Show HN: Revenue Forecasting for SaaS Apps

Bit of pricing advice: businesses making a lot of money don’t mind paying for software. I think the $10 flat fee will come back and bite you in the future. SaaS metrics was so important for us and we were dropping $150 a month on ChartMogul when our MRR was only $3000.

a bigger player is <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.zodiacmetrics.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.zodiacmetrics.com&#x2F;</a>, who have many peer-reviewed papers and are thus transparent with their (general) forecasting approach. i would love to see some model details given the maturity of other teams.<p>(disclosure: i took a class with the prof whose research drives zodiac)

One feature that I think will help smaller SaaS businesses: Revenue Calendar.<p>For example, on Jan 1, $500 will be charged, Jan 2, $250 will be charged, etc..<p>Sure, it&#x27;s great that in a given month you will process X in MRR, but knowing when that ends up being charged is always a plus for SMBs.

Does this do anything more than just chart some KPIs and extend a trendline from your revenue?

Out of curiosity: Did you try to validate your hypothesis that people will find this useful?<p>No need to share juicy detials, I&#x27;m genuinely wondering. I&#x27;m very much thinking about &quot;on top feature&quot; small SaaS projects and Stripe is a prime candidate, but I wonder if I would use this.<p>General Stripe reporting solutions are there. I&#x27;m having a hard time seeing how nominal revenue predictions are actionable. In case things go up I should be able to gauge by actionable metrics (churn, sign up rate, conversion rates), and wouldn&#x27;t care to end up with $ estimates (will be slightly off either way).<p>Would love to chat about the idea&#x2F; topic in general in case you&#x27;re interested.

I believe ChartMogul are adding revenue forecasting to their product shortly.

Great name, rolls of the tongue.

What problem does this solve?

You should consider using a production build of react for your front-end!

Staring at a blank screen, wondering why.<p>2.3MB JS on your home page...