Jack Conte says a million YouTube views paid $166 after a $10,000-plus Pedals shoot, then Sam Yam built Patreon and Conte says he was making over $5,000 a month within two weeks.
Ira Belsky and his cofounders began with an affordable subscription for music licensing. Footage, sound effects, an acquisition, and platform partnerships expanded the business around the work video creators already need
Justin Jackson wrote that Transistor.fm's first revenue was $33 in February 2018, that a 60-month dream to $20k MRR happened in 11.5 months after the 1 August 2018 launch, and that as he wrote they were about to hit $30k
Allison Seboldt's Indie Hackers log shows a quiet 2020 launch of 13 paying members and $166 in sales, later a $1,000 revenue month that was not yet $1,000 MRR, and a 2021 note she labeled $10,000 ARR; in an interview she