I started this project in November 2022. At the time, I also launched an AI tools directory (recently sold). Because AI was/is trendy then, my focus was the Ai tools directory. So I sort of neglected this but kept hand-curating tools regularly.<br/><br/> Fast-forward November 2023, I switched on paid listings and earned $35 in few months. But then I switched back to free listings for more traction but it's back to paid now.<br/><br/> There 1000+ tools listed and it's been all free marketing, zero paid marketing so far. So growth has been largely organic.<br/><br/> My strategy is programmatic SEO which you'd see in the attached video in the end. Hence, thousands of pages are programatically created and currently indexed.<br/><br/> I had great plans for this but my focus has changed now. I've got other more exciting projects at hand and I felt it was time to let this go to someone who would take it to its full potential.<br/><br/> ✅ $35 in Annual Revenue ✅ 5 customers ✅ Business model: Paid listings ✅ Built with Laravel, Gumroad