In 2024, I decided to build 12 startups in 12 months.
I ended up building 11.
→ 7 failed (never got sold)
→ 3 sold (on acquire .com)
→ 1 profitable (@CodeGuidedev )
In this letter, I'm going to explain how I sold 3 AI apps for $30k in total:
I wanted to force myself to learn AI coding craft and build production-ready apps.
One day I came across acquire .com (a marketplace where people sell their SaaS apps)
What was surprising to me is, buyers were buying apps with 0 users and $0 in revenue, or profit.
When I researched deeper I found 90% of new startups are AI coded startups.
That was the motivational kick I was looking for.
So I decided....
7 days → 1 web app (from idea to listing on acquire)
In the beginning I tried to found a pattern on acquire:
- what kind of apps are in demand?
- what kind of apps get more offers?
- what apps are "under offer"?
so I found 1 pattern. I built the same app but better and listed at low selling price.
I coded this interface in 10 minutes (one-shot), using:
- @CodeGuidedev (to generate coding docs)
- @v0 (to code the UI component)
Here's how you can design clean UI components: ↓
Design should be the most important factor of your app.
End user care about the experience. "First impression is the last impression"
Present you app in clean, modern and vibrant layout.
Step 1: Describe your idea and generate coding docs.
For coding docs @CodeGuidedev is best as it is built for AI coding models and it works with all AI coding tools:
- Cursor
- Windsurf
- Bolt
- Replit
- Lovable
- v0
Just follow a 5 step routine and generate a set of coding docs. This is AI coding model's knowledge base.