🔴 Let’s build an AI Marketing SaaS w/ Next.js 15! (SEO Reports, BrightData, OpenAI, Clerk Billing)

Join me as I show you how to build a AI Marketing SaaS App from scratch with Next.js 15 - In this comprehensive tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a fully functional SaaS platform where users can generate SEO reports, and leverage AI to supercharge their marketing!

🎯 What You'll Learn

🛠️ Modern Tech Stack Mastery:

Next.js 15 - App Router, server actions, React 19, and TypeScript end-to-end

Convex - Real-time serverless backend with reactive queries, mutations, and job scheduling

Clerk - Authentication with Clerk Billing for subscription management (Stripe-powered)

Bright Data - Professional web scraping with SERP & Perplexity integration

OpenAI GPT - AI-powered analysis with structured report generation

Vercel AI SDK - Type-safe AI completions and real-time streaming chat responses

shadcn/ui + Tailwind CSS - Modern responsive design with beautiful, accessible components

💻 Core Features You’ll Build:

User Authentication - Sign up, sign in, and subscription management with Pro/Starter plans

AI Report Generation - Generate comprehensive SEO analysis reports in seconds using AI

Web Scraping Integration - Collect real-time data from search engines and web sources

Real-time Progress Tracking - Live status updates during report generation with Convex

AI Chat Integration - Chat with your reports using contextual AI with web search capabilities (Pro plan feature)

Beautiful Dashboard - Modern, responsive UI with detailed data visualizations using Recharts

Smart Retry Logic - Failed analyses can retry without re-scraping expensive data

🔧 Advanced Development Concepts:

Real-time Data Sync - Learn reactive programming with Convex subscriptions and schedulers

Authentication & Billing Flow - Implement secure user sessions with subscription-based feature gating

AI Integration Architecture - Structured AI workflows with Zod schema validation

Webhook Processing - Handle external API callbacks from Bright Data scraping jobs via Convex HTTP endpoints

Background Job Management - Long-running tasks with smart retry logic and status tracking

Database Design - Schema design for SEO reports with optimal data structure

🚀 Production-Ready Skills:

Deployment - Deploy to Vercel with environment configuration and webhook endpoints

Performance - Optimize for AI processing and large-scale web scraping operations

Error Handling - Implement robust error boundaries and retry mechanisms

Security - Follow best practices for API keys, webhooks, and user data protection

✅ Perfect for developers who want to:

Master modern React/Next.js development with the latest features

Learn AI integration and prompt engineering for business applications

Build production-ready SaaS applications with subscription billing

Understand professional web scraping and data processing pipelines

Create portfolio-worthy full-stack AI-powered projects

Prerequisites: Basic React knowledge helpful but not required - we'll guide you through everything step by step!

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