We sold four startups for $22,500 in April
Plus: multiples for listings and ratings for founders.
Hey guys.
Today is the first of May, so I'll share what Microns achieved in April. I prepared a few cool updates that we added to the marketplace a few days ago.
We sold four projects in April and one under the offer. I want to double number of acquisitions in May and help more founders succeed.
I took it seriously and have already sponsored 12 newsletters. In May, I plan to collaborate with more awesome creators. Feel free to reach out if you have an active newsletter about startups with 1-20k subscribers and a 40%+ open rate.
In today's newsletter:
Recently sold startup;
Monthly update and new features;
Site that notifies when Congress members like Pelosi trade stocks;
Wisdom from Upen on growth channels for your project.
P.S. Thank you to everyone who shares this newsletter. Together, we'll make Microns successful for all the founders worldwide.
👋 Welcome
Welcome to the 405 new subscribers joined the last two weeks.
Let me know what you think about today’s newsletter.
🎉 Recently sold startup
We recently sold a micro-SaaS called PageIndexer. This tool helped website owners improve their SEO and index pages faster.
PageIndexer had 30 customers and $3,700 in ARR at the time of the exit. It was built using PHP and Laravel. The seller shifted focus to his primary project so decided to sell PageIndexer. The project was acquired for $5,000.
The seller discovered Microns through Product Hunt and signed up as a premium buyer. He found a bunch of great products and contacted many awesome founders. In one year, he created seller account and sold PageIndexer on Microns.
If you have a profitable startup, feel free to submit it, and we'll find you a buyer.
📈 Monthly updates
April was a game-changer month for us. After releasing the "make an offer" feature, we got the first traction and closed four deals totaling $22,500 for their sellers. All founders rated Microns support with five stars, and it's the best reward for me and my team. We worked on offers for almost a year and tried to think about every detail to make this service safe, fast, and easy to use.
Besides offers, we recently added public ratings for buyers and sellers. Now, you can learn about transactions that founders made through Microns. It will increase trust and make people closer to each other by learning about their experiences. Ratings will be available to founders who completed the deal via offers.
Last but not least, you can now see revenue multiples on the listing, so you don't need to perform additional calculations to evaluate the project.
I am preparing a major update for one part of our marketplace in May. It will make the acquisition experience even smoother and more pleasant.
📰 Looking for new owners
Alert Tool Tracking Congressional Stock Trades in Real Time
$115 in ARR ($100/month profit)
Business model: SaaS
20 customers (highly engaged user base)
Target audience: Stock traders
Built with Docker, Posthog, PostgreSQL (fully automated)
Founded in 2025
Asking Price: $1,500
Platform Designed to Create Custom Frontends for Airtable Data
$3,018 in ARR ($2,000 annual profit)
Business model: SaaS
19 customers (database with 350 users)
Target audience: Developers and founders
Built with Bubble
Founded in 2023
Asking Price: $14,000
Sports Betting Newsletter
$5,617 in ARR ($2,518 MRR)
Business model: Subscription
1,769 subscribers (52% open rate, 2% CTR)
Target audience: Men aged 20-60
Built with Beehiiv
Founded in 2024
Asking Price: $120,000
💡 Wisdom from subscriber
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Today's insight: Build something small, useful, and paid — validation comes faster when money is involved.
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Stay awesome,
Ilya Novohatskyi