$400 revenue in month #1

Maker Threads August performance:

Website sessions: 377 📈
Twitter followers: 16 📲
Revenue: $410 💰

After my 2 year maker journey, I not only managed to generate my first dollar in revenue, but ended up driving $410 in less than 30 days.

How did I do it?

By learning to prioritise validation instead of innovation.

With a background working in tech startups, I’ve always valued innovation above anything else.

After spending two full years failing to gain any product traction, I realised this was my greatest weakness as a maker.

By choosing to build a product that’s already validated, it helped streamline the entire process of finding product/market fit.

After building an MVP in less than 24 hours, launching to Product Hunt, then generating my first sale, Maker Threads has exceeded all of my wildest expectations.

Maker Threads is a clothing label designed specifically for passionate makers like myself.

The product is certainly nothing innovative, but the demand for t-shirts has been around for centuries.

After launching the product, the initial feedback I received was positive. This made me determined to get the product in front of as many target users as possible.

This was only possible by leveraging my network.

I’d spent the past 2 years sharing my own journey as a maker - both the highs and the more common lows.

By openly sharing my own journey, it helped me build some valuable relationships with like-minded people across the industry.

Whether it helping share the product, or becoming a customer themselves - my network has been detrimental to the adoption of the product in month #1.

The takeaway.

Add value, then value will be returned.

I can’t wait to continue growing Maker Threads. I’ve got plenty of ideas in store, but for the meantime, I’ll be keeping things as simple as possible.

If you’re a maker, I’d love to hear your thoughts or feedback on the product.

You can check it out here: https://makerthreads.co