How I turned Reddit posting into a $3.5k/month side project
8 days without a single sale. Then suddenly, $371 in 3 days.
That’s how MediaFa.st finally started to click.
It’s a tool I built to help founders grow on Reddit by scheduling posts, tracking karma, and organizing content strategies — kind of like Buffer, but Reddit-native.
What worked?
Niching down to Reddit (instead of doing all platforms at once)
Talking to early users, learning what they actually wanted
Letting the product sell itself via Reddit posts (yep, it’s self-referential)
Now I’m at ~$3.5k MRR, and it’s growing. I’m still solo, and it’s 100% bootstrapped.
Ask me anything — happy to share growth strategies, Reddit tactics, or product lessons!
Impressive growth — congrats! Reddit can be super powerful, but also brutal with moderation. I got banned even for a soft legal post. Curious how you handle the line between visibility and getting flagged?
Congrats on breaking through and hitting $3.5k MRR — that’s awesome progress!
I love how you focused on niching down to Reddit specifically — so smart to master one platform deeply rather than spreading too thin. The self-referential product marketing approach sounds super clever too.
I’m curious — what was the most surprising insight you got from early users that changed how you built or marketed MediaFa.st?
Thanks for sharing your journey — really inspiring for indie makers like me!
Wow.thanks for the info this is helpful..
Hi Arthur, thanks so much for sharing your experience — it’s really helpful. I’m curious, which subreddit(s) did you focus on? I got banned from one for “soliciting” just by mentioning my platform, so I’d love to learn how you approached it. Thanks again!
You can get a step by step roadmap on mediafa .st, so you wont get banned etc
Hey Arthur,
This is an incredibly insightful post and really inspiring! MediaFast sounds like a smart tool for founders navigating Reddit, and it's just brilliant how you're using it to sell itself. Also, the UI looks really clean and intuitive, love the design! I'm really impressed with your journey to $3.5k MRR as a solo and bootstrapped founder. That's a huge achievement!
On your 'Ask me anything' offer, I'm actually doing some research right now into the talent and capacity challenges faced by early-stage, bootstrapped founders. It's a common hurdle trying to balance building with all the other critical work that goes into scaling.
I've put together a super quick (less than 3-min) anonymous survey to gather insights from founders like yourself. Your perspective on managing growth and tasks as a solo founder would be incredibly valuable for this research.
You can find the survey link directly on my Indie Hackers profile if you have a moment.
Thanks for sharing your journey, and congrats again on MediaFast's success!
Super interesting — what kind of posts worked best for driving conversions directly? Were they more informational, personal journeys, or straight up product demos?
I did 2-3 posts per dat on X and other socials (except Reddit), one about the product, one value, and one from personal life
What kind of posts actually drove conversions - guides, memes, case studies?
Numbers, posts with them X always blow up
You mean like 'I made $X in Y days' style?'
yes! Not only, but posts around numbers, i made that much since i started bla bla
Thanks.
one thing for sure your ui is crazy good mate
Thanks man!
Very interesting project, Can you tell us what is the ratio in between MediaFast Package subscription and MediaFast Package that your user take ? You see user prefer a lifetime one shot with a very low price and do the job bythemself or let you drive the full journey in reddit ?
On subscription option i just do all the job + they get normal package too! It's just my ghostwriting services for driving traffic and growing on Reddit!
yes I see, but I was curious in % which offer work the best.
hard to say! Normally you hire a ghostwriter when you dont have enough time for the social on your own!
this I know, my product linkeme.ai is exactly that for traditional Social Networking, that's why I'm curious about your product for Reddit. Reddit is a space that I struggle to really understand properly .