Keyboard Warrior
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- Aug 5, 2014
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Hey guys,
Below is a list of online software product ideas, feel free to do what ever you want with them.You don't have to create the next Facebook or anything to be successful kwenye mambo ya software, unahitajji tu ucreate a valuable product which people love and use daily.And i believe kwa tz kuna opportunities nyingi for something like that.
1. Online booking software kwaajili ya mabasi yakusafiria.
Tafuta mabasi ambayo watu wanayapenda kusafiria eg. Shabiby, Sumry, Abood etc,ukianza hata na mabasi 3-5 haina shida,and convince them kwamba wakilist mabasi yao in your website,watapata access to alot more customers (and who doesn't want that).
Why its needed: Itaongeza convenience kwa travellers.No longer will you need to go to the bus stand kwaajili yakubook basi au kuanza kutafuta contact zao ili uwapigie.
Revenue source: By commison e.g. tzs 500 - 1000 per ticket.
How would you market it: list/advertise on popular blogs and forums, or create a referral system kwamfano mtu akishare your website in social media hautachukua any commission au utapunguza the amount of commission utakayo mkata. Another option nikupay a social influencer a tweet au apost a pic on their instagram kwamba ametumia your system ili kubook for their travel or anything like that.
2. A daily deal site, something like groupon.
Businesses need more customers and what better way than to provide them with a platform for listing their deals. Same kama with the booking software, tafuta places ambapo watu wanapenda kushop, eat etc. List like 5 - 10 places in the beginning.
Why its needed: People a looking for more ways to save.
Revenue source: By commision e.g. tzs 700 - 1000 or 1% - 2% per coupon.
3. An online learning platform, think lynda,coursera, udemy etc
Get people who are really good at what they do and have them prepare a course/workshop or anything of that sort which will be taught through your platform. You can even have an option of someone getting an e-certificate at the completion of the course.
Why its needed: People are looking for more ways to learn specific skills and what better way than to learn at the comfort of their home.
Revenue source: revenue split, e.g you get 30% and the course creator gets 70% for each payment of the course.
4. Online budgeting tool and app.
Why its needed: People are looking for better ways to track their expenses, save and manage their personal finance.
Revenue source: banks, micro-finance firms and the likes advertise on your platform.
4. Blogs, forums and the likes
And no hatuhitaji another blog about udaku or anything like that,there are already enough of them. What we need is blogs and forums which focus on specific niches eg. tech, business, kilimo etc.One thing to remember is that an online publishing platform e.g forums takes a while to mature so don't expect to be the next jamii forums after only six months of opening your site.
Why its needed: People who share common interests are looking for a place to connect and share ideas.
Revenue source: Advertising, selling memberships etc.
5. An online accounting tool for small businesses.
People are looking to move away from the repetitive task of recording their accounting through books or things of that sort. And if they use any software,its either expensive, too complicated or requires further learning.
Why its needed: small businesses are looking for simple non-complicated ways to manage their accounting.
Revenue source: a small fee to access your tool per month.
Anyways those are just a few of the ideas that i have at the moment, feel free to share with the rest of us if you have any other ideas.And also don't be scared of competition, it just means their is demand for that type of product.What you need is to focus on your product and make your customers happy.
Remember just having an idea is not enough, execution matters and how easy it is to use your product is what's going to make your product successful.
You can have a great idea, but if its poorly executed nothing great will come off it.
**A very important thing that software product creators wanasahau sana is; talk to your potential customer.Mfano nataka kutengeneza a software ambao itawasaidia HR to manage employees, a bad move(which will basically mean to shoot myself in the foot) is to just go create the software and present the final product kwa potential customer.
Kinacho takiwa kifanyike instead ni go talk to your potential customer e.g i might call my friend who works as a HR,and ask him/her if i made a software what features would he/she like that would help her/him manage employees easier.This will help me know what features to include in the software and what not to include.Ukifanya hivyo, it can be a difference between creating a software that alot of people use or a product that no one uses.
Once again sorry for the huge wall of text.I really believe kwenye mambo ya software kuna huge demand na potential in tz, but it seems initiative iko slow.
Opinions are warmly welcomed, what are some software products that you'd like to see be made au can you share with us any software product made by Tanzanians that you'd like more people to know about.
