MailCheap hits $1K MRR in 10 days, 9x faster than founder's previous product
marclou · x · 2026-10-25
marclou announced that MailCheap, his newsletter service, crossed $1,000 MRR in just 10 days (screenshot shows $1,282, +271.59% week-over-week), while his previous product DataFast took 3 months to reach $1K MRR (now at $30K).
Positioning: up to 83% cheaper than beehiiv and 75% cheaper than Mailchimp/Ghost, charging only for emails actually sent rather than dormant subscribers, starting at $19/month.
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