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Developers ↔️ Template Providers
$40K
monthly
days
$0.20
per visitor
$-1
to start
50
out of 100
Ajay and Vrushank were colleagues at a software...
Ajay and his team always begin with market rese...
ThemeSelection focuses on SEO to maximize organ...
Companies ↔️ Vetted Engineers
$85K
monthly
days
per visitor
$498
to start
74
out of 100
DevSignal started out of necessity. When my co-...
DevSignal’s first product was built through man...
Most of our early growth came from building rea...
Businesses ↔️ Part-time Professionals
$1M
monthly
days
per visitor
$5K
to start
72
out of 100
The idea for Intch came during a time of massiv...
We started building Intch by looking at how peo...
Our growth has been directly tied to strategic ...
EU e-Commerce Sellers ↔️ Expansion Agencies
$150K
monthly
180
days
$36.59
per visitor
$70K
to start
50
out of 100
Starting as teenage online marketplace sellers,...
The founders started by validating the need for...
**Email Outreach** They scraped Amazon seller...
Entrepreneurs ↔️ Software Providers
$8.5K
monthly
40
days
per visitor
$5K
to start
92
out of 100
Frustrated by traditional deal platforms taking...
The development of Deal Quokka began with Jaspe...
#### Existing Customer Base and Upsell Strategy...
Consumers ↔️ Personal Stylists
$223K
monthly
days
per visitor
to start
42
out of 100
While working in strategy and finance for major...
The founders began Style DNA by conducting hund...
**Paid Social Media** The team invested heavily...
Gamers ↔️ Game Developers
$85K
monthly
180
days
per visitor
$50K
to start
67
out of 100
Evgeny Unegovsky, leveraging his extensive back...
The development of Subscrible began with creati...
#### Networking at Gaming Conferences Subscrib...
Gift Buyers ↔️ Leather Artisans
$100K
monthly
40
days
per visitor
$70K
to start
50
out of 100
After moving to the U.S., Taha's father started...
The founders started making personalized leathe...
**Marketplaces (Etsy, Amazon)** They listed the...
Brands ↔️ eCommerce Agencies
$150K
monthly
90
days
per visitor
$1K
to start
90
out of 100
Ronen Lee Wolf, Founder of Senditures, discover...
The founders of Vysn (via Senditures) initially...
**PR (Press Coverage and TV Appearances)** Vysn...
Independent Artists ↔️ Media Buyers
$175K
monthly
7
days
$35.00
per visitor
$20
to start
90
out of 100
While experimenting with "semi-legal" music pro...
Initially, Anno Domini Nation was built with ju...
#### Email Marketing Anno Domini Nation has fo...
Gaming Brands ↔️ Micro-streamers
$15K
monthly
days
per visitor
to start
67
out of 100
Dima Okhrimchuk, a passionate gamer, saw an opp...
The founding team started by building Organizat...
**Direct Outreach** The team proactively cont...
eCommerce Sellers ↔️ Print Providers
$700K
monthly
30
days
per visitor
$750K
to start
58
out of 100
Inspired by a childhood fascination with CMYK p...
The founders assembled an independent IT team o...
**Shopify App Store Feature** Within two months...
Homeowners ↔️ AV/Home Solution Providers
$4M
monthly
90
days
$8.14
per visitor
$15K
to start
66
out of 100
Former psychologist Bob Cole founded World Wide...
To create the first World Wide Stereo store in ...
**Word of Mouth & Customer Referrals** Word rap...
Fashion/Furniture Buyers ↔️ Resellers
$4K
monthly
1
days
per visitor
$0
to start
90
out of 100
Shelby realized her knack for reselling when sh...
The initial product for Rooted Drawers was sele...
**Marketplace Cross-Listing** Rooted Drawers ...
Consumers ↔️ Audio Equipment Distributors
$1M
monthly
365
days
per visitor
$1.5K
to start
72
out of 100
Jeffery M. Goldman, founder of Big Jeff Audio, ...
The first iteration of Big Jeff Audio started a...
**Marketplace Presence (eBay & Amazon)** Big Je...
Companies ↔️ Remote Tech Talent
$300K
monthly
14
days
per visitor
$500
to start
90
out of 100
David Stepania, the Founder of ThirstySprout, c...
ThirstySprout began as a humble product develop...
**Cold Email Outreach** ThirstySprout scaled co...
Restaurants ↔️ Job Seekers
$90K
monthly
360
days
$2.25
per visitor
$30K
to start
46
out of 100
In high school, Luca started earning money by d...
Restworld's initial product development focused...
#### Social Media and PR Restworld created str...
Business Owners ↔️ Virtual Assistants
$10K
monthly
60
days
per visitor
$900
to start
64
out of 100
Neelesh Rangwani, co-founder of Wishup, came up...
The founders initially built Wishup as a servic...
**Referrals & Word of Mouth** A significant por...
Digital Fashion Wardrobe ↔️ Buyers
$12.5K
monthly
30
days
per visitor
$200K
to start
59
out of 100
Marina Martianova, founder and CEO of Seamm, ca...
Seamm's journey to building its initial product...
#### Partnerships with Brands Seamm's primary ...
Employers ↔️ Filipino Professionals
$1.5K
monthly
50
days
per visitor
$1K
to start
84
out of 100
Permworks was founded by the co-founder of Goho...
Building the first version of Permworks involve...
#### Social Media and Online Communities Permw...
Job Seekers ↔️ Employers
$1.5M
monthly
365
days
$0.25
per visitor
$350K
to start
50
out of 100
Gergo, the founder of Lensa, came up with the i...
The founders of Lensa drew on prior experience ...
**Google Ads (PPC)** Lensa used Google Ads camp...
Outdoor Sports Enthusiasts ↔️ Sports Guides
$100K
monthly
days
per visitor
to start
54
out of 100
Jonathan Newar, the Co-Founder and CEO of Capta...
The founders created the first version of Capta...
**SEO** Captain Experiences focused on attracti...
Individuals ↔️ Financial Advisors
$30K
monthly
180
days
$0.75
per visitor
$100K
to start
76
out of 100
Brian Thorp founded Wealthtender in 2019 to pro...
Wealthtender's founders began by ideating and p...
**SEO** Wealthtender published a wide range o...
Sneaker Buyers ↔️ Sneaker Sellers
$1K
monthly
337
days
per visitor
$5K
to start
71
out of 100
Mikey Young, a sneaker enthusiast and finance s...
Estuary's initial product was developed by the ...
**Instagram** Estuary's largest traffic and cus...