How I Built It: $20K/Month Chrome Extension
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Aug 18, 2024
This is how Saeed Ezzati built an AI Chome Extension to over $20,000/month.
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Learned
how
to
build
an
extension
and
launched
my
first
extension
within
like
two
or
three
days
and
today
It's
at
about
like
twenty
to
thirty
thousand
dollar
MRR
How
does
one
guy
make
over
20
000
a
month
with
a
simple
browser
extension
Well
it's
because
he's
building
in
the
hottest
niche
in
business
right
now
AI
Saeed
Azadi
started
his
journey
as
an
employee
working
for
almost
a
decade
in
corporate
America
in
different
startups
But
now
he's
a
solopreneur
making
a
pretty
good
living
while
working
on
a
side
project
He's
passionate
about
so
I
spent
over
an
hour
talking
to
him
and
getting
the
complete
scoop
on
his
20
000
a
month
AI
business
turns
out
it's
actually
pretty
simple
and
it's
not
as
saturated
as
you
might
think
There's
still
plenty
of
opportunity
You
just
need
to
know
where
to
look
in
this
video
Saeed
shares
a
master
class
on
building
in
AI
where
to
find
good
ideas
Where
to
build
those
ideas
and
some
unique
ways
to
monetize
those
ideas
even
if
you're
a
beginner
All
right
let's
get
into
it
I'm
Pat
walls
and
this
is
starter
Welcome
Saeed
It's
great
to
have
you
tell
me
about
who
you
are
in
this
business
that
you
built
My
name
is
Saeed
I'm
a
software
engineer
chat
GPT
extension
that
I
built
It's
called
superpower
chat
GPT
It's
a
browser
extension
Basically
that
adds
a
bunch
of
extra
feature
to
chat
GPT
I
started
this
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago
Today
it's
at
about
like
twenty
to
thirty
thousand
dollar
MRR
I'm
the
only
person
who's
been
working
on
the
extension
It
has
been
downloaded
close
to
like
I
think
260
70
000
times
weekly
active
users
for
the
extension
is
around
like
000
Okay
so
you
built
a
Chrome
extension
to
over
20
000
a
month
month
What
do
you
think
is
the
best
strategy
for
someone
to
do
something
similar
two
ways
I'm
thinking
about
this
either
building
for
an
existing
Really
big
platform
like
Gmail
for
example
or
like
Roblox
Facebook
YouTube
Twitter
They
already
have
all
these
users
All
you
need
to
do
is
to
just
build
the
extension
and
those
Users
will
find
you
Twitter
had
like
hundreds
of
millions
of
users
and
if
only
like
2
000
people
Want
that
features
that's
like
a
good
amount
of
like
revenue
for
you
to
just
live
off
of
the
other
thing
I
recommend
is
going
after
platforms
that
have
like
an
existing
marketplace
but
a
smaller
user
base
zoom
or
Salesforce
looks
a
lot
easier
Compete
in
a
marketplace
like
that
They
have
less
number
of
users
but
at
the
same
time
they
have
less
number
of
people
Building
for
those
platforms
So
that's
another
good
place
to
build
some
product
Let's
talk
about
the
opportunity
of
building
plugins
in
marketplaces
What
makes
this
better
than
launching
a
traditional
sass
that
has
its
own
website
most
people
when
they
want
to
start
a
project
They're
just
thinking
about
some
sort
of
like
a
standalone
platform
Like
a
website
that
has
all
of
its
own
back
end
and
front
end
and
everything
But
competing
with
like
everyone
on
the
internet
is
a
lot
harder
than
competing
with
like
a
limited
number
of
players
in
a
smaller
Like
marketplace
and
it
also
helps
a
lot
with
validating
the
product
Like
it's
a
lot
easier
to
build
like
a
simple
extension
that
runs
on
a
user
browser
That
way
you
can
at
least
know
if
the
idea
is
going
to
work
out
or
not
And
if
it's
worth
like
spending
more
time
on
got
it
So
building
for
an
existing
marketplace
is
a
lot
faster
It's
less
crowded
and
it's
a
lot
easier
to
validate
your
idea
Can
you
tell
us
how
to
actually
come
up
with
an
idea
for
a
marketplace
platform
When
chat
GPT
was
launched
I
already
had
some
ideas
some
web
features
missing
and
initially
when
I
was
building
these
features
I
was
mainly
building
the
extension
for
myself
and
later
I
tried
to
go
find
the
places
that
my
users
will
hang
out
Subreddits
are
one
of
them
discord
channels
or
other
one
slack
groups
is
another
one
Facebook
group
is
another
one
I
just
like
join
all
these
groups
and
I
started
Listening
to
people
and
trying
to
figure
out
what
features
