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In an age of AI and marketing dictated by algorithms, I’m obsessed with which online businesses continue to thrive.
I spend countless hours each month going through earnings reports and funding rounds to find trends and discover success stories to help inspire your own journey.
Seeing people happy and proud to be featured here is an amazing feeling. It does not go unnoticed and means the world to me.
I want to continue trying to be valuable, so let’s dive in…
VerticalScope Just Paid “Around $5M” for These 20+ Online Forums
While listening live to Vertical Scope’s earnings call, some numbers were revealed which hadn’t been reported elsewhere.
VerticalScope, who you may know as the company behind over 1,200 online communities, recently acquired over twenty forums from Enthused Digital.
If you go to the Enthused Digital homepage and scroll down, you can see there are twenty-two websites listed, so I assume all of them were part of the deal:
VerticalScope is probably the best in the world at knowing how to keep communities active and making money, so they likely saw massive potential with the 3.5 million visitors the sites average each month.
Here’s part of the direct quote I picked up from their call, which has been edited slightly for brevity:
It was around five million dollars but as we noted in the disclosure subject to change based on certain closing requirements but that’s what’s been negotiated. All cash deal. No earnouts. [..] You know our goal right now is to try to make our business bigger and scale the size of the floor platform.
Some of the sites I believe were acquired include DrumForum.org, Strat-Talk.com, TheGearPage.net and SailingAnarchy.com.
Calendesk.com, an Appointment Scheduling SaaS, Just Hit $19,000 in MRR
Calendesk founder Maciej Cupial shared the news that his appointment scheduling SaaS, which appears to have started generating revenue in January of 2021, is now making more than $19,000 per month.
Over one million meetings have been booked through the platform, where the cheapest monthly plan is $97 per month and allows usage by five company employees.
Calendesk allows you to have a public-facing appointment schedule, receive and send notifications about appointments, accept payments, and even offers a website and app builder.
Other companies people might know of in the space include Calendly, Cal.com and SavvyCal, but when there are popular competitors, that generally means there’s also a lot of growth potential.
Congratulations on the continued success, Maciej!
Caseblink Raises $2M for an Incredibly Niche But Logical Offering: An AI Writing Companion for Immigration Lawyers
If you asked me which industry is the most popular when it comes to funding rounds I track, I wouldn’t hesitate for a second to reply “Law and Legal…and it’s not even close.”
That shouldn’t be a huge surprise when AI has the special ability to help find flaws in arguments, connect multiple data sources and be trained on past successful outcomes.
I rarely report on startups in the space as there are just so many and I don’t think they’re that interesting to you as a reader (please tell me if I’m wrong) but Caseblink is an exception.
AI writing tools continue to be on an upward trend, and Caseblink is a niche-focused take on those, combining content creation, AI and immigration lawyers.
While it is so niche, it also makes a lot of sense, since lawyers have a lot of unique needs for a writing assistant that needs to know their field and be incredibly secure around sensitive information.
The company says its $2M in pre-seed funding will be used to help more companies speed up visa application processes, and it’s already being used by over 50 law firms.
Flowmapp, a Platform for Planning & Pitching Web Designs, Hits 377,000 Users and $600K in ARR
Entrepreneur Paul Mit shared that his visual web design planning platform, Flowmapp, is on track to hit 400,000 users.
I love the concept of being able to spec all aspects of a new site in one place and can see why so many web designers would be on board.
When Paul mentioned how much revenue it generates he referred to it as “ARR top” — something I haven’t seen before. I’m going to guess that’s the highest number of annual recurring revenue the company has achieved, but I’ve reached out to clarify as I want to be accurate.
Flowmapp offers tools like a visual sitemap builder, wireframing, content briefs and client invoicing. It’s essentially an all-in-one resource for designers who sell their creations.
The platform offers a free plan for one project, with the cheapest premium plan starting at $8.25/m if you pay for an annual subscription.
