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Mark Givko built, grew, and sold GoIndex.me within seven months
“I built it in 30 days, launched it grew it with ads for another four or six months. And then sold it through acquire.com.”
Mark Givko Sep 25, 2024 ▶ 8:15 How to Build a Profitable SaaS in 6 Months and Sell it in 5 Days
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GoIndex.me suffered churn because its lowest pricing tier offered too much capacity
“Most people don't have huge websites, so it's quite rare to see a website that has more than, let's say, 5000 pages. That, that's a large number. And the tool itself, even on the lowest tier, so the cheapest option, indexed 6000 pages per month. So that's such…”
Mark Givko Sep 25, 2024 ▶ 6:21 How to Build a Profitable SaaS in 6 Months and Sell it in 5 Days
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Mark Givko closed the GoIndex.me acquisition five days after the initial conversation
“Monday we had our first conversation and by Friday it was completely sold. The cash hit my bank account, the username and password, everything was transferred.”
Mark Givko Sep 25, 2024 ▶ 11:01 How to Build a Profitable SaaS in 6 Months and Sell it in 5 Days
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GoIndex.me acquired its first 15 customers by ranking third on Product Hunt
“I just listed it on Product Hunt. It got featured, and then it received the badge for the third best product of the day. I don't know the exact terminology. They have a ranking or something. And that's where the first 10 or 15 customers came from.”
Mark Givko Sep 25, 2024 ▶ 7:08 How to Build a Profitable SaaS in 6 Months and Sell it in 5 Days
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GoIndex.me had 150 active customers and 500 lifetime users at acquisition
“About 150. So it was a relatively small website. It was growing steadily. Yeah, so that's the number. Approximately 150. In fact, the total number of users lifetime was around 500.”
Mark Givko Sep 25, 2024 ▶ 5:55 How to Build a Profitable SaaS in 6 Months and Sell it in 5 Days
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