other
people
want
to
see
in
chat
GPT
I
think
this
is
probably
one
of
the
best
way
to
like
come
up
with
idea
just
go
where
your
potential
customers
hanging
out
and
see
what
they
are
asking
for
and
just
Try
to
build
that
and
this
was
actually
one
of
my
probably
biggest
like
growth
Hack
that
I
applied
to
this
extension
Just
listening
to
people
what
they
want
trying
to
implement
the
feature
and
then
going
back
and
telling
them
that
okay
I
added
this
feature
you
can
use
this
extension
and
have
that
feature
as
part
of
the
chat
GPT
interface
Saeed
is
the
perfect
example
of
a
crafty
internet
builder
He
finds
his
ideas
by
spending
time
researching
researching
in
communities
Researching
through
his
own
problems
and
frustrations
and
most
importantly
researching
other
businesses
to
see
if
he
could
build
something
better
Now
what
if
there
was
an
easier
way
to
shortcut
all
of
this
research
Well
that's
why
we
made
this
solo
developer
deep
dive
It
breaks
down
50
different
solo
developer
business
ideas
Including
their
business
models
their
customer
profiles
the
platform
they
built
on
and
a
whole
bunch
of
other
cool
stuff
You'd
want
to
know
so
if
you're
actually
serious
about
building
a
profitable
side
project
like
Saeed
Head
to
the
first
link
in
the
description
and
I'm
gonna
give
you
the
deep
dive
of
50
developer
ideas
for
free
And
hopefully
it
helps
you
find
your
own
idea
Now
Let's
get
back
to
Saeed
Okay
so
we
know
where
to
build
and
what
to
build
but
what
about
how
to
build
it
What
kind
of
experiences
or
coding
languages
do
you
need
to
learn
if
you
know
how
to
build
a
simple
website
You'll
know
how
to
build
like
an
extension
JavaScript
HTML
CSS
That's
how
I
built
the
very
first
version
It
was
very
very
simple
only
had
like
two
features
basically
But
actually
I
have
never
blessed
any
browser
extension
before
I
had
learned
how
to
build
an
extension
and
launched
my
first
extension
within
like
Two
or
three
days
basically
after
chat
GPT
was
launched
So
I'm
not
saying
like
every
like
simple
project
could
work
timing
is
really
important
here
I
will
really
really
early
Okay
so
you
can
find
build
and
launch
a
product
pretty
quickly
But
how
do
you
actually
get
users
or
eyeballs
on
your
product
I
have
not
done
any
ads
or
anything
for
the
extension
and
all
of
it
happened
Organically
by
word
of
mouth
or
by
me
like
posting
on
like
different
platform
Like
I
think
the
very
first
place
that
I
posted
it
was
on
reddit
I
think
it
went
like
to
the
top
of
that
subreddit
that
I
posted
for
that
day
But
at
the
same
time
like
just
people
who
like
are
on
social
media
I
started
writing
reviews
about
like
top
like
10
chat
GPT
extension
For
example
and
my
extension
had
those
features
basically
so
I
didn't
write
them
I
didn't
pay
for
them
to
be
written
I've
never
like
actually
paid
anyone
to
write
any
article
and
it
was
all
organic
people
started
finding
it
started
using
it
They
liked
the
idea
they
like
the
features
and
started
sharing
those
ideas
with
their
audience
and
that
helped
a
lot
with
growing
the
User
base
Wow
so
you
didn't
spend
any
money
on
marketing
Yeah
clearly
being
early
helped
a
lot
lot
But
I
think
what
stands
out
is
that
people
basically
started
marketing
your
plug
in
for
you
because
you
built
a
really
great
product
Are
there
any
other
early
Opportunities
that
someone
watching
this
could
take
advantage
of
right
now
and
how
can
you
build
standout
products
in
those
niches
AI
is
really
powerful
but
it's
so
very
early
and
doctors
Maybe
I'm
not
thinking
about
like
bringing
AI
into
their
job
But
if
you
do
there
are
a
lot
of
like
opportunities
there
One
of
my
favorite
thing
is
to
talk
to
my
users
and
every
time
I
talk
to
any
users
I
try
to
learn
as
much
as
I
can
about
them
what
they
do
What's
their
background
and
how
they
use
chat
GPT
Learning
about
all
a
lawyer
is
using
chat
GPT
to
make
their
job
easier
or
a
doctor
is
using
chat
GPT
to
make
their
job
Easier
is
one
of
the
best
way
to
come
up
with
new
ideas
and
build
new
product
for
people
who
don't
directly
use
AI
Okay
let's
talk
about
monetization
we
know
how
to
build
it
and
how
to
get
users
but
how
did
you
actually
make
your
first
First
enough
there
were
first
nine
months
or
so
The
extension
was
completely
free
