Indie hacker's new site gets 10 paid orders in hours via ChatGPT referral traffic
gefei55 · x · 2026-09-29
Indie developer gefei55 reports his new site, launched at 11pm, started receiving steady traffic from ChatGPT the next afternoon and racked up 10 orders between 5pm and midnight. All are one-time purchases, but he sees it as validation of real user demand and claims he's cracked the secret of GEO (generative engine optimization).
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