BlogToPin · Pinterest pin maker for blogs
Pick a task people already pay for and make it faster and cheaper with AI
Founder says it beats competitors on speed and price; $16K MRR in a mature niche
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What they did
Chose Pinterest pin design, a tedious, repeated task people already pay for, and built a tool that does it better, faster and cheaper using AI (generating months of pins in minutes instead of 5-10 minutes of manual design per pin). His advice: pick something people already do and pay for, research competitors' reviews (G2, AppSumo, Capterra, YouTube), and look for incumbents that don't make AI core to their product; build for one specific person.
What happened
Product at just over $16K MRR; host notes Pinterest automation is a proven, mature category
- Stage
- Pre-launch (Idea and positioning)
“for BlogToPin, I chose this market because I felt the pain myself. There was a tedious process where people were doing it over and over again, and now BlogToPin does it better, faster, and cheaper.”
“Also, review how your competitors use AI. It's possible that they don't automate anything using AI or it's not the core part of their product”
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- BlogToPin: Test traffic channels on your own blog, then automate the one that worksBecame a $16K MRR tool; the idea came from paying someone to make pins
- BlogToPin: Launch to 1,000 X followers with a lifetime dealNothing happened; first paying customer took 10 days
- BlogToPin: Drop the lifetime deal and charge a monthly subscriptionFirst real customers within a month (product also improved at the same time)
- BlogToPin: Watch every user's screen recordings and build requested features within daysWord of mouth became a top-three channel; strangers now sign up on their own
- BlogToPin: Write articles, chase backlinks and post on Reddit so Google and ChatGPT recommend youFounder says steady traffic now buys on autopilot; no conversion numbers
- BlogToPin: Run an affiliate programOne of the three best channels; no details or numbers given
- BlogToPin: Ask only for a website at signup and show pins made from it within a minute