GripeToGold filters online complaints into solo business ideas
GripeToGold regularly collects public complaints from , Hacker News discussions, and questions to find repeated problems. It checks the weekly or monthly, depending on the chosen plan, and groups similar complaints.
It also measures how closely each source relates to the problem in its group. Each possible opportunity receives a score based on how painful the problem seems and how relevant the supporting evidence is.
Items below a minimum relevance level are removed from the final report. The report shows a pain score, a relevance percentage, the number of distinct mentions, and whether interest has risen or fallen since the previous check.
Key points
- It scans public complaints from GitHub, Hacker News, and every week or month.
- It groups similar complaints and checks whether each source truly supports the identified problem.
- It scores opportunities using the apparent pain and the relevance of the evidence.
- Only opportunities that clear a minimum relevance level enter the final report.
- The report includes distinct mention counts and whether interest is moving up or down.