This might be the most inspiring success story I’ve ever come across. Ramesh Jha, a solo developer from India, built a dozen simple websites, two of which are now among the top 10,000 sites in the world (according to SimilarWeb). From the income generated by his sites, he started a charitable foundation to raise awareness … Read more
Imagine building a simple website that does one thing well, charging $5 to use it, and making $10,000/mo passively. That’s what this viral tweet is about: Grant doesn’t reveal the site, but don’t worry, I’ll show you how to find niches where something similar would work. The comments on that tweet are fascinating: A bunch … Read more
I recently wrote about the massive potential in directory websites. In this article, I’ll share some real examples of successful directories and show you how to find 1,000+ more. Example 1: SoakOregon.com Talk about “niching down”. This is about as niche as you can get. And yet… this site, a simple static directory of hot … Read more
I was pretty shocked when I saw this. A listing was added to Motion Invest with a price tag of $944,000 (the listing has since been removed). The site earns an average of $25,000/month from ad revenue. It peaked in September, at $46,617. Insane. It looks like the site earns money from yearly ad-free memberships … Read more
Look at this beautiful traffic graph: It ain’t much. But it’s enough to bring in an average of $5K/month. Now, guess what this is: If you guessed the homepage of the site, you’d be correct. The site is diskprices.com. The domain was registered in 2015. But the first snapshot of the site in the Wayback … Read more
The title of this article is clickbaity for a reason. Keep reading, you’ll see. I looked at my Google Discover feed the other day and saw an interesting looking article, titled: “Farmer Explains Why Walmart’s Great Value Milk Is Cheaper Than Other Brands.” Here’s the article (this is from the site…I didn’t get a screenshot … Read more