Below is a list of online software product ideas, feel free to do what ever you want with them.You don't have to create the next Facebook or anything to be successful kwenye mambo ya software, unahitajji tu ucreate a valuable product which people love and use daily.And i believe kwa tz kuna opportunities nyingi for something like that.
1. Online booking software kwaajili ya mabasi yakusafiria.
Tafuta mabasi ambayo watu wanayapenda kusafiria eg. Shabiby, Sumry, Abood etc,ukianza hata na mabasi 3-5 haina shida,and convince them kwamba wakilist mabasi yao in your website,watapata access to alot more customers (and who doesn't want that).
Why its needed: Itaongeza convenience kwa travellers.No longer will you need to go to the bus stand kwaajili yakubook basi au kuanza kutafuta contact zao ili uwapigie.
Revenue source: By commison e.g. tzs 500 - 1000 per ticket.
How would you market it: list/advertise on popular blogs and forums, or create a referral system kwamfano mtu akishare your website in social media hautachukua any commission au utapunguza the amount of commission utakayo mkata. Another option nikupay a social influencer a tweet au apost a pic on their instagram kwamba ametumia your system ili kubook for their travel or anything like that.
2. A daily deal site, something like groupon.
Businesses need more customers and what better way than to provide them with a platform for listing their deals. Same kama with the booking software, tafuta places ambapo watu wanapenda kushop, eat etc. List like 5 - 10 places in the beginning.
Why its needed: People a looking for more ways to save.
Revenue source: By commision e.g. tzs 700 - 1000 or 1% - 2% per coupon.
3. An online learning platform, think lynda,coursera, udemy etc
Get people who are really good at what they do and have them prepare a course/workshop or anything of that sort which will be taught through your platform. You can even have an option of someone getting an e-certificate at the completion of the course.
Why its needed: People are looking for more ways to learn specific skills and what better way than to learn at the comfort of their home.
Revenue source: revenue split, e.g you get 30% and the course creator gets 70% for each payment of the course.
4. Online budgeting tool and app.
Why its needed: People are looking for better ways to track their expenses, save and manage their personal finance.
Revenue source: banks, micro-finance firms and the likes advertise on your platform.
4. Blogs, forums and the likes
And no hatuhitaji another blog about udaku or anything like that,there are already enough of them. What we need is blogs and forums which focus on specific niches eg. tech, business, kilimo etc.One thing to remember is that an online publishing platform e.g forums takes a while to mature so don't expect to be the next jamii forums after only six months of opening your site.
Why its needed: People who share common interests are looking for a place to connect and share ideas.
Revenue source: Advertising, selling memberships etc.
5. An online accounting tool for small businesses.
People are looking to move away from the repetitive task of recording their accounting through books or things of that sort. And if they use any software,its either expensive, too complicated or requires further learning.
Why its needed: small businesses are looking for simple non-complicated ways to manage their accounting.
Revenue source: a small fee to access your tool per month.
Anyways those are just a few of the ideas that i have at the moment, feel free to share with the rest of us if you have any other ideas.And also don't be scared of competition, it just means their is demand for that type of product.What you need is to focus on your product and make your customers happy.
Remember just having an idea is not enough, execution matters and how easy it is to use your product is what's going to make your product successful.
You can have a great idea, but if its poorly executed nothing great will come off it.
**A very important thing that software product creators wanasahau sana is; talk to your potential customer.Mfano nataka kutengeneza a software ambao itawasaidia HR to manage employees, a bad move(which will basically mean to shoot myself in the foot) is to just go create the software and present the final product kwa potential customer.
Kinacho takiwa kifanyike instead ni go talk to your potential customer e.g i might call my friend who works as a HR,and ask him/her if i made a software what features would he/she like that would help her/him manage employees easier.This will help me know what features to include in the software and what not to include.Ukifanya hivyo, it can be a difference between creating a software that alot of people use or a product that no one uses.
Once again sorry for the huge wall of text.I really believe kwenye mambo ya software kuna huge demand na potential in tz, but it seems initiative iko slow.
Opinions are warmly welcomed, what are some software products that you'd like to see be made au can you share with us any software product made by Tanzanians that you'd like more people to know about.
