Indie hacker makes $42k in 36 hours with a bidding directory
s_chiriac · x · 2026-08-21
Indie developer @schiriac shared metrics for a new project 36 hours after launch:
- Revenue: $42,000
- Top bid: $10,000 (by @lewiscarhart)
- Traffic: 1,061,848 total visitors
- Stack: Hosted on Vercel, built with Cursor; switched analytics to @DataFast due to load.
- Competition: At least 10 copycats emerged.
This case demonstrates the explosive potential of the "bidding directory" model.
Related event: outbid.lol goes viral: pay-to-rank bidding war tops $14,000(21 posts)→
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