Hey Indie Hackers,
A while ago, I shared my API project here—a hallucination-free translator that converts Korean cosmetic ingredients into standard global INCI names to prevent customs rejections.
Thanks to some amazing feedback and user requests, I realized that global cosmetics importers were suffering from a huge pain point: they hated doing compliance checks line-by-line.
So today, I finally shipped a massive feature upgrade: The Compliance Bulk Report.
🛠️ What's New?
Bulk Upload: Users can now throw an entire product's ingredient list via a single API request instead of making dozens of separate calls.
2026 Customs Cross-Check: The API automatically cross-checks the ingredients against the latest 2026 regulatory restrictions and flags banned or restricted chemicals instantly.
Tiered Pricing Strategy: To monetize this high-value feature effectively without burning my own AI server costs, I moved away from flat pricing and introduced a tiered model on RapidAPI:
Basic ($0): Free translation tests (500 requests limit, report feature locked).
Pro ($19): Full access to the new Bulk Compliance Report (up to 100 times/mo) + 10,000 translation limits.
Ultra ($49): Scale plan for bigger trading corps (1,000 reports / 50,000 translations).
🔗 Live Store Link:
You can check out the updated store and test the new endpoints here:
https://rapidapi.com/dahee8703dahee8703/api/legal-k-beauty-inci-translator
For those who are running 1-man API SaaS businesses: how do you usually balance server token costs when offering heavy AI utility reports on low-tier plans? I went with a strict hard limit for now to keep things safe.
Would love to get your thoughts on this pricing structure and the bulk update!
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