<p><b>Startup description</b></p><p>A comprehensive Discord verification bot that makes your community safe from bots raids and unpleasant activities. With it’s all-in-one approach, my bot provides you with everything you need to keep your community safe. Started back in 2022 but after implementing email verification, it got really famous.</p><p><b>Key highlights:<b></b></b></p><ul><li>$780 ARR</li><li>$730 annual profit</li><li>It's basically on auto-pilot</li></ul><p><b>Team</b></p><p>It's just me</p><p><b>Tech Stack</b></p><p>The Discord bot is built with Botghost (a no-code Discord bot builder) and also hosted with them for free. I use some custom coded APIs for some of my verification types (like email verification and web verification) that is hosted on a shared hosting.</p><p><b>Marketing and growth</b></p><p>Listed the bot on popular Discord bot platforms like TopGG. Created a few Youtube videos. Contact a few youtubers to promote the bot. Personally contacted Discord server owners on X/Reddit.</p><p><b>Revenue and profit</b></p><p>Currently has $250 MRR and I pay about $40 per year for web hosting, $12 per year for domain and that's it (Bot hosting and email service is free).</p><p><b>Return on investment</b></p><p>In about 2 years. To improve the payback period, you could:</p><ul><li>Implement tiered pricing (e.g., Basic Premium $6.99, Business $12.99, Enterprise $24.99)</li><li>Focus on server owners with large communities who need enhanced verification</li><li>Create annual plans with a discount to improve cash flow and reduce churn</li></ul><p><b>Startup assets<b></b></b></p><ul><li>Discord bots (Free and Premium one)</li><li>Website (built with Wordpress)</li><li>Email account on Zoho</li></ul><p><b>Risks</b></p><p>I don't see any unless users decides they don't want email verifications anymore.</p><p><b>Summary</b></p><p>It's on auto-pilot. You setup everything once and you get money flowing.</p></br>✅ $780 in ARR✅ 35 users✅ Business model: SaaS✅ Built with WordPress, Discord, Botghost