Go Tall · B2C · height prediction app for teens
DM 50 people a day asking them to make your proven, easy video
Creators worked cheaply; with founder content reached ~$3K/month
What they did
What happened
- Stage
- early-growth
- Effort
- ~50 DMs/day
This shipped together with other changes, so the result can't be credited to this alone.
In their words
This Stupidly Simple App Makes $100K/Month
MichaelFirst, it was me just making content myself. It took about a month of just experimentation purely with content, making 10 TikToks every day. So then, eventually, I found the format. Because I only had one format, I had one distribution channel, it's very easy to see the attribution. Like I know exactly 100k views equals how many downloads. And then based off that, I'm like, "Okay, now I know I can hire creators for this amount of price."
MichaelWith the format, I replicated it myself on like two different accounts, and they both blew up. I had my girlfriend do it too, and like her account blew up. And I was like, "Okay, this is like an easy format. I can like teach anybody." So I just went on, DM'd like 50 people a day to be like, "Hey, would you want to make format, make this video? It's super easy." And so they were able to They were willing to do it for a very cheap price.
MichaelBasically, just myself, plus a few UGC creators, we were able to do maybe like 3k a month. After I optimized my paywall and scaled a little more, it was about 10k a month. In month five, it was about 30k a month, as I explored even more formats. And after 30k a month, it was simply just putting it on paid ads to scale to over 100.
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More from this episode
- Browse Acquire.com for small apps for sale, then build your own versionFirst sale 2 days after launch; now ~$100K/month
- Reply to TikTok commenters' heights with videos predicting how tall they'll getFirst viral format; 10-20 DMs a day asking for predictions
- Post 10 TikToks a day for a month until one format worksFound a repeatable format; knew how many downloads 100K views brings
- Copy your winning video format onto two new accounts and a friend'sAll three accounts blew up, showing the format was teachable
- Improve your paywall once videos bring steady installsRevenue grew from ~$3K to ~$10K/month, alongside more scaling
- Try more video formats once the first one keeps working~$30K/month by month five
- Put ad money behind the videos that already work organicallyScaled from ~$30K to over $100K/month
- Ask every question commenters volunteered, then show the answer after payment91% of users reach the paywall despite the long onboarding
- Let the height prediction change weekly as people log sleep, meals and stretches
Tags: tiktok, creator-outreach, cheap-creators, proven-format