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The travel data side project I built solo just hit 37 paying customers, and most of the new ones found it on their own

Im a digital nomad who likes to find the best cheap flights to exotic destinations. As a side project I reverse engineered Google Flights & Booking.com and sell it as an API on RapidAPI, and this week it got to 37 paying customers. Since half this sub asks where first customers come from, I went back through my last 10 new ones to see how each of them found me. The listing did most of the work. 7 found it on their own and subscribed without hearing from me at all - all I did there was a p

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痛点:开发者和旅行类产品需要便宜、灵活、可按日期扫描的航班数据API,但官方API贵或难接入,反向工程Google Flights/Booking并打包成API有真实付费需求。

目标用户:独立开发者、旅行比价网站/工具作者、数字游民、旅行代理、做机票监控或行程规划产品的团队。

证据:The travel data side project I built solo just hit 37 paying customers... I reverse engineered Google Flights & Booking.com and sell it as an API on RapidAPI... Paid starts at 10$ for 2,500 sear... 7 found it on their own and subscribed without hearing from me at all

变现:RapidAPI按搜索次数订阅:免费带广告/每日50次,付费从$10/2500次起;可加更高级套餐、批量扫描、MCP版本、企业定制和联盟佣金。

MVP:2周内做一个最小航班搜索API:只支持几条热门航线+灵活日期范围查询,输出JSON,挂到RapidAPI,提供真实示例调用和免费额度;给新免费用户发一条展示整月扫描效果的自动消息,验证付费转化。

竞品:RapidAPI上的各类Flight API、Amadeus Self-Service API、Kiwi/Tequila API、Skyscanner API、SerpApi Google Flights、Apify Google Flights Scraper

摘要:一个数字游民独立开发者反向工程Google Flights和Booking.com,做成RapidAPI上的航班数据API,已获得37个付费客户,付费从10美元/2500次搜索起。他发现RapidAPI listing自然带来7个付费用户,而近百封跟进邮件只换来1个拒绝,MCP目录和市场上架没有可追踪付费订阅。

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做 开发者和旅行类产品需要便宜、灵活、可按日期扫描的航班数据API,但官方API贵或难接入,反向工程Google Flights/Booking