r/buildinpublic has produced 4 Reddit threads that scored 7 or higher on BID's AI opportunity model, 1 of them scoring 8 or above. The highest-upvoted thread, "Built a freelance rate calculator with currency converter, tax estimator and client quote tracker — sharing the journey," pulled 1 upvotes from people describing the same unmet need. None of these threads have been converted into a full idea report yet, so the raw pain points below are the earliest signal available. r/buildinpublic skews toward people describing daily workflow friction rather than pitching startups, which is exactly the kind of unfiltered complaint BID's scanner is built to catch.
“Kept seeing freelancers in various communities guess their rates based on gut feeling and undersell themselves badly. Built a calculator that fixes this — works backwards from your income goal to tell you your exact minimum and recommended rate. Added currency converter showing your rate in 10 currencies for international clients, tax estimator for USA, UK, Canada and Australia, annual earnings bar chart and a client quote tracker that saves to your browser. Building in public and would love feedback on what to add next. [https://peak-rate-flow.base44.app](https://peak-rate-flow.base44.app)”
Freelancers need a rate calculator SaaS with currency conversion, tax estimates and quote tracking to stop underselling
“I spent months building effortlesspod.com, a tool to help print-on-demand sellers grow their stores. Design Generator, trademark checker, copy writer, design placement, pricing the whole thing. Revenue so far: $400+ My wife heard about it, signed up, started using it on her Etsy shop, and has made $7,000+ in the same timeframe. The builder starves. The user eats. That's the harsh reality of SaaS in year one. No, I'm not quitting. Yes, she gave me full credit at the dinner table. And honestly? Her success is the best case study I have.”
POD sellers need integrated design/trademark/pricing tool; founder already earned revenue showing willingness to pay
“I used to waste so much time trying to make YouTube Shorts quote cards. The process was doable but time consuming..... find a good photo of someone like Peter Thiel, upload it, then manually add text overlays in some editor I barely knew how to use. I'm not a designer and I don't have hours to spend on this. So I just built a simple browser tool where you upload the photo, type your top label, center quote, and CTA text and it generates a YouTube shorts post worthy 9:16 card instantly. No Canva. No signup. No watermark. This is the actual interface. I've already used it for a few Shorts and one got 1,500 views and 44 likes and I was very happy with the results. not bad for a quote card post right? It's free to use at [yt7](https://yt7.xyz) would love any feedback, no rate-limiting. https://preview.redd.it/r8kbcjlnk20h1.png?width=3394&format=png&auto=webp&s=b7ccc6c4c4f1b5e44db5507b99f8f6fdd7516499 ”
Duplicate of #25: YouTube Shorts tool for manual overlay pain
Build-in-public salon SaaS idea based on owner pain points; validated demand for simpler booking tools
You just haven't seen it yet.