Formula Bot · B2C · AI spreadsheet assistant
Add a Stripe donation link to a free tool that went viral
Recouped a few thousand dollars of a ~$5,000 API bill
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What they did
With the app free and a ~$5,000 OpenAI bill, he put up a Stripe link with a personal note: 'Hey, my name's David. I built this app. It went viral... feel free to donate.'
What happened
Made a few thousand dollars back; with a couple of sponsorships it gave him the motivation not to shut the app down.
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“I put up a link, like a Stripe link, where it's just like, "Hey, my name's David. I built this app. It went viral. Give me, you know, feel free to donate." [chuckle] So, I made a few thousand dollars back.”
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