Faceless short maker tool makes $30k MRR

From 0 to $30k MRR in 4 months using Affiliates and FB/IG ads

Eric, an ex-Instagram employee and successful Indie Hacker, already makes $50k/month with his other two tools.

At the start of the year, he decided to build an auto and faceless shorts/reels/TikTok maker. With the rising trend of short faceless videos on these platforms, Eric saw an opportunity. The process without a tool is tedious — writing a good script, generating AI voice, and matching it with a background. Autoshorts simplifies this into a single step: choose the script style, and it takes care of the rest.

Eric launched Autoshorts in the last week of January. By March, he had already reached $2k MRR, thanks to ads and posting his own shorts on TikTok (using his own tool to grow — amazing, right?). The growth was insane; in just 2 weeks, he hit $4k MRR. He shared his FB ads strategy with everyone too; check it out here.

However, Eric learned that relying on one channel is risky (FB blocked his ads for a while). So, he started focusing on affiliate outreach. This strategy paid off, helping his MRR grow to $12k (a 3x jump) with a successful affiliate video.

As of his most recent update, Eric hit $31k MRR on May 9th.

Marketing is all about trying different strategies, being consistent, and doubling down on what works. Now, it’s your turn to give it a shot!

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