From $0 to $17,000/month (study + framework)

In 2014, two guys from Romania:
1. With $0 invested (worked for free from Starbucks).
2. With 0 social followers.
3. With 0 email subscribers.
4. With lack of time (were freelancing full-time just to cover basic needs).

… launched their side-project…
… and in 2 years they grew in to a $17K/month business.

Here’s their exact step-by-step framework:

Before Product/Market Fit:
1. When creating websites for clients, they noticed – they were creating the same items over and over again.
2. Created a free UI Kit.
3. Featured the UI on Designer News and ProductHunt. Result: 2K-3K users/week.
4. Created paid premium version of the UI with more elements, pages, etc. Result: $200/week

After Product/Market Fit:

1. Created new free UI Kits and promoted them via:
+ Hackathons
+ Affiliates
+ SEO
+ Niche newsletters
+ Reddit
+ Product Hunt
+ Designer News
+ Hacker News
+ Github

2. Through an automated email sequence, promoted premium paid version among users of the free version.

After 2 years…
…they were making $17,000/month in net profit.

Thank you, Alexandru Paduraru – a member of our community, for sharing your inspiring story.

Source: medium.freecodecamp.com/growing-a-side-project-into-a-17-000-month-business-46024d2aa87f