Selling apps or paas or saas etc Is it a viable business model for anyone here?

[tomtomagain]

As I say, this is 15 months old & is now bringing in a couple of hundred quid a month. I'm still contracting full time & do this in the evenings whilst stuck in a hotel. I started this off as a four year plan so have just under three years to go & I'm determined to make it work. The hardest part is all the work you have to put in without ever knowing if it's really going to work.

That's not too bad ..... these things take time, effort and yes a lot of "risk" ( risk being you put in the effort but get no reward ). Getting some money, even a small amount on a regular basis is the best validation you can get of your idea.

My suggestions are that you try and run a series of experiments to validate your business model rather than thinking "I am building a complete business today, from the ground up".

Your objective should be to prove or disprove to yourself that there is a viable market out there for whatever you are producing / selling and that you can effectively reach it.

Once you figure that out you will be more inclined to put the effort in to reach that market.

[Gaz_M]

That's not too bad ..... these things take time, effort and yes a lot of "risk" ( risk being you put in the effort but get no reward ). Getting some money, even a small amount on a regular basis is the best validation you can get of your idea.

My suggestions are that you try and run a series of experiments to validate your business model rather than thinking "I am building a complete business today, from the ground up".

Your objective should be to prove or disprove to yourself that there is a viable market out there for whatever you are producing / selling and that you can effectively reach it.

Once you figure that out you will be more inclined to put the effort in to reach that market.

Thanks for taking time to reply - it's nice to know that there are like minded people out there.

I proved to myself that there is a viable market before I even set out with the website. I did an awful lot of research & I even made an appointment to travel 300 miles to meet the guy running the only business in the UK doing the same thing. He was extremely helpful & is even supplying me with my first stock. He has up to £200k worth of stock & employs 4 people and I know he's selling a LOT of stuff. If I could just get a slice of it then I'd be quids in.

As you say, it takes time, time & more time but I'm sure there's a good viable business out there. It's my Plan B and simply has to be better than the boring world of IT