Barattini: Manga reader app made $7K to $8K in its best month
Filippo Barattini · How he makes $7k/mo from app the fund his new SaaS tool · Jul 3, 2022 · at 12:46
Filippo Barattini explains the peak monthly revenue generated by his manga reader app that allowed him to bootstrap SaaS full-time.
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“In my best month, I was doing a seven to eight”
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