The saying “Don’t sell vitamins, sell painkillers” is one I hear a lot. The concept is straightforward: an application that addresses complex, pressing problems has a 90% higher chance of success than a flashy SaaS (the “vitamins”) that may seem nice but fails to meet a vital need. What SaaS comes to mind when you hear the phrase “don’t sell vitamins, sell painkillers” that directly addressed an urgent issue and had success as a result?
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gateways for payments. Before Stripe/razorpay, I had worked with a few suppliers; introducing an online payment option was a significant undertaking.
When the OP asks for an example of a SaaS, many here immediately mention Google search and payment gateways!
Regardless, the examples of painkillers are
Software for payroll, help desks, HR, etc.
In these areas, the most popular SaaS products are analgesics. In a critical area of their business, they are saving other companies a great deal of time and money.
Additional examples include enterprise data management and security products like Cloudflare and MailChimp.
If you are indispensable to other firms, then your product is a pain reliever. They’re ready to pay now and they need you immediately.
I’m not on board. Payment processors and gateways can be very problematic in [you know].
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Indeed. While it is not truly SaaS, one of the main issues is payment processing. If not, SaaS will also be provided by apps for booking hotels, flights, and domain names. We cannot refer to companies that solve significant payment processing issues as SaaS, such as PayPal, Xoom, Wise, etc.
Payment processing, in my opinion, will go under platform as a service, or PaaS.
automatic reminders for appointments. maintain no shows down and assist in maintaining the necessary workforce levels.
As of right now, mint (the budgeting software) has closed, therefore I figured a lightweight program that rivals YNAB would also be successful.
automated reminders for appointments. prevent no shows from happening and assist in maintaining the proper personnel levels.
I believed a lightweight budget program that rivals YNAB would also be successful in the current market, given the closing of mint (the budgeting software).