Savvy Nomad · B2C · state tax exit service for expats
Turn one painful tax chore into a step-by-step product, then charge a subscription
$140K MRR, ~$1.7M ARR, 1,400+ customers
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What they did
Instead of building a platform for all of international taxation, pick the most common, most painful workflow and turn it into a repeatable step-by-step product: for Savvy Nomad, changing a US citizen abroad's state domicile. Target the gap between DIY (blog posts, Reddit threads) and hiring a professional for thousands of dollars. Build a recurring layer on top of the one-off workflow (subscription plans).
What happened
$140K MRR, ~$1.7M ARR, 1,400+ customers, 120-150 new customers a month
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- Product / positioning
“Pick the most common, most painful workflow and turn it into repeatable step-by-step product. For us, it was a state domicile change. We didn't try to solve all of the international taxation, we solved one thing really well.”
“Either they DIY it with scour blog posts, Reddit threads, or they hire a professional for thousands of dollars. If you see that gap, that's your product.”
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- Savvy Nomad: Focus on Americans abroad, the most underserved group your last startup kept seeingBecame a ~$1.7M/year business with little competition
- Savvy Nomad: Ask a few questions, show how much tax they could save, then suggest a planMost customers finish the online part in under an hour; no conversion numbers
- Savvy Nomad: Offer three plans for different customers and charge upfrontMiddle plan is the most popular; $140K MRR