Promotion service · Revenue
AI Directories
The story
Reviewing a year as a full-time independent developer in 2025, the author said AI Directories reached $100,000 revenue, grew from $3,000 to $10,000 MRR and helped over 800 founders launch tools.
They continually improved SEO and marketing, fixed product issues, added features, developed community relationships and approached 10,000 X followers. The 2026 goal was stable MRR of $20,000–30,000.
The start of the $100,000 revenue measurement period was unclear. The main metric uses the explicit current $10,000 MRR.
Source excerpt
2025 has been a wild ride ✨ This was the year I went full-time indie hacker, no freelancing, no 9 to 5 just building and…
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- What was delivered
Helping AI tool founders promote products through directories.
- Customers
Over 800 tool founders reportedly served.
Lessons and acquisition
Continuously improve a tool-promotion service, its product, SEO and marketing.
Costs, risks and open questions
The revenue measurement window and costs are unknown. $20,000–30,000 MRR is a future target.
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