Thinking of selling my side project
Hey everyone,
I’ve been working on a simple static hosting app (essentially Carrd meets GitHub Gists) for the last few months. The organic traction has actually been pretty amazing, having crossed the 1,200 signup mark just from sharing it on a few forums.
However, despite the user base, it’s currently sitting at $0 revenue.
The base infrastructure for provisioning custom domains, SSL, and billing is 100% done and live. The future roadmap includes building an API to enable agency/b2b use cases as well.
I've got payments hooked up through Polars, but I’m realizing I honestly don't have the marketing energy or time to focus on driving those free-to-paid conversions. I'm currently heads down on finishing my masters and finding a job.
Has anyone here sold a project at this exact stage?
Since there's no active MRR/ARR to base a standard SaaS multiple on just yet, I'm trying to figure out how to value a functional codebase, a turn-key billing structure, and a list of 1,200+ early adopters.
If anyone has advice on how to price something like this, or recommendations on the best platforms to list it (Microns, Acquire, SideProjectors?), I’d love to hear your experiences!
Hi Chris,
I read your Indie Hackers post about selling your static hosting project: custom domains, SSL and billing all working, 1,200+ organic signups, and no obvious way to put a number on it without revenue.
That gap is why I'm building DayXero. It's a marketplace for early and pre-revenue software, and every listing gets an independent valuation based on what's actually been built — the code, the infrastructure and the users — rather than a revenue multiple you don't have yet.
To be straight with you, we're early: a handful of listings live and no deals closed yet. But if the project is still available, I'd be glad to run a valuation on it at no charge, so you have a number to work from whether you sell through us or anywhere else. You can see what the report looks like here: https://dayxero.xyz/sample-report?src=ih-datadavis
Is it still for sale? And if you've already found it a home, I'd be curious how that went.
Hope the master's wrapped up well.
Aaron
Founder, DayXero
I know it's been a while and you've probably already sold it, but if you haven't I'd totally be interested in continuing this project for you.
Hi Asher, would love to chat. Shoot me an email at chris@bootstrapital.com
Hey Chris, 1,200 signups on a static-hosting app with custom domains + SSL already wired up is a solid base - totally understand wanting to hand it off while you finish your masters. I'm launching clAIssified, an escrow-protected marketplace for finished tools, and pre-revenue projects with real infra are exactly what buyers want. Free listing, 0% fee, escrow handles money + verified handover. Want me to list it for you?