A Reddit intent-monitoring tool that alerts SaaS founders when potential customers post buying-intent questions relevant to their product

Target User

Indie SaaS founders and solo marketers looking for organic leads

Product Idea

A Reddit lead-finder that uses LLM-based intent classification (not just keywords) to surface posts where someone is actively seeking a product like yours, scored by purchase intent, with real-time Slack/email alerts

Evidence

• “"Every day hundreds of people post on Reddit saying things like 'anyone recommend a tool for X' — but the founders who sell exactly that product never see these posts" (https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1s1jff9/building_a_tool_that_automatically_finds_people/)”

• “"I'd use it if it actually worked. The problem I've seen with tools like this is that they find people asking questions, but they're not always ready to buy" — showing the need for intent filtering, not just keyword matching (https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1s1jff9/building_a_tool_that_automatically_finds_people/)”

• “"daily digests might miss ultra time sensitive posts" — commenter highlighting the need for real-time alerts (https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1s1jff9/building_a_tool_that_automatically_finds_people/)”

Why this opportunity matters

This opportunity surfaced from Reddit where Indie SaaS founders and solo marketers looking for organic leads are actively describing the problem in their own words. We classified the demand intensity as medium — meaning the problem is consistent enough that multiple users are searching for a fix, even if they have not committed to paying yet. When users self-select to post a problem on a public platform like Reddit, they are usually already trying to solve it — which makes them strong candidates for the right paid alternative.

How to validate this before you build

Before writing a single line of code, three lightweight steps will tell you whether this opportunity is worth pursuing:

1. Read the original conversation. The evidence links above lead to the exact threads where users described this problem in their own words. Read every comment — what people argue about in the replies often matters more than the original post.
2. Talk to five real users. Find five people who match the target user description above and ask how they handle this today. You are looking for two signals: a consistent workaround they hate, and a willingness to pay for something better. If both show up in three of five conversations, the demand is real.
3. Test willingness to pay before building. Put up a one-page landing site describing the proposed product, with a deposit or pre-order checkout. If even a small fraction of traffic converts to a real payment, you have validated more than most products that ship to production.