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I built a SaaS for hostel/PG owners… and I’m not sure if I’m solving a real problem or just my own.
So I’ve been working on this product called Zest Stay for the past few months. The idea is simple: help PG/hostel owners manage rooms, beds, tenants, payments, and multiple properties — all in one place. The reason I started this is because a friend of mine runs a small PG, and honestly… his system was chaos. WhatsApp messages, notebooks, random Excel sheets, and constant confusion about who paid and who didn’t. At one point, he literally said: “Bro, I don’t even know how many beds are actually filled right now.” That stuck with me. So I thought — how hard could it be to build something simple for this? Fast forward to today: Users can add multiple hostels Manage rooms & beds Track tenants Handle subscriptions Clean UI (focused on mobile because most owners use phones) But now I’m stuck in a weird place. I don’t know if: This is actually a big enough problem people will pay for Or I just built something because I found it interesting I’m planning to price it at ₹199/month per property, with yearly and lifetime options. Before I go all-in on marketing, I wanted honest feedback from people here: 👉 If you’ve run or managed a PG/hostel: What was your biggest headache? Would you actually pay for software like this? 👉 If you’ve built a SaaS before: How did you validate before scaling? What would you do differently if you were me? Not trying to sell anything here — just want real opinions before I invest more time and money. Thanks 🙏
Zest Stay is in a very early, unvalidated stage with a founder who is currently questioning the core value proposition. While the PG/hostel market is large, the product lacks differentiation, the pricing model is too low for venture-scale returns, and there is zero recorded traction.