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Removing my verified revenue from Indie Hackers

I decided it's time to pull my revenue from Indie Hackers. When I started my Indie Hacking journey I was a huge fan of the open startup initiative, and everyone sharing their revenue and metrics.

When I first started sharing my revenue on Indie Hackers it was hugely beneficial to me. As my company grew I got put on lists about fast growing startups, I'd sometimes receive acquisition interest, occasionally conferences would reach out and ask if I wanted to speak. But over the years that has dried up.

Today the only interest I get is spam emails that look like "Hey Shane, congrats on hitting $X revenue. Can I interest you in..."

The other reason I'm pulling my revenue is because the line chart is too revealing. It'd be great if we could have revenue badges $10k+, $50k+. I'd be comfortable sharing a general figure, but showing a line chart of our exact revenue is too much information that I'm willing to share with the public and my competitors.

I know this has been discussed before. I'm hoping that the revenue portion of Indie Hackers can get changed so more Indie Hackers are willing to share their revenue.

on June 27, 2023