MatchKraft
Find Valid Emails & Company Data for your Sales Campaign
Hey Indie Hackers community!
Happy that I sold a one year package. This happened because I adjusted my price strategy. This is a huge win because I validated that some users prefer the year package instead of the week or the month packages. So, I see this as a win.
Ok , so this month. I got 60 USD, and spend 25 USD on the server. I am happy, because finally I am getting beer money. So far, I have two products that are generating money: Company Names to URL and Fuzzy Match Company Names. Next step is to expand the business in rapidapi and airtable. I assume with that bold move I will earn 100 USD per month without doing anything. It has been a long journey. But I will not quit. Finally, I see some revenue. I also want to add other services, such as linkedin to employee list and linkedin to company information. I have a lot of ideas, the only thing that I need is time. But hopefully soon, I will spend all my time on this projects and other projects.
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Congrats! Just curious what host you're using? $25 seems high for an early-stage startup.
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Yes, maybe I can reduce the server cost. The exact amount is 24 USD per month. I use digital ocean. The thing is that my software uses high intensity scrape and search services (algorithms). Maybe, I can reduce the cost to 12 USD, but I don't want to regret later. Right now, my server is working fine.
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Ok gotcha :)
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Congrats! 🍻
So you plan to use RapidAPI as a distribution channel, right? How does the cooperation look like? Do they review your API before listing it? Do they take any fee of your revenue?
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No, actually it is very easy to list my api in rapidapi. They don't check the code. Here is the api that I submitted: https://rapidapi.com/renetatua/api/word-clustering-service. Other distributions channels like airtable or google sheets are far more complicated because they review code. But Rapidapi i quite easy, it took me like 2 hours to submit the api, watching a youtube tutorial. I think, they get some revenue when I make a purchase. So far, I haven't received any money from Rapidapi. But I already have some users.
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That's good to know!
Good luck with getting more customers!
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Yes, today I received the first payment. I am happy. I know it is not a lot of money. But someone in the world saw value in my tool. Things are moving forwards. Right now, the payment is fixed and cannot be changed. However, in the future, I may put a flexible payment system. For example, if a user downloads a small dataset, then the payment is small. On the other hand, if a user downloads a big dataset, then the payment should be more expensive. I am sure I can get more traffic to my website through integrations and SEO. Also, I want to add new capabilities such as company enrichment and other things. Yes, the journey continues.
I had a fuzzy match software. However, no one wanted to register to my application. Then, I said well let test a more focus Saas so I changed the name from fuzzy match to fuzzy match company names, and I get my first user. Then I knew it has to be a focus Saas instead of a horizontal Saas. MatchKraft for fuzzy matching company names was born.
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