Addlly AI Raised $900,000 to Help You Create Blog and Social Media Posts with AI
Addlly, which promises to help anyone “supercharge your content with AI agents built for your brand”, recently announced raising $1.2M SGD (around $900,000 USD).
Addlly’s homepage says you can use your own brand guidelines, articles, surveys, company information and other first-party data in the content creation process.
From there, users can create blog posts, AI images, newsletters, press releases and other content types.
The idea is that you can instruct AI to use your own style and assets to make that content more valuable to readers.
I couldn’t find any content samples on their website – I was hoping they would use surveys or first-party data to show their capabilities – but it’s a smart idea if they can pull it off.
Coolify, an Open-Source Hosting Platform, Generated $15,700 Last Month
Coolify is an open-source, self-hostable alternative to popular platforms like Vercel, Netlify and Heroku.
For a base price of $5 (and $3 for additional servers), Coolify makes developer lives easier with one-click deployment of popular technologies and offers complete control over their data.
Any developers reading this will be far more clued up on its benefits, but I’m just happy to see a project so loved also rewarding its founder.
Andras Bacsai shared on X that “my family and I live solely on donations”, which came in at $5,200 for the month, with cloud revenue at $10,500.
Expenses were $2,800.
It’s not typical for Andras to share a revenue update like this so while it’s not an industry I’m active in, it’s nice to be able to share his success story.
Recess Has Raised $1.75M for an Education Marketplace I Think Has Huge Search Traffic Potential
Recess is an online marketplace for parents and carers to find after-school activities for their children to take part in.
The company, which raised a $1.75m pre-seed, is first launching in Austin, Texas and looking to branch out from there.
As I write this, the company doesn’t appear to be ranking for anything in Google, but I have a feeling that will quickly change.
They’ve noindexed a lot of their website (meaning, they’re not trying to get certain pages to rank) but I have no doubt they’ll start building dedicated pages targetting after-school camps, summer schools and extracurricular keywords.
There’s a ton of search traffic up for grabs – especially when they start expanding to more locations.
Whenever I report on a business that’s starting out with one area of focus, I can’t help but think there are other cities and countries people could start building a similar model for before them.
Of course, you’ll have to have the passion for the idea and see potential in the region you’ll target.
The Homepage for a $10M/yr AI Presentation SaaS Was Not What I Expected
Founder Rajat Mishra told TechCrunch their presentation SaaS is making $10M/yr, has just raised $20M, and has 150 of 2000 Fortune companies on board.
Their homepage isn’t bad – I’m not here to insult anyone – but I’m generally used to seeing something different for AI-focused businesses. Especially one where its services are so focused on design.
I wish they shared examples of the presentations they design for people, as clicking around their site only reveals wireframe mockups.
Maybe I’m asking too much, or maybe I’ve been to competitor Pitch.com’s website too many times as I think they nail it.
Of course, what really matters is how it performs as a service for its customers, and on that front it looks like they’re thriving.
Campus.edu, A Fully Online “New Take on Education”, has Raised an Additional $46M
Campus offers anyone the ability to learn live with professors from universities like Stanford and Princeton, with the next classes starting in July 2025.
They’ve just raised a $46M Series B which brings their total funding to $100M.
New students will have to put a lot of faith in Campus.edu, since an associate degree through them will take two years to complete. There are shorter courses, like a 24-week program to become a certified AWS Cloud Solutions Architect.
Once you successfully go through their application process you’ll be paired with a personal success coach and get access to 24/7 wellness services.
Programs start at around $14,000, but if you’re a high school junior, senior or recent graduate, you can try out one of their programs for free.
Adam Neumann, of WeWork Infamy, Launched a Physical Magazine at Flow.Life That Now Has 13,000 Paid Subscribers
I was in two minds about whether to include this update since it’s technically not a digital-first business. Still, they’re using the internet to promote their offering and I found it interesting (and hope you will, too).
Adam Neumann, who previously founded WeWork, acquired Whalebone magazine at the start of 2024 and used their skills to create the media brand ‘The Flow Trip’.
