😴 Where is the competition sleeping? (SaaS "Low Hanging Fruits")
Hey everyone! Inspired by The Prodigies Hotline Live from yesterday, let’s put that theory into practice. I’m a big believer in the strategy: Don’t validate a market from scratch. Instead, find a market where people are already paying, but the current solutions are getting lazy, outdated, or too generic. The goal isn't to copy blindly. It's to find a validated problem and apply a Unique Twist (Better UX, Niche Focus, AI integration, etc.). I wanted to start a thread where we can brainstorm these "Low Hanging Fruits" together. Here are 3 examples I’ve been looking at to get the ball rolling: 1. The "Appointment Scheduling" Market - The Giant: Calendly. - The Opportunity: Calendly is ubiquitous, but it feels cold, transactional, and generic. Sending a Calendly link can sometimes feel like a "power move," and the design is impossible to make fully branded without enterprise tiers. - The Twist: A "High-Touch" Booking Tool for Freelancers/Coaches. 2. Uptime Monitors / Status Pages - The Giant: PagerDuty or UptimeRobot. - The Opportunity: Essential B2B tool, but often ugly or overly technical. - The Twist: A super clean, "Apple-like" design status page that focuses purely on aesthetics and simplicity for non-technical founders. 3. Feature Voting Boards - The Giant: Cannyio - The Opportunity: Great tool, but can be expensive for bootstrappers. - The Twist: A significantly cheaper, lifetime deal alternative or a version that focuses 100% on seamless integration with specific CRMs (e.g., HubSpot). Now, let’s brainstorm together! 🧠 Where else do you see the competition sleeping? - Are there tools you use that frustrate you? - Are there industries still using Excel that need a simple SaaS? Drop your thoughts below!