SaaS really has been the word going around from the mouths of these trend finding internet gurus.
But what exactly is SaaS and how can you make your own? “or should you even consider it?”
There are thousands of SaaS products popping up everywhere, like AI tools, productivity tools and even tools to send your grandma a birthday message because you where too busy researching how to make money online.
Let’s dive in with a bit more detail and check some ways you can create your own Software As A Service in 2024.
SaaS is basically a model of software licensing and delivery that works on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. To put it simply, Its an online tool that you can sell to someone on a monthly or yearly pricing structure that serves a specific purpose to the user.
Quick examples of SaaS products.
You also get SaaS products that utilize an already built system that offers white label to sell as your own.
For example Go Phantom. Its Go High Level but looks a bit different and has its own brand, but is built on top of the High Level platform.
There is tons more, but I completely with no bias made the list up there with the sites I have affiliate links to. “wink wink”
Essentially any software that can solve a problem effectively enough for someone to want to use it, pay for it and stay with it for a long duration of time.
If you are not a fortune 500 company with the budget of Elon Musk’s fancy Tesla branded toilet paper, then your best bet is to stick with a very specific niche, that solves an even more specific problem.
How to actually make your own SaaS? Let’s dig into some specifics below.
If you need more help creating your own SaaS, feel free to contact me, we have a community called Fulltime Hustlers with some really nice people that is super helpful.
It’s no secret that developing your own software will take a huge amount of time and money but it can be super fulfilling and even more profitable.
Going the development route will require a few key points and then you are off to a start.
Now as you can see I am definitely not making it sound very enticing, that is because going that route really is a long, hard and difficult route.
However if that is something you really want to pursue, then hats off to you. I have some seriously good contacts that I can put you in touch with should you want to go this route.
This can be super fulfilling because you will be building something from the ground up and pour your soul into it.
Ah YEA!! Someone did all the work for us!
Ok I know this is not exactly as grand as building a software from scratch for a few hundred thousand dollars but…
Let’s explore a real example of building a SaaS from scratch using a white label platform that already has everything built and then use some third party white label services to enhance it.
A great example of someone that took this model and really scaled it to a point where it easily competes with developed SaaS products.
Head over to Course Creator Pro and just have a look at how they set up everything, straight to the point, very good course and then BOOM hit you with a software product called coursecreator360 that brings it all together.
They have over 3000 students and a large amount of them are using the software which was 100% built on top of a white label software along with a third party service that builds, and handles most of the moving parts including client support.
From the previous example we will be using the same software and method and building a software that marketers and pretty much any company can use in their business to do everything from email campaigns to automations and reputation management.
There is way too many features to go through in this blog post so I will be making another one that you can go through soon.
Ok so now that we have the idea, lets looks at the white label software that can achieve the outcomes for our target market.
I have found the one they use so I will be using it as the example going forward.
1: First go to High Level and sign up for a free 14 day trial
From there you can attend the onboarding call to get a better example of the software and spend a few hours, weeks, months trying to learn how to use all the features and build your SaaS features and setup automations, sites, etc or…
Literally skip all the boring stuff and head over to Extendly and purchase the Ultimate SaaS Agency in A Box snapshot. They will handle everything for you, from setting up your High level account, to a very detailed onboarding session and then so much more.
You can build an entire SaaS for just over $5000 and with a running fee of around $1000 per month for all the tools and services and then whatever you want to spend on ads.
That is around 2% of what a developed SaaS with all the extras will cost you.
To sum it up, you can sign up to High Level, head over to Extendly and within less than a week have a fully functional, ready to sell SaaS of your own that has more than enough left over clients out there waiting to see your ads and sign up to your very own subscription based software as a service.
If you have a service or course this can also be a great way to monetize it even further.
SaaS can be life changing and even more if you automate 99% of the tasks and focus on your brand instead.
I know 14 days might not be enough to try everything out on High Level so here is a tip to extend your trial.
In your agency account, head over to settings then billing and from there you can ask to extend the trial and simply provide a valid reason like “I need more time” and you should get an extention.