How Venelin Kochev Pivoted Pingify to Sales with Smart Strategies
November 30th, 2024
Founded By
Venelin Kochev
Days To Build
60
Founders
1
Profitable
Yes
Days To Build
60
Year Started
2024
Customer
B2B & B2C
Founded By
Venelin Kochev
Days To Build
60
Founders
1
Profitable
Yes
Days To Build
60
Year Started
2024
Customer
B2B & B2C
Who is Venelin Kochev?
Venelin Kochev, the founder of Pingify, is a developer and domain name investor from Bulgaria, who launched the SaaS product while balancing a full-time job and has a background in PHP development.
What problem does Pingify solve?
Pingify helps individuals and businesses avoid losing customers and reputation due to unnoticed website downtime by providing reliable site monitoring, ensuring optimal online presence.
How did Venelin come up with the idea for Pingify?
The inspiration for Pingify began with a domain name. Venelin K., an avid domain investor, discovered Pingify.com while searching for valuable domains. Seeing its potential for website or server monitoring, he decided to explore the idea further after failing to sell it at a high...
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Venelin K
June 01, 2024
I’m thrilled to announce the launch of Pingify…
Alright it's time to admit - I failed with Pingify.
Now, it's pivot or quit.
Launched a few months back, but still waiting on that first sale.
Here’s where things stand:…
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Interesting discovery 💡
Yesterday, I added Pingify to a few GitHub repos featuring Black Friday deals. Guess wha…
Cool story from the weekend that turned into a sale! 💡
Someone emailed asking if Pingify offers refunds.
Instead of just saying, 'No, I don't offer refunds,'
I went the …
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