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Hi Friends 👋
im building httpdeals
im 50
im in LA
ucla - econ & math
anderson - mba
afi - mfa
1st job - tech support
2 exits
netflix (ex)- studio stooge
apple (current) - studio stooge
10 years experience in media & entertainment
30 years experience in tech
(more 👇)
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"success" is not overnight
year 1 = $1k
year 2 = $100k
year 3 = $200k
year 4 = $500k
year 5 = $500k
year 6 = $500k
year 7 = $700k (2021)
year 8 = $2.5m (2022)
year 9 = $5m (2023)
2024 reached $15m in July.
- 2024 will be 1st year I wont be profitable
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its a data point and now you gotta ask yourself what specific feature this person wants and wished it was free. it might increase your trials.. OR maybe turn them in to an evangelist.. they clearly love the product. thats what i do when i see this sort of thing
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one last big thing to do before the end of the year.. bidding on this one last domain - wish me luck
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my fav indiehackers right now:
- @aliszu (cuz design is so necessary)
- @ThePeterMick (cuz he makes these memey sites that crack me up)
- @samuelpigny (cuz ramen!)
- @dgut_ (cuz i love directories)
- @eter_inquirer @s_chiriac @SaidAitmbarek @_MaxBlade @davidnix (cuz relentless)
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the best "feature as a product" right now is ScreenshotOne..
ripe for acquisition. I would value it at $5m today. could probably be worth $50m in 10 years.
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woohoo!
- 1000 followers
- 4.5k members in the #buildinpublic group
- 4.1k posts
- 106 days on twitter
(big things planned, starting small)
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i was mad that a domain name i really wanted was registered.
i sent a message to inquire if they are willing to sell the domain name.
i received my own message.
i thought my email was broken.
i realized that i already owned the domain name.
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why are indiehackers doing everything they can NOT TO TALK TO CUSTOMERS... and they are trying to win by SEO... i guarantee that you can not succeed thru SEO.. imho.. seo is "nice to have"..
reminder: sales cures all
imho
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httpdeals.com a deal site for indiehackers curated by indiehaclers (still very much a work in progress)
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Are you selling a pain killer?
or
Are you selling a dream?
or
Are you selling a deal?
or
Are you selling an idea?
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woohoo im feeling lucky with 1,111 followers..
(thank you friends)
bonus.. our buildinpublic group has reached 4.8k members!
im making some changes soon to the group to make it a little more useful.
(130days on X!)
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Hi Friends, Im looking for an AI expert.
-the job: be the go to AI expert in my organization
-you: an AI expert, knows all the tools, have built stuff, has some experience in image to video, avatar creation, etc.
-comp: $325k/year, remote OK, FTE, be in LA once every 6 weeks
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the easiest way to increase sales:
"Hi my name is Ed. I make this thing. You should buy it for these 3 reasons. Do you want to buy it?"
No need to do a podcast or go viral or whatever.
Say this to 100 people . I guarantee you will get better results than your current thing
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showing up for others is the easiest way to support the community.
it literally doesnt hurt you to:
-upvote someones PH launch
- like, follow or repost
- show up for their spaces
- celebrating their efforts..
*its literally free
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Domain names are similar to Flour..
There are many varying degrees of quality. some are better than others.
But Flour is useless until you bake bread or make cake or make pasta ..
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i started exploring the idea of 100 parked domain names that makes 10k/year a few weeks ago... and every single person thats heard the idea had a cynical response. they think im crazy.
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every indiehacker wants to crack the code of generating revenue without actually selling.
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I highly recommend connecting with @aliszu and @eliasstravik they have a weekly live stream and talk about exactly this sort of thing. They are quirky in an adorkable way and have seen a zillion pages..
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are you raw dogging your X experience or are you using a tools like:
- SuperX (by @tibo_maker & @hieuSSR
- @replypulse (by @niepreneur & @venelinkochev)
- MagicReply (by @nilansaha )
- @typefully (by @linuz90 & @frankdilo)
Hypefury? Blackmagic? etc?
*what are you using?
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I will finish the year at $17m with 25 people in the team and 200+ external partners, (and) up until recently with a full time job.
How?
- I asked for help
- Focused on the work and not the clout
- Kept my network secure
I'm running 5 startups simultaneously (all profitable, growing)
No VC funding, no employees, no meetings...
