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The journey to a $1 million ARR SaaS without traditional VCs | ScrapingBee
How it took us almost five years and multiple failed projects to grow a sustainable and almost bootstrapped SaaS.
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Congratulations @Darko on reaching $1MM ARR. That's a pretty hard milestone for any early stage startup. Wish you guys reach more milestones.
I can connect with your scrapping API story as I built a similar script to scrape content from AliExpress and put it on my Shopify account during the dropshipping days!
https://github.com/sudheer-ranga/aliexpress-product-scraper
Quick question regarding TinySeed. Was ScrappingBee pre revenue or had revenue when you applied for TinySeed?
Also what are your next milestones?
Hey this is not my business :) Just posted this article because I found it interesting.
My bad :P Thanks for posting this
@zerotousers really nice landing page (https://zerotousers.com/)
Congrats @Darko! We took a very similar path to bootstrapping Wavve to $1M ARR. Multiple failed products and gradually grew to that magic $83,333/mo. For others who are just starting out on their IndieHacker journey, I think it's important to think long-term like this and pace yourself! Bootstrapping is a marathon, but ultimately worth it!
First of all congratulations on reaching this milestone... May I ask you what channels do you generally use to market your product?