Hi maxmo, if I am not wrong Steve mentioned that he earns an affiliate fee. money every time someone read a review from his website and sign up to a site builder (SquareSpace, Weebly, etc...). Read this interview for more https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/site-builder-report
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Exactly this!
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would be interested in an answer to that. Particularly, what sales/marketing strategies working for him. Given that its an aggregation site.
it would also be great if we can have a number of how profitable he is...
Apart from that looks like a great venture, good luck man...
Thanks for sharing. Just sent that to my Kindle. Looks like a great read.
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Yes, it is a good read... And it's not long. BTW, love your website: it's valuable and simple... Congratulations! 👏
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Great article!! I totally agree, I'm writing up my own article about how I accidentally started my own side project
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Submit it to IndieHackers, I'm sure it would be a great addition.
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I will, I have to recall everything from memory because it goes back to before I took notes on everything I did but I should have it done by the end of the month!!
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I can't emphasize how less stressful things are if you have both a lower paid easy job with money coming in combined with enough time to work on your project.
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Great idea for a business and great article. Thanks.
I'm a bit surprised not to see Joomla, Drupal or even Shopify on your list of builders.
Any reason you haven't listed such well known builders?
Interesting to hear this. Lately I am reading a lot of things about creating 'desire' and how that is fueled by taking risks. (if you quit your job, you will have a desire to build a business to produce income). But at the same time it felt incomplete. Nice to hear this side of the story.
Btw, I am referring to books like "Think and Grow Rich" or Dan Pena.
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Great write up. I feel like there is a publication bias that favours the extreme cases. Reading about people that slowly chip away at a business isn't as glamorous as articles where the person drops everything, quits, lives off Mr Noodles for 3 months and hits the jackpot with a startup. I think IndieHackers, with articles like your Steve are helping to fill that gap.
Also - I think you missed a word here "I realized the market needed another website builder— it needed an air-traffic controller." Did you intend to say "...market didn't need..."
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Thanks for pointing that out— just fixed the error.
I think you put it nicely: there's a bias that favours extreme cases of success but places like IndieHackers can help broaden the definition :)
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Great sharing! but I'm curious about how Site Builder Report make money?
it seems that Site Builder Report is totally free and without ADs.
Great article, thanks for sharing, it was a great story and very applicable to many of us.
I was wondering how do you monetize your new business (https://www.sitebuilderreport.com/) ?
Thanks
Hi maxmo, if I am not wrong Steve mentioned that he earns an affiliate fee. money every time someone read a review from his website and sign up to a site builder (SquareSpace, Weebly, etc...). Read this interview for more https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/site-builder-report
Exactly this!
would be interested in an answer to that. Particularly, what sales/marketing strategies working for him. Given that its an aggregation site.
it would also be great if we can have a number of how profitable he is...
Apart from that looks like a great venture, good luck man...
Yes, less risk is good. This post reminds me of a Malcolm Gladwell article that says "The truly successful businessman is anything but a risk-taker". Here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/01/18/the-sure-thing
Thanks for sharing. Just sent that to my Kindle. Looks like a great read.
Yes, it is a good read... And it's not long. BTW, love your website: it's valuable and simple... Congratulations! 👏
Great article!! I totally agree, I'm writing up my own article about how I accidentally started my own side project
Submit it to IndieHackers, I'm sure it would be a great addition.
I will, I have to recall everything from memory because it goes back to before I took notes on everything I did but I should have it done by the end of the month!!
I can't emphasize how less stressful things are if you have both a lower paid easy job with money coming in combined with enough time to work on your project.
Great idea for a business and great article. Thanks.
I'm a bit surprised not to see Joomla, Drupal or even Shopify on your list of builders.
Any reason you haven't listed such well known builders?
Shopify is in the store builders section (https://www.sitebuilderreport.com/store-builders) but Joomla and Drupal I would call a CMS!
Thank you for sharing
Interesting to hear this. Lately I am reading a lot of things about creating 'desire' and how that is fueled by taking risks. (if you quit your job, you will have a desire to build a business to produce income). But at the same time it felt incomplete. Nice to hear this side of the story.
Btw, I am referring to books like "Think and Grow Rich" or Dan Pena.
Great write up. I feel like there is a publication bias that favours the extreme cases. Reading about people that slowly chip away at a business isn't as glamorous as articles where the person drops everything, quits, lives off Mr Noodles for 3 months and hits the jackpot with a startup. I think IndieHackers, with articles like your Steve are helping to fill that gap.
Also - I think you missed a word here "I realized the market needed another website builder— it needed an air-traffic controller." Did you intend to say "...market didn't need..."
Thanks for pointing that out— just fixed the error.
I think you put it nicely: there's a bias that favours extreme cases of success but places like IndieHackers can help broaden the definition :)
Great sharing! but I'm curious about how Site Builder Report make money?
it seems that Site Builder Report is totally free and without ADs.
Here's an in-depth explanation! https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/site-builder-report