Build a Profitable SaaS (the Easy Way)

🔎 Video Chapters BELOW:

→ How to ethically steal other people's code (APIs)
→ Copy-paste code to build profitable SaaS tools
→ Simple ideas that make money
→ How APIs are a simple road to profit

🔎 Chapters:

01:15 APIs explained (as a vehicle for building a SaaS)
02:55 An epidemic that stops you from building profitable software
03:37 Million-dollar 'ChatGPT' wrapper apps (copy them)
05:02 API Arbitrage & why it matters for getting rich
06:35 SaaS example: API Arbitrage on a LinkedIn tool
08:26 The 1% Rule & how you build SaaS with APIs (for PROFIT)
10:49 5 Ideas that took 2 minutes to think of (that provably make money)
13:00 Hop on the train (API gold rush)
16:03 Don't fall into THIS TRAP (please watch this part)
17:55 Pricing Psychology - Clarity & how it makes you profitable
19:20 The NEW Playbook with APIs as a back-drop
20:49 Final thoughts (go build something!)

🖐️ About me:

I'm Olly & I build B2B SaaS.

I built & exited Response AI: an outreach tool helping agencies, startups & sales reps book 3X more meetings with AI Video Outreach.

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[jordangerada]

Any man that can summarise chaining apis to build a 1 man army business while cooking chicken has my subscription ✊

[SeannyBlack]

This is the most condensed, no BS video I've seen on the whole topic ever. Instantly subscribed.

[leblanc]

This guy cooks chicken, teach, record and also doesn't forget to set an alarm for his chicken. +1 Like.

[JeffBezosFanZone]

The issue with "easy ways" to make money is that since the barrier to entry is so low, everyone can replicate it, it floods the market with those SaaS built that way, and then they are not profitable anymore. So this video probably just killed this SaaS niche, oupsies!

[LiquidMamba]

Holy moly I'm a self taught developer, this is a freaking Uranium Mine Olly. Idk how the hell you give such things for us for free. Thanks Olly keep up knowledging us.

[nephastgweiz]

I was expecting the usual drawn out video with low to no value, but this was very informative ! You earned yourself a new subscriber

[mathws]

Your thumbs and content are amazing, I don't know how you don't have 1M subs yet!

[sprobertson]

3:40 more widely used term for gpt wrapper is not adding gpt to standalone software, but software that consists only of a thin layer around gpt, like the name says. for example a customer service app that is just some prompts on top of gpt. usually a negative term since openai could just add that to their own thing in a day and put you out of business

[caporazor]

I have not seen for a long time such a video with full of useful information. Thank you, dude for creating this content. The video deserves more than like and subscription.

[AlanaLGolden]

Thank you Olly, I needed to hear all of this. Chaining together APIs in complex ways is what I'm amazing at and I've been in a spiral of depression due to money, and have been hard at work building an overly-complex web app/startup to try and save me.

What I need is to take a short pivot and publish an app to get the income going, as being able to figure out how to do it was never something I've been concerned at failing at, it's just spending time building the thing that actually makes money. Appreciate you!

[thenext]

I've been deep into the API game, this is a funny funny little area. It's true that no one cares, really. If you are deep tech stack focused and deep knowledge - stop it, and stop it now. For your connector comment what I ask is: HOW CAN I CONNECT MULTIPLE TOOLS TO CREATE AN APP? Yes, as the scale goes you shed the api and build in house…..UNLESS the api is something very well established like Heinz ketchup. You won’t go making ketchup, you’ll not think twice. So for those well thought out things that have been around a long time - let em ride, unless you have a very good reason to do it (probaby not). The problem is very new apis can disapear on you because the people quit out of it (not surprising, this game is hard).

[SorowerHossan-kfqp]

I'm one of the guy who builds those API's on RapidAPI and Apify... 😊

[snaky]

That was a very entertaining and captivating video. I did not expect to watch the entire 22 minute video but I did, lol.

[bukitsorrento]

Thank you and YouTube algorithm. Pure gold here!

[trilloclock]

This is how I've always viewed it cuz I'm not a developer. Awesome Vid bro.

[pravinsukumaran]

Bro your delivery is gold
No fluff No bulshit No fancy words
Keep it up and thanks ✌🏼

[dainiusvaitiekunas]

Thank you, Olly. This was extremely well explained to someone just getting into the world of SaaS without a programming background. You’ve just earned another loyal subscriber. ✌

[ronaldoketchabjales]

wow, just wow. been looking for the past week best video to sumarise ai business in 2025 has a self taught developer

[yourenotmartin]

seeing the growth and effort is beautiful Olly!

[speeeeed]

There’s no way this channel has only 5k subs! Anyways, here before the channel goes viral!