Indie Hackers: Work Together to Build Profitable Online Businesses

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My first paying customer came from 151 impressions. What their first day looked like

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Your AI Is Smart Enough. Does It Know When to Stop?

Kaia_Spec

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paradox07

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We got 152 ad clicks and zero signups. The bug wasn't the ads, it was 3 clicks away from the money.

axlura

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I launched SubPulse with 0 users. Here's what happened after 90 days

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We turned off paid ads. Daily sign-ups fell about 90% within two days. Here's what we're trying instead.

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Turning a freelance gig into a $150k/yr product

Vikash Kumar Prajapati built a script to deliver client work. Then, he turned it into a product making $150k/yr. Here's how.

IndieJames

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Buying Chess.com for $56k and growing it to $200M in annual revenue

Erik Allebest bought Chess.com and grew it to nearly $200M/yr over the course of 21 years. Here's how.

IndieJames

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From weekend project to $1M MRR in two years

Jure Sotošek learned distribution, then grew a product to $1M MRR in two years. Here's how.

IndieJames

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Growing a side project in a crowded market to $1M ARR by playing the long game

Justin Duke took it slow, working a full-time job while he built a side project. This allowed him to make good, long-term decisions. Now, he's at $1M ARR.

IndieJames

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This founder solved his agency's problem and turned the solution into a $3M ARR SaaS

Lav Crnobrnja grew his product to $3M ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

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Pivoting a SaaS into a mid-5-figure MRR service company

Tjitte Joosten built a SaaS, but his customers wanted services. So, he built a consultancy. And now, it's bringing in a mid-5-figure MRR. Here's how.

IndieJames

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I built PingToPay because I kept forgetting to chase my own international clients for late payments

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I built a product to test whether my own SDK was actually good enough

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Support tool bills tend to grow faster than the business does. Here's the pattern in the reviews.

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I read about 60 indie launch pages this month. The same 12 invisible bugs kept coming back

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Inide Need Discover and submit products built by indie makers 1

If You’ve Built Something Useful, I Want to See It on IndieNeed

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Why we rebuilt our launch platform around AI answer engines instead of traditional SEO

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My first paying customer came from 151 impressions. What their first day looked like

heypricewise

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Your AI Is Smart Enough. Does It Know When to Stop?

Kaia_Spec

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Day 1 of building a harness for long-running AI agents

paradox07

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We got 152 ad clicks and zero signups. The bug wasn't the ads, it was 3 clicks away from the money.

axlura

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I launched SubPulse with 0 users. Here's what happened after 90 days

SubPulse

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We turned off paid ads. Daily sign-ups fell about 90% within two days. Here's what we're trying instead.

Mythex

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Turning a freelance gig into a $150k/yr product

Vikash Kumar Prajapati built a script to deliver client work. Then, he turned it into a product making $150k/yr. Here's how.

IndieJames

22upvotes 36comments

Featured

Buying Chess.com for $56k and growing it to $200M in annual revenue

Erik Allebest bought Chess.com and grew it to nearly $200M/yr over the course of 21 years. Here's how.

IndieJames

38upvotes 45comments

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From weekend project to $1M MRR in two years

Jure Sotošek learned distribution, then grew a product to $1M MRR in two years. Here's how.

IndieJames

53upvotes 62comments

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Growing a side project in a crowded market to $1M ARR by playing the long game

Justin Duke took it slow, working a full-time job while he built a side project. This allowed him to make good, long-term decisions. Now, he's at $1M ARR.

IndieJames

76upvotes 79comments

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This founder solved his agency's problem and turned the solution into a $3M ARR SaaS

Lav Crnobrnja grew his product to $3M ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

81upvotes 62comments

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Pivoting a SaaS into a mid-5-figure MRR service company

Tjitte Joosten built a SaaS, but his customers wanted services. So, he built a consultancy. And now, it's bringing in a mid-5-figure MRR. Here's how.

IndieJames

63upvotes 60comments

I generated 100+ articles with AI and got 0 traffic. So I built a tool to fix SEO hallucinations.

I shipped recently of an open-source architecture guard for AI coding agents

I built a browser extension for the thing that was eating my day

My first paying customer came from 151 impressions. What their first day looked like

Your AI Is Smart Enough. Does It Know When to Stop?

Day 1 of building a harness for long-running AI agents

We got 152 ad clicks and zero signups. The bug wasn't the ads, it was 3 clicks away from the money.

I launched SubPulse with 0 users. Here's what happened after 90 days

We turned off paid ads. Daily sign-ups fell about 90% within two days. Here's what we're trying instead.

Turning a freelance gig into a $150k/yr product

Buying Chess.com for $56k and growing it to $200M in annual revenue

From weekend project to $1M MRR in two years

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This founder solved his agency's problem and turned the solution into a $3M ARR SaaSIH+ Subscribers Only

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I built an image converter that never uploads your files — everything runs locally in the browser

I built PingToPay because I kept forgetting to chase my own international clients for late payments

I built 26 MCP servers in 2 days. Here's what I learned about x402 monetization.

One Thing I've Learned About Trust While Building a Rewards App

I built a product to test whether my own SDK was actually good enough

Support tool bills tend to grow faster than the business does. Here's the pattern in the reviews.

I read about 60 indie launch pages this month. The same 12 invisible bugs kept coming back

Building a quieter social app on purpose — what we refuse to optimize for

How I got my new product cited in AI overviews

Took the "go find where the question is already being asked" advice literally. Here's what happened.

Building a $5k MRR app while freelancing to keep the lights onIH+ Subscribers Only

Pivoting a SaaS into a mid-5-figure MRR service companyIH+ Subscribers Only

I generated 100+ articles with AI and got 0 traffic. So I built a tool to fix SEO hallucinations.

I shipped recently of an open-source architecture guard for AI coding agents

I built a browser extension for the thing that was eating my day

If You’ve Built Something Useful, I Want to See It on IndieNeed

Why we rebuilt our launch platform around AI answer engines instead of traditional SEO

Launching Alone? Give Your Product One More Place to Be Found

My first paying customer came from 151 impressions. What their first day looked like

Your AI Is Smart Enough. Does It Know When to Stop?

Day 1 of building a harness for long-running AI agents

We got 152 ad clicks and zero signups. The bug wasn't the ads, it was 3 clicks away from the money.

I launched SubPulse with 0 users. Here's what happened after 90 days

We turned off paid ads. Daily sign-ups fell about 90% within two days. Here's what we're trying instead.

Turning a freelance gig into a $150k/yr product

Buying Chess.com for $56k and growing it to $200M in annual revenue

From weekend project to $1M MRR in two years

Growing a side project in a crowded market to $1M ARR by playing the long gameIH+ Subscribers Only

This founder solved his agency's problem and turned the solution into a $3M ARR SaaSIH+ Subscribers Only

Pivoting a SaaS into a mid-5-figure MRR service companyIH+ Subscribers Only

Growing a side project in a crowded market to $1M ARR by playing the long game

This founder solved his agency's problem and turned the solution into a $3M ARR SaaS

Pivoting a SaaS into a mid-5-figure MRR service company

Building a $5k MRR app while freelancing to keep the lights on

Pivoting a SaaS into a mid-5-figure MRR service company

Growing a side project in a crowded market to $1M ARR by playing the long game

This founder solved his agency's problem and turned the solution into a $3M ARR SaaS

Pivoting a SaaS into a mid-5-figure MRR service company