How to win on Product Hunt in 2024
Hey folks.
Glad to write to you this newsletter. On my last issue I received so much positive feedback from people I truly value. Thank you.
In today’s episode:
New things on Microns;
My experience launching on Product Hunt and becoming #1;
Recently sold micro-SaaS;
Startups that are looking for new owners;
And your favourite: tweet of wisdom.
Let’s go!
👋 Welcome
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🎨 What’s new
1) Added an internal analytics to check our platform's health and better understand the market situation. From time to time, I’ll share this information with my audience.
2) Reworked our editor to inspire great listing descriptions for sellers. I wanted to make it easy to write long-tail stories with markup support. Below the editor, we have a quality score; the longer your description, the better.
🏆 How to win on PH
As promised, I wrote a small thread on how I prepared for the PH launch and what worked for me. Don’t hesitate to like and retweet the post because X algorithms didn't make it viral.
🎉 Recently sold startup
This time, we sold a micro-SaaS project called Newsletter Pilot. It helped marketers create custom newsletters based on their blog posts.
During the exit, Newsletter Pilot had 1,000 users and $156 in annual revenue. It was built using Laravel and Vue. The project was sold for $2,500 (16.02x multiplier). The seller sold a project to focus on other ventures.
I think it’s an excellent deal because the project focused on a specific audience (marketers) and solved a tedious task. It saves time for professionals for a reasonable price. The global email marketing market is growing steadily, and I saw a statistic that by 2027, it would be worth around $18 billion. So, this product has pretty decent potential and could be a great ROI.
If you have a profitable bootstrapped startup, feel free to submit it, and we'll find you a buyer.
🚀 Popular startups for sale
AI Audio Assistant
$600 in Annual Revenue
Business model: SaaS and lifetime deals
20 customers
Target audience: Marketers, content creators
Built with Bubble, Render, MS Clarity
Founded in 2024
Asking Price: $8,500
AI Podcast Summarizer App
$6,950 in ARR
Business model: SaaS
32 customers
Target audience: Podcasters, Podcast Managers
Built with Bubble, Make, Stripe
Founded in 2023
Asking Price: $22,500
WhatsApp CRM
$48,000 in ARR
Business model: Freemium
450 customers
Target audience: Solopreneurs
Built with JS, Stripe, AWS
Founded in 2018
Asking Price: $197,000
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Ilya Novohatskyi
Thanks Ilya, for another good issue.
While I am not into buying and selling micro-startups I am interested to see the type of tools and ideas that emerge and the business models they use. That's very valuable for me.
This time I also found a great inspiring story about how to monetize content curation via a newsletter in your great "Wisdom from Subscriber" section.