Real Time Chat App

2 Real Time Chat App Success Stories [2024]

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Updated: July 23rd, 2024

Chatbots have a massive implication in easing things for businesses and customers. For instance, when customers come to your website, they have an easy time figuring out where to look for information. Chatbots help to:

Improve dwell time
Facilitates better searches
Help get better ratings
Collect data for better insights and improvement

Website owners are looking for ease of navigation, and that’s what real-time chatbots offer. Thus, starting a real-time chatbot development business can be a great business.

In this list, you'll find real-world real-time chat app success stories and very profitable examples of starting a real-time chat app that makes money.

1. Missive ($1M/year)

At first, Philippe and his co-founders were working on another project called ConferenceBadge. While organizing networking events, Philippe realized the need for an online solution to design and order name badges. During a brainstorming session, they came up with the idea for Missive, a collaborative email tool, and decided to pursue it alongside ConferenceBadge.

How much money it makes: $1M/year
How much did it cost to start: $0
How many people on the team: 4

Our Obsession With Customer Feedback Propelled Our Tool To $2M ARR

Missive, a collaborative email tool, reached $2M in annual recurring revenues with a team of three co-founders after seven years of constant work, relying mostly on word-of-mouth marketing and creating a solid quality product for their customers.

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2. Live helper chat ($90K/year)

Everything started more than 10 years ago. When the founder was working in a small web agency and one of their clients asked for a live support script. Since they couldn't find any good open-source alternatives at that time - he decided to build one in two weeks during his holidays

How much money it makes: $90K/year
How much did it cost to start: $0
How many people on the team: 0

I Built A Live Chat Tool In My Spare Time And Now Make $90K/Year

Lithuanian developer turned open-source guru builds and grows Live Helper Chat, attracting thousands of clients, and generates $90k/year, all in his spare time, without any marketing or investors.

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