1. uptime monitoring service [1]. launched in 2019. decided to enter a crowded niche so as not to reinvent the wheel and try to figure out distribution, but gave up. sold in early 2021. total sales before selling: $1,686

2. notion backups service [2]. launched in late 2021, total sales $100k, while still growing ~60% YoY. in hindsight, I should have picked an adjacent niche, since this business is technically difficult and not as easy to sell as a Notion site builder, for example.

3. churn analytics for stripe [3]. got accepted to the stripe marketplace, but still haven't gotten a single customer because I haven’t marketed it much. I use it daily and it is very helpful. for that reason alone, i don't want to kill it.

[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20210515005206/https://tryhexade...

[2] https://notionbackups.com

[3] https://dunningbear.com

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genx-joe 19 hours ago | parent [-]

So I have many, but sold a few too. Right now I am in that uptime monitoring service but I went a different route and just made it 100% free. I started https://boxwatch.app awhile ago, was going to go pay but then I sold another business and said screw it.. 100% free. I am currently working on a companion ios/android app to go with the service but still totally free.

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jmstfv 19 hours ago | parent [-]

oh good luck, it's a tough space to be. some indie makers have managed to make it work (like healthchecks.io for example) but it requires patience and dedication, esp dealing with some entitled people on the free plan.

btw, your docs pages look malformed; seems like markdown metadata slipping into the page content: https://boxwatch.app/docs/api/authentication

	▲	genx-joe 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		ahhh thank you. Just went through the huge process of converting to 100% free. [fixed] :)