How I made $1,023 within 10 days of product
launch
I'm Ken, and I recently launched an AI headshot generator that hit $1,023 in revenue within its first ten days. I'd like to share some insights into how this was achieved.
Identifying the Gap in the Market
The idea for this product stemmed from noticing the cumbersome nature of many AI avatar applications in the market. They often required over 20 photos, hours of waiting, and came with a hefty price tag.
We found a new technological solution that needed just one selfie and 10 seconds to produce stunning images.
Development and Launch
The product development phase lasted about two weeks, focusing on creating a user-friendly landing page and an efficient editing interface.
For payment processing, we integrated Stripe services.
Initial Marketing and Cold Start Strategy
Our initial marketing strategy was to target websites that collect AI products, such as toolify.ai and theresanaiforthat.com. We purchased services and got featured on these websites, ensuring at least 48 hours of homepage visibility.
The initial traffic and conversion data from these sites were mixed:toolify.ai had decent visitor numbers but a Paid Conversion Rate of 0.5%.
theresanaiforthat.com had less traffic but an impressive Paid Conversion Rate of 4.7%.
The Turning Point
The real turning point came when we were featured in an newsletter, aitoolreport.beehiiv.com. This exposure brought in 1.5K unique visitors, with a staggering 21% Paid Conversion Rate.
Within the first 10 days post-launch, we reached a sales milestone of $1,023. This was a significant achievement, proving not only the viability of the product but also its profitability.
Reflections and Moving Forward
Although traffic and revenue have since normalized, I consider this launch a success. The key takeaway for fellow entrepreneurs: rapidly launch your AI product and leverage AI-focused websites. The initial traffic and conversions are promising, and the influence of these platforms can bring unexpected attention.
We've been busy enhancing our website, packing it with even more powerful generation features and a wider variety of styles.
I'm super excited for you all to see the upgrades and try them out. Your thoughts and feedback would mean the world to us – can't wait to hear what you think! 🙌
Hi Ken, thank you for the amazingly helpful article! Your insights are invaluable. I'm particularly interested in the potential of AI tool builders like https://Aii.cx. Could you offer any advice on how to effectively promote a platform like this? I'm eager to learn strategies that could enhance visibility and user engagement. Thanks in advance for your guidance!
Hey Ken, congrats on the launch and the quick success! Your journey, especially the part about identifying a market gap and turning it into a viable product in just two weeks, is super inspiring. I'm also working on launching a project and believe in the MVP approach, so seeing your strategy and results gives me a lot of hope. The way you tackled initial marketing and adjusted strategies based on conversion data is really insightful. Thanks for sharing your experience, it's a great learning for fellow indie hackers! 🚀👍🏼
This is great thanks for sharing! Definitely gives hope to those seeking similar success stories!
I am creating a book p2p platform, my main aim is to sell, you have any idea how i can easily get potential buyers ?
I'm excited to try out Ken's AI headshot generator! It sounds like a great product, and I'm impressed with what he's been able to achieve in such a short amount of time. I wish him all the best in the future.
Submit your tool at Victrays.com
Congrats on your success!
Seems like you have a good product; if you plan to have any kind of longevity, I'd recommend removing the fake press logos, can really damage your credibility.
You added a bunch of logos and brands like if they've written about your product... is that even real?
Did he remove it?
I was curious the same thing. Feels scammy and low quality.
Thanks for sharing!
👏 Congratulations, My side project simpliterms was also exposed on toolify but it had less than 100 visitors and you plan to launch the product on producthunt?
Thank you, we have launched it on ProductHunt: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/1photoai
Why did you put all the brands in the marquee? Yahoo news? TechCrunch? Spotify?
Searching for your product on any of the platforms you are representing on your landing page yielded no results. Feels misleading for sure.
Thanks for sharing! This is very helpful!
Good article, in general, how to Identify the Gap in the Market?
Conduct extensive competitor research.
What technology stack do you use, and what are the reasons behind choosing it?
We mainly use public open-source technology solutions. As long as the performance and cost are acceptable, any technology can be used.
Kudos buddy!
Thanks!
Congrats
Thanks!
Amazing ! I made decentool.com which yet to make any money. Any suggestion on how to market this product ?
The product able to automate thousands keywords research for your specific market and target customer and give you the traffic, trend and difficulty result of the keywords.
I would love your suggestions on how to market the product
I believe promotional efforts spanning from social media to aggregator sites are great places, as long as your product is appealing.
Perhaps your landing page could be more clear. After looking at it for 30 seconds, I still don't understand how it works.
Oh my that explained why many traffic with no signups. Thanks this really helped me
Just tried it myself and I like it a lot. I think you are spot on in identifying other AI photo websites requires multiple headshots in order to generate. Yours is much easier to use and the quality is not much different. 👏
Thank you for your support :)
Congratulations!
Thank you!
Nice write up Ken. Thanks for sharing.
How did you go about getting picked up in the AI tool report?
Good luck with it!
Tom
I haven't contacted them. I believe it's because I was discovered due to exposure on earlier two websites.