Pigford generated $100K in two years selling week-long micro-apps
Josh Pigford · He Built MY Startup Idea and Sold It in 8 Days ($15K Side Hustle) · Jul 25, 2025 · at 35:53
Josh Pigford explains his repeatable model of prototyping micro-apps and selling them quickly to buyer audiences.
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“In the past, like, two years I've built all these different apps, like, sold for 8000, sold for 25,000, sold for 5000, sold for 12,000, sold for 24,000. Like, I think I've probably done, I don't know, close to a 100,000 dollars over the past couple of years, just selling off random side projects that I've built over the course of, like, a week.”
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