Starter Story · 2026-09-06

I make $25K/month from one simple website

Roman, a non-technical ex door-to-door salesman, runs Career Hound, a job board that scrapes listings straight from company websites for US job seekers, behind a hard paywall ($7/week, $20/month, $50/year). Two years after launch it did ~$25-28K last month (MRR $12K, 779 active subs). Growth comes from paid UGC: he researches his niche by scrolling for hours ('content thrifting') to find timeless, repeatable formats, then pays older creators found via DMs up to ~$20 a video to film them from a simple instruction sheet. 11.7M social views in 30 days.

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Career Hound · B2C · job board for US job seekers

Scroll niche content for hours to find topics that never go out of style

Founder credits it for all growth; same playbook for two years

“So, what you want to do is you want to spend like hours scrolling and watching content in your niche on different platforms like Instagram, Reddit, TikTok.”

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Starter Story · 2026-09-06

Career Hound · B2C · job board for US job seekers

Keep reposting one video: a list of companies hiring remote, ending with your site

Run for two years; part of 11.7M views in 30 days

“And then it goes through a list of companies that are offering this dream outcome that people want. And at the very end, he says, "Hey, to find more jobs like this, go on Roman's website."”

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Starter Story · 2026-09-06

Career Hound · B2C · job board for US job seekers

Hire older creators, some in their 50s, to give job search advice

Founder says gray hair reads as credible; no numbers

“if you're looking for job search advice, why would you be listening to somebody who's 19 years old?”

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Starter Story · 2026-09-06

Career Hound · B2C · job board for US job seekers

DM people already posting for fun; pay up to $20 a video with a ready script sheet

Keeps creator costs low; 11.7M views in 30 days

“most of my creators I find just by DMing people. So, I scroll, scroll, and scroll, and I find people who are already making content just for fun, and I'll often send a message saying, "Hey, do you want to do some paid content work?"”

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Starter Story · 2026-09-06

Career Hound · B2C · job board for US job seekers

Charge from day one: $7 a week, $20 a month or $50 a year

779 active subs, $12K MRR, ~$50 LTV; 31% churn

“I'm a strong believer in a hard paywall, so no free plans. Our users pay $7 a week, $20 a month or $50 a year.”

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Starter Story · 2026-09-06

Career Hound · B2C · job board for US job seekers

Run a marketing test every day and learn from each one that fails

Founder says it made success inevitable; no numbers

“And then it's just a matter of running many marketing experiments on a daily basis.”

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Starter Story · 2026-09-06

Career Hound · B2C · job board for US job seekers

Turn a friend's job-hunting scraper into a paid job board

Aimed for $1,000 each; grew to ~$25-28K a month

“my friend told me how he found his, how he built this scraper to find jobs posted directly on company websites. So, we turned his process of how he found his job into a product”

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Starter Story · 2026-09-06

Numbers mentioned

Subject	Metric	Value	Quote
Career Hound	revenue Last month; rounded figure in intro and title	USD 25K/month approximate	“I run a job board called Career Hound that made $25k last month.”
Career Hound	revenue Total revenue last month, including annual plans	USD 28K/month	“Last month we did $28,000 in total.”
Career Hound	mrr Gap vs total revenue due to yearly vs weekly/monthly plan mix	USD 12K/month approximate	“And right now our MRR is $12k.”
Career Hound	users Over 8,000 users	8,000 users approximate	“right now we have over 8,000 users, 779 active subs”
Career Hound	paying users Active subscriptions	779 subscribers	“right now we have over 8,000 users, 779 active subs”
Career Hound	ltv Average lifetime value per user	USD 50per user approximate	“the lifetime value of each user on average is $50”
Career Hound	churn Period not stated; high because job seekers leave once hired	31%	“The churn is high because we're selling a job search product, so it's 31%.”
Career Hound	price Weekly plan, hard paywall	USD 7/week	“Our users pay $7 a week, $20 a month or $50 a year.”
Career Hound	price Monthly plan, hard paywall	USD 20/month	“Our users pay $7 a week, $20 a month or $50 a year.”
Career Hound	price Annual plan, hard paywall	USD 50/year	“Our users pay $7 a week, $20 a month or $50 a year.”
Career Hound	views Social views in the last 30 days, across creator content	11.7M views/month	“in social views, in the last 30 days we did 11.7 million views.”
Career Hound	creator pay Upper limit he pays in ~90% of cases	USD 20per video approximate	“In like 90% of situations, you don't want to pay more than $20 a video.”
Career Hound	revenue Original modest goal: $1,000 each for the two co-founders	USD 1,000per founder goal	“initially our intention was to make just $1,000 each, but since we've started, it has turned into a real business.”