Indie hacker Marc Lou made $217K in one month, solo, at 90% margin
marclou · x · 2026-09-30
Indie developer Marc Lou published his September revenue: $217,071 total at a 90% margin, built entirely solo. Top earners were a HYROX experiment ($112K), TrustMRR ($53K) and DataFast ($31K), with a long tail of small products like CodeFast and ShipFast. He notes the marketplace and SaaS both hit record months, and reflects on 7 years of failure before things clicked through many small bets.
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