Selling the magazine via Flow.life, Axios has the details that they’re profitable, with 13,000 paid subscribers.
Subscribers pay between $72 and $108 to get six issues of the magazine each year, which is also available in airports and grocery chains around the world.
I’ve become so accustomed to reading stories about the death of print media that it’s nice to hear something trending the other way.
Issues are generally around a specific theme, such as ‘The Cosmic Issue’, ‘The Happy Issue’ and ‘The Practice Issue’.
YAi Raises £250,000 to Help Create and Quality Check AI-Generated Blog Posts and Images
YAi’s homepage promises it isn’t “just another content creation tool”, with a particular focus on quality management before any writing is published.
They recently announced raising £250,000 to improve how AI is used to create content.
The company states they’ve so far helped clients generate 213 “high-quality blogs” which, in the age of AI content creation, is a tiny figure. It suggests the company doesn’t (yet) have many clients on board or purposefully slows down the process to focus on quality, or both.
Unfortunately there’s no pricing on their website and I couldn’t find any samples of their output.
If nothing else they continue to add to the trend of how many companies are emerging in this space and I look forward to seeing what they’re able to achieve.
Social Media Scheduling Tool PostFlow Hits $500 in Monthly Recurring Revenue
Entrepreneur Adam Riha shared the news on X that his social media scheduling SaaS PostFlow has just hit his first revenue milestone of $500 in MRR.
PostFlow isn’t unique in what it aims to help with – we’ve covered companies like PostBridge, Buffer and SproutSocial in past reports – but there’s a vast market up for grabs in this space.
PostFlow allows users to schedule content for platforms like LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram and more, with paid plans starting at $12/m (or $10 if you pay annually).
The platform’s design looks modern and trustworthy, and the feature set looks impressive. I have no doubt Adam will be back when he hits the next milestone he shared: $1,500 in monthly recurring revenue.
Medly AI Raised £1.7M for an EdTech Angle So Good I Instantly Sent it to Friends and Family in the UK
Medly claims it’s the world’s first AI tutor for ‘GCSE and A-Levels’. Acronyms describing exams which anyone from the UK will be familiar with.
When I saw Medly AI with a UK-focused angle I could relate to, their hook worked, and I quickly shared it with friends and family.
There’s just something about the homepage headline that makes me feel like it will convert incredibly well. If they’re not already, I’m sure they’ll be dominating UK social media with ads and reels pretty soon.
Since launching in 2024 they’re already said to have helped over 10,000 students improve their GCSE scores.
There are a lot of them out there, but I have no doubt we’re going to start seeing more AI tutors for specific professions and skills people want to attain.
As another example, in last month’s report I introduced Langua, which quickly grew to $144K in MRR by letting anyone learn a language by talking to an AI tutor.
Three Months On, AI Flashcard Builder Jungle Has Added 350,000 Users and ~$150,000 in Revenue
I first reported on Jungle, the AI flashcard builder that helps with studying, in our December income report.
Back then the company had grown to 650,000 users and $850,000 in revenue. Those numbers continue to grow quickly, as co-founder and CEO Julian Alvarez revealed they’ve just surpassed one million users and $1M in lifetime revenue.
Julian also shared with me that the company is on track to reach $1M in annual revenue.
With Jungle, users can upload their coursework or presentation slides, then its AI capabilities quickly generates flashcards with multiple-choice questions.
In minutes you can go from having documents you want to study to actually studying them.
Before AI, flashcard creation could be a tedious process, and I’ve personally spent dozens of hours on the likes of Anki manually typing up what I want to learn.
Jungle won’t be perfect, of course, but technology like theirs is only going to get better over time.
Forgive Me for Sharing Something You Won’t Build Yourself, But I Found RaceControl.gg’s Revenue Numbers Pretty Interesting
I don’t want to sound like I don’t care about you in any way – you’re exactly who I’m writing these reports for – but a barometer I