Marc Lou reveals ShipFast fell from $126k/mo peak to $2k/mo in two years
marclou · x · 2026-10-20
Indie hacker Marc Lou published ShipFast's full revenue curve: $0/mo at 2023 launch, a $126,000/mo peak in 2024, $25,000/mo in 2025, and about $2,000/mo by October 2026, with MRR now at zero and no active subscriptions.
Stripe-verified TrustMRR data shows $1.27M all-time revenue, 8,433 users, one-time pricing of $199–299, a one-person bootstrapped team, and revenue peaking around May 2024 before a steady decline. A textbook case of a boilerplate product losing its moat as AI coding tools commoditize scaffolding.
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