Seeing the Uneed Contest, I thought I might share my "origin story" lol. To get to know eachother on here. :) Here's my thesis:

The best ideas come from problems that annoy YOU so much you can't ignore them.

I built 3 products in 12 months by listening to my own frustration. Here's the story. :)

Product 1: #Linkto

The Annoyance: Manually submitting my future SaaS (still working on it, I'm not a developer but I'm learning) to 100+ directories. 20 min per directory. 60+ hours wasted. I saw an issue/opportunity.

The Build: 800+ SaaS directories ranked by Domain Authority. Free. 2 weekends of (AI-assisted) research.

The Result: 1K+ monthly free users, $150/month affiliate income. But I gave it away for 3 months before monetizing. Rookie mistake. I do have a little email list now, which I intend to try for a newsletter on backlinks, SEO automation, and "insider tricks" like parasite SEO sites; every week.

The Lesson: Charge from day 1. Whether it's affiliate links or a fixed price for the database, even $5. People value what they pay for.

Product 2: #Trimless for Gmail V3

The Annoyance: Gmail clips emails at 102KB. I clicked "View entire message" 100+ times daily. Soul-crushing.

The Build: A Chrome extension that auto-expands clipped emails. About 50 lines of code. 12 hours total (including design).

The Result: Almost 200 active users, 5/5 stars, $10/month (it's a one-time payment). I think Chrome Extensions are a long-term play.

The Lesson: Understand your TAM before building. Not every problem deserves scaling. Although, I still have hope for this one. :)

Product 3: #Chrome Goldmine

The Annoyance: Browsing the Chrome Web Store, I saw a lot of expired extensions. People built these, got 50K+ users, then abandoned them. (Mostly because of Manifest V3 issues.)

I realized: if demand existed once, it exists now. Why isn't anyone aggregating this data?

The Build: Database of 9,656 expired extensions + revenue potential + why they failed. Including 10+ "Implementation Manuals": from choosing the right tools, rebuilding the extension, monetizing it, launching it, promoting it and even a Chrome Web Store SEO optimization guide. 200+ hours of research and lots of Perplexity Pro API credits. $29 price.

The Result: a few sales upto now, but it's been only two weeks. I'm going all-in on SEO now. I'm building my own pSEO automation to help with that, which I might sell later on if it works the way I imagine it will. ;)

The Lesson: Make your landing page decent before launching. I did the opposite and had almost 0% CTR. Now it's a bit better, but still a way to go.

The Pattern:

Each product solved a pain I actually felt. But they revealed something:

Shallow pain → Free/low-revenue
Medium pain → Freemium/plateau
Deep pain → High revenue

The deeper the frustration, the more people will pay to solve it.

Lessons:

Don't ask "what's the market demand?"

Ask: "What annoys me so much I spend 10+ hours on it per month?"

That annoyance = money waiting to be made.

Which product would YOU rebuild first? Drop your pick below 👇

Launch. Get seen. Grow.

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