like
every
feature
of
the
extension
was
100
free
if
you
ask
me
today
Um
I
think
I
should
have
like
monetized
the
extension
earlier
But
at
the
same
time
I
do
feel
like
it
helped
a
lot
with
like
growing
my
user
base
So
I
wanted
to
capture
that
audience
and
I
started
writing
a
newsletter
newsletter
Basically
for
like
the
user
base
that
I
had
and
this
is
like
three
or
four
months
after
I
started
the
extension
I
also
posted
my
newsletter
on
some
of
the
website
that
like
you
can
get
a
sponsors
for
Like
within
a
like
week
or
two
I
had
like
it
my
first
sponsor
paying
me
like
a
few
hundred
dollars
to
just
post
their
ad
on
the
newsletter
Basically
when
I
first
started
writing
the
newsletter
it
would
take
me
like
maybe
six
or
seven
hours
every
day
now
It
takes
like
maybe
two
hours
or
so
to
write
a
newsletter
Wow
So
you
took
a
pretty
unconventional
route
and
started
making
money
from
the
newsletter
first
But
how
did
you
monetize
the
actual
Chrome
extension
After
like
that
like
first
nine
or
ten
months
I
started
to
think
about
new
features
that
I
can
add
to
the
extension
and
ask
people
to
pay
for
those
extra
features
basically
so
I
Didn't
ask
anyone
to
pay
for
any
existing
features
that
the
extension
had
and
all
of
those
features
the
state
free
and
I
tried
like
different
pricing
like
I
experimented
that
like
higher
price
lower
price
and
I
like
kind
of
found
like
a
Middle
ground
there
that
I
think
was
the
best
way
to
price
the
extension
extension
So
what
are
the
coding
languages
tools
and
software
you
use
to
build
as
a
solopreneur
I
Spend
most
of
my
time
inside
VS
code
Mr
Code
editor
That's
where
I
write
all
of
my
code
for
all
of
my
projects
when
I
was
building
the
extension
I
went
back
to
like
pure
JavaScript
with
no
frameworks
I
use
AWS
For
all
of
my
backends
all
of
my
project
basically
live
on
like
AWS
for
like
the
newsletter
I
Use
beehive
one
of
the
nice
thing
about
beehive
is
like
their
monetization
features
They
actually
they
have
this
thing
called
boost
You
can
just
like
include
from
links
in
your
newsletter
and
make
money
from
it
I
use
passion
fruits
That's
where
people
find
me
and
reach
out
to
me
to
sponsor
the
newsletter
All
right
before
we
wrap
things
up
I
want
to
talk
a
bit
about
a
controversial
topic
in
the
AI
space
You
know
you
built
this
product
over
20
000
a
month
but
it's
a
chat
GPT
wrapper
right
Is
there
any
downside
to
this
and
do
you
worry
about
this
at
all
Open
AI
can
kill
this
product
any
day
I
was
scared
of
that
for
a
very
long
time
and
at
this
point
I
kind
of
feel
numb
to
it
I
don't
want
to
like
worry
about
it
today
Literally
if
my
extension
stopped
working
at
some
point
I'm
probably
gonna
try
and
build
other
extension
for
one
of
these
other
major
platforms
It's
gonna
make
my
love
my
life
a
lot
harder
All
right
Saeed
final
question
What
advice
would
you
have
to
someone
just
starting
out
who
wants
to
build
their
own
software
business
or
plug
in
inside
of
a
marketplace
try
to
validate
the
project
as
fast
as
you
can
just
build
a
very
first
version
Launch
it
and
see
if
you
get
some
users
from
it
Try
to
do
that
And
the
other
thing
I
mentioned
this
earlier
Focus
on
your
strengths
in
my
case
I
was
building
a
product
sharing
it
with
people
for
free
and
like
getting
my
first
few
users
from
that
So
Those
two
things
are
the
most
important
thing
in
my
opinion
Yo
guys
I
really
hope
you
enjoyed
the
video
and
got
some
hopefully
good
tips
and
golden
nuggets
from
side
But
I
want
to
say
something
real
quick
at
the
end
of
the
day
the
point
of
these
videos
is
to
show
you
Ideas
and
show
you
it's
possible
But
hopefully
you
take
these
ideas
and
go
start
your
own
profitable
thing
in
your
own
successful
business
While
learning
this
stuff
is
important
taking
action
is
the
thing
that's
actually
gonna
change
your
life
So
spend
time
researching
learning
finding
ideas
But
then
go
build
that
thing
as
fast
as
you
can
if
you're
still
feeling
a
little
lost
on
this
right
now
Well
click
the
first
link
in
the
description
and
you're
gonna
get
our
free
report
of
solo
developer
ideas
that
are
actually
making
money
right
now
So
you
can
get
going
on
your
thing
much
love
and
I'll
see
you
guys
in
the
next
one
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