8 Real Time Chat App Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 19th, 2023

Build A Real Time Chat App

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.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a real-time chat app:

1. 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 they make: $90K/year
How much did it cost to start: $0
Current team size: 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.

About

Remigijus started Live helper chat over 14 years ago

Revenue

Remigijus grew the business to $7.5K/month

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2. Modelnet ($1.2M/year)

Dmitry Alentyev came up with the idea for Scrile when he was working part-time as a Java developer and tasked with finding feasible projects in the international market. After the 9/11 terrorist attack affected the international market, Alentyev decided to start his own company and offer custom development orders to clients. Over time, they began to create their first business product, WebVideo, which evolved into the ModelNet platform.

How much they make: $1.2M/year
How much did it cost to start: $200K
Current team size: 50

Reflecting On 20 Years Of Developing Video Streaming Solutions [$1.2M/Year]

Scrile, a software development company, created ModelNet, a platform for online video conferencing and live video chat that has earned $1.5M in sales with a margin of 40-50%, and expanded into new markets and niches such as online expert advice and consulting and telemedicine.

About

Dmitriy started Modelnet over 22 years ago

Revenue

Dmitriy grew the business to $100K/month

Costs

It cost Dmitriy $200000 to start the business

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So... can you actually make money with a real-time chat app?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

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4. Yahoo

News, email and search are just the beginning. Discover more every day. Find your yodel.

Where they're located: Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Website traffic: 3.53B/month

5. Microsoft

At Microsoft our mission and values are to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential.

Where they're located: Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Current team size: 1000
Website traffic: 910M/month

So... can you actually make money with a real-time chat app?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

Start Now

7. Salesforce.com

Personalize every experience along the customer journey with the Customer 360. Unify marketing, sales, service, commerce, and IT on the world's #1 CRM.

Where they're located: Manhattan Community Board 1, New York, USA
Website traffic: 103M/month

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