Because discovery is a problem! I can give you two examples:
I, for example, would love a service that would let me create a pdf invoice with a simple PUT or POST. I don't need a payments solution, or bookkeeping software, or a recurring billing service. Stripe gives us 95% of what we need. But our European users need invoices that show what they paid, and it's a manual process for us. I've been searching and I've found a couple options but none really scratch my itch.
On the flip side, I run a SaaS business (which I added to Paperboy), and we've often heard things like I didn't know I needed your service until I discovered it.
There are a lot of great tools out there and it's discovery and curation is not solved. Look at the success of Product Hunt, for example.
@encoder, to your point, this is exactly what we (Paid, www.paidapi.com) do. Definitely reach out to us if you have any questions. Would love to see how we can help you out.
I, for example, would love a service that would let me create a pdf invoice with a simple PUT or POST. I don't need a payments solution, or bookkeeping software, or a recurring billing service. Stripe gives us 95% of what we need. But our European users need invoices that show what they paid, and it's a manual process for us. I've been searching and I've found a couple options but none really scratch my itch.
On the flip side, I run a SaaS business (which I added to Paperboy), and we've often heard things like I didn't know I needed your service until I discovered it.
There are a lot of great tools out there and it's discovery and curation is not solved. Look at the success of Product Hunt, for example.