Each business runs on a simple arrangement:
me: growth & distribution
co-founder: cracked builder
Here's how I'm scaling to a $50m portfolio:
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Im 60 days in my solopreneur journey with httpdeals. I learned that you have to nail these 3 things.
- landing page (its gotta look great)
- waitlist (capture that email)
- 1 social media profile
*all 3 have to be firing to make your launch easier
I registered httpdeals .com 07/08/24
I started my X account on 07/13/24
I built a prototype 07/16
I started testing asap for usability & ux
I need to start onboarding test users today 07/22
I need to start generating revenue by 07/29
- dont rush
- dont wait
- start asap
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Looking to hire a community manager for httpdeals..
- handle outreach to indie hackers
- manage communication
- content moderation
* must have experience
*full time / remote
//dm experience & desired rates
#buildinpublic
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99.99% of indiehackers live in frustration because of the fallacies they choose to turn to ideological beliefs
imho
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sorry typo Iaunch.com
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Trying something new. Im looking for a LOVABLE expert
- $5k / 1 week of work (7 Days)
- must have built something
Your Job -
- Host a Daily X spaces (7 Days)
- demonstrate a beginning to end process
- 2 hrs of spaces daily
- 2 hrs of QA online forum
- needed asap
DM please
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crypto payments like stripe and lemomsqueezy for indiehackers.
(why isn't this a thing?)
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Hey Friends,
if you are looking to sell your newsletter/website I'm looking to acquire at:
$50 sub (upto $1'm)
- at least 2500 subs
- published at least 50 posts
- at least 6 months old
*also interested in microsaas directory/ jobboards/yt/ig/tiktok
DM please
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Check out tmaker.io
one of the things I noticed about successful folks is that they write a lot..
they have a growing body of writing work ..
sending in 15 min
JOIN NOW IF YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE FUTURE
👉 tmaker.io/
(kidding this is just startup tips)
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Friday means $5 .com at @unstoppableweb. (if you are a Founder, Entrepreneur, Indiehacker, bootstrapper - I highly recommend being great at crafting a domain portfolio for your niche)
Tangentially, @mattgould & his team have been executing really well in the past 8 months
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indiehacker: "real entrepreneurs don't sell courses"
same indiehacker: "buy my mugs and tshirts"
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im looking for a carrd expert..
- 2 month project
- $15k budget
- must be an expert
- must have experience
- must have design experience
- must have worked on carrd platform
- must be an expert in JS ( and "all of that stuff" )
- hiring immediately
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The big hard thing for me to manage is the "task switching"
- work on backend
- work on frontend
- work on social media
- work on content
THEN! have enough energy to do some "thinking"
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under 25 year old (and under 30 year old) that sell coaching services or "how to be a coach" always crack me..
like bro... who are you gonna coach ? highschool kids?
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I spent $250k in 2024 in design related expenses.
Tbh.. we would never work with 95% of designers on Twitter. Cost too much time and energy to deal with them.
imho.
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The power of an idea and success of a startup has very very very very very little to do with how many views something have or how many likes or how many followers.
There are more successful people & products that you have never heard of than their are that have gone viral.
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Hey Friends. Heres another episode of Weekly Roast by @aliszu & @eliasstravik
Its well worth it to watch & hear the commentary of how a user might feel about a page. lots of useful hints that may apply to your pages. check it out #buildinpublic
nitter.app/i/broadcasts/1zqKVYDjl…
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I'm a little over 70 days in my solo journey in the indiehacker buildinpublic scene and I'm learning alot.
THE MOST IMPORTANT thing I'm learning is to tune the right people out & surround myself with people that inspire & uplift.
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Hey Friends,
@t31kx launched on PH and need your support!
- $16k in Revenue within a week or so
- built the product in 24 hours
This is a good one to watch!
producthunt.com/posts/dreamc…
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one of the hardest working folks in the newsletter game is @thequotedog and you should follow him
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Dear Friends! We just reached 4k Members in this community! Thank you so much!
(please share your PH links or what you are working on)
#buildinpublic
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so... yeah.. im registering a bunch of domain names.. and i decided to take a break and make this meme via imgmeme.com by @ThePeterMick
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the Dream is Free.
the Hustle is Free.
but..
the Domain is not Free.
the Hosting is not Free.
the Coffee is not Free.
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Chat .com was bought for $10m and was resold to open ai for $15m in equity !
Wild!!
BREAKING NEWS: Secret acquirer of $15+ million domain chat .com revealed and it's exactly who you'd think.
For those of you that have been following me for a while, you may recall that I announced earlier this year that I had acquired the domain chat .com for an "8 figure sum" (which was later reported as being $15.5M).
I also shared that I had sold the domain to an undisclosed buyer.
I was not at liberty to share who the acquirer was (I was going to leave that to them, when they were ready).
Well, in a 8 character tweet (talk about brevity), Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI revealed that they were the buyer. If you visit the website now, it goes to ChatGPT.
I know many are curious about the sale price price. So, here's a prompt that GPT o1 does a really good job of reasoning through.
--- PROMPT BEGINS HERE ---
ROLE: You are a smart, curious person on the Internet.
CONTEXT: You have been given the following facts:
* Dharmesh buys chat .com for $15.5M
* He bought it for a project. He doesn't usually sell domains.
* When he does sell a domain, it's almost never at a loss.
* OpenAI was the perfect home for this domain, do he decided to sell it.
* He's known Sam for over a decade since before OpenAI
* Dharmesh doesn't like profiting off of people he considers friends (and also doesn't like referring to himself in the third person)
* He has repeatedly declared his love for OpenAI: The platform, the developer experience and the company.
* He's always wanted to own OpenAI shares.
* He made a non-humble brag earlier this year that he's now an investor in OpenAI.
* He doesn't need the cash from a domain sale, he's doing OK.
How much do you think he sold the chat .com domain for?
What percent of that was in shares of OpenAI?
Provide an approximate range and show reasoning.
--- PROMPT ENDS HERE ---
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Hi.. why do you follow this crazy misogynist ? @jonasjeetah
@pablo_rothbart
@Dima_heyqq
@theMindfulMaker
@yonigold14
@philkellr
@itsomarzh
@imbktan
@michael_kove
@gamifyKaran
@alexanderisorax
@jasonleowsg
@DmytroKrasun
@tibo_maker
@danielkempe
@arvidkahl
@eliasstravik
@elgermerlo
One reason I don't get married and have a family is because I know there will be endless pressure from my so-called wife to "get a real job."
She won't genuinely support my entrepreneurship dreams, because, let's face it, she has her own stupid dreams that she wants me to fund.
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looking for 2 full time wordpress plugin developers and 2 full time wordpress theme developers.
- must have experience
- must have developed plugins & themes
- must have at least 5 years experience
*1 year contract
*150k / year / per contractor
- please DM your info
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I was suppose to be working on a rebrand all week.. but instead I goofed off and hung out with my cofounder all week and got nothing done
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cofounders is the most important growth & success hack few implement.
- this is probably the healthiest thing an indiehacker need cultivate
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the universe will put the same problem in front of you over and over and over again until you solve it
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build 50 real estate sites (maybe for each state or province in your country)
- have a simple directory of realtors and service providers
- have content why people should buy in those areas
- have links for services that realtors can buy
*you will make 50k arr
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ive learned that people that have successful indiehacker buildinpublic launches are generally really friendly people. they dont care too much about follower/follow ratio or how many followers you have. they dont care too much about tribes. too many people care about that stuff
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I bet there's a market for a simple tool that gently reminds you to do a little bit of marketing everyday
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Im building a "parked domain name" ad network for the indiehacker, buildinpublic community.. Im starting with 100 domain names to test out the idea.. I have 10 that im not using .. so i need to come up with 90 more domain names! I need some suggestions to pump in to chatgpt
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Im thinking of doing an indiehacker grant..
- $5k one time grant
- one new recipient every week
- I choose someone to select a grant recipient every week
- recipient of grant will gift their product to 10 people
(thinking of a test run of 25 weeks)
*open to other ideas
78%
Yes, interested
4%
$5k is not enough
4%
It depends
13%
But why
23 votes • Final results
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Learn Literally Anything eureka.xyz by @mynamebedan
TURTLE100 code gets you a free small course
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I had a really great time in the buildinpublic space this afternoon!
- met some interesting people
- got some great feedback on httpdeals
- learned about how others are approaching their build
Join us next time! get notified
buildinpublic.space
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i have a day job (faang) & I see this often..
- depending on his age and length of service.. i would suggest.
* take an immediate holiday (7-10 days)
* restructure his work "day" & work "week"
for example:
Mon - Tues: Full Burn (9am-2:30pm)
Wed - Focus on the "new thing"
cont
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im giving away.. 11 domain names..
BuildinPublic (.world .directory .space .email .life .today .team .chat .fyi .social .reviews)
-- how should i give them away?
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