tool that helps you trade without constantly watching the charts: $9.5k | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | B2C | ❎
- E-commerce platform that enables small businesses to quickly launch online shops: $10k | $2k | $250 | 3.3x | B2B/Ecommerce | ❎
- Documents made smart with textually narrated calculations: $10k | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | ❎
- Tool that embeds live spreadsheet data in Google Docs: $10k | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | ❎
- AI writing assistant that helps students learn and write faster: $10k | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | B2C | ❎
-All-in-one bookmarks and snippets manager (3 products): $14.8k | $21 | $4 | 615x | B2C | Subscription - Research paper writing tool: $15k | $950 | $605 | 15x | B2C | Subscription
- Lead generation service for Web3 businesses to expand market reach:$15k | $2k | $505 | 5.3x | B2B/Services | Subscription
- Web app that positions users perfectly for their dream jobs: $15k | $10 | $81 | 138.9x | B2C | Subscription
- Academic content AI writing tool: $15k | ❎ | $175 | 7.1x | B2C | Subscription
- AI resume checker and writer: $15k | ❎ | $72 | 17.4x | B2C | Subscription
- Customer feedback tool for product teams to create roadmaps: $19.6k | ❎ | $100 | 16.3x | B2B/B2C | ❎
💰💰💰💰 $20k-$50k opps
- Web platform to help manage customer feedback: $20k | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | B2B | ❎
- WordPress SEO automation tool that uses AI to fix SEO issues: $27.8k | ❎ | $3k | 2.5x | B2B | Subscription
- App that lets you create and manage your biolinks: $30k | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | B2C | ❎
- Tool that provides uptime monitoring and- status pages: $30k | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | B2B | ❎
- E-commerce platform that allows merchants to set up online stores: $45k | $0 | $74 | 4.9x | B2B | Subscription
💰💰💰💰💰 $50k-$100k opps
- AI-driven hiring platform: $60k | -$18k | $0 | 3.8x | B2B | Licensing
- AI-powered career platform for job seekers: $75k | $10k | $1k | 5x | DTC | Subscription
- Payment and loyalty mobile app: $75k | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | B2C/B2B | ❎
- Televeterinary platform: $80k | ❎ | ❎ | ❎ | B2C/B2B| ❎
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❎ = Data is unavailable
The symbol must be ⊘ .. Otherwise ❎ catches more attention of the people
That's a great point, thanks!
I'm actually really interested in the content but ouch, hard to read...give me a table format if you're presenting it in that sort of form anyway?....the icons hurt my eyes a bit too....The descriptions could be snappier and more to the point too - e.g., "Tool that creates compelling cold emails using AI" = "AI Cold email generator'...."Personalized stock quiz that helps you find your ideal stocks" = "Personalized stock picker quiz".....and the beige font on white background is hard on the eyes too.
Interested in the content though!
Super helpful. thanks! Yeah, I think a table is the right move - I'll do that next week.
For the descriptions, I was basically just using what the sellers wrote (with minor edits), but I think you're right. It feels less cohesive when they're all over the place.
Interesting about the colors too, I'll switch that up. Thanks!
This resource is great, thank you! I was wondering if you were open to sharing what your experience has been like purchasing these micro SaaS products. What percent are you able to improve / fail? Would be very curious to know!
Thanks.
I'm new to it — I was looking for my first purchase and realized it was a pain, so I put this newsletter together. But I've spoken with lots of indie hackers doing it.
The best example I know of is @andrewpierno. He has done it 10+ times and 6 of them are in good shape. He offloaded the other 4 (I believe at a profit). If you want to learn about this stuff, check out his blog at XO.
I interviewed him about it here.
Thanks for the shoutout @IndieJames!
Awesome, thanks for these resources. Good luck!
Super cool idea!
Great advice, thank you! Will do.
Great start!
Thanks!
This is a great idea. I'd read this every single week.
Awesome, thanks for the feedback!