Growing an online card tool to $23k a month - Valentin Hinov, Thankbox

Val Hinov is the founder of Thankbox an online group card tool that grew to $20k p/m throughout lockdown. Now Val is facing the challenges of what to do when your product scales, what to do when the wave that brought you success starts to slow and when your product has one-time purchase pricing model.What we covered in this episode:Where the idea for Thankbox came from?Lessons learned from a failed startupHow he built Thankbox in 2 monthsHow he got his first users for ThankboxBuilding a virality modelUsing Google Ads to grow quicklyAdvice for people apprehensive of using adsWhy social ads didn’t workThe effect of a one-off purchase pricing modelHaving a big drop in usersIndie Hackers PodThe seasonality of online cardsOutsourcing vs soloWhen to go full-timeRecommendationsBook: Atomic HabitsPodcast: The Revolutions PodcastIndie Hacker: Andrea BosoniFollow ValTwitterPersonalSiteThankboxFollow Me👉 Listen to my new podcast, No More Mondays.TwitterIndie Bites TwitterPersonal WebsiteBuy A Wallet2 Hour Podcast CourseSponsor - 4dayweek.ioAs indie hackers we’re always trying to squeeze extra hours in our day to work on our side projects. What about if you had a whole extra day to work on your projects, while still getting a full-time salary?4dayweek.io is the place to get a Software Job with a better work-life balance. All jobs have a 4 day work week contract and most are only 32 hours per week. Find the best remote tech jobs from companies with a great work-life balance at 4dayweek.io or hit the link in the show notes.👉 Try it here.