$16k indie revenue for 2023
jasonleow • 17 Apr 2024 •
A bit of throwback from time hop: I only made $6k from all my indie products in 2022.
Just did my taxes for 2023, and this time, I made $16k!
That’s a 260% increase, baby! 🎉🎉🎉
In fact, the year-on-year progress looks even nicer! In 2021, my combined revenue from Lifelog and Plugins was just $2k. So it’s:
2021: $2k
2022: $6k
2023: $16k
And with that, I have officially crossed the mythical $1k revenue mark that many indies wish for. After 4 long years of being serious about indie hacking.
This ain’t no rocket ship, and that ain’t MRR.
It’s more of a sail boat. Small, steady, moves with the trade winds, but gets to places… eventually.
Taking a moment here to celebrate! 🍻
Side note:
- By the way that $16k is also not including my other revenue from consulting (no way I can feed a family on $16k per year!).
- And $16k is not all subscription revenue. I got some MRR from Lifelog but it’s mostly one-time payments from my Carrd plugins. Non-recurring revenue. But so far, it’s been pretty stable, so fingers crossed! 🤞
Comments
That’s the power of compounding results from consistent work. calculating… calculating… In two years you’ll be making six digits.
@therealbrandonwilson thanks buddy!
@Winkletter I hope so too haha. That’s with the assumption that the Carrd plugins market is big enough to bring that
👏 Definitely worth a celebration! Persistence pays off! I’m happy to have been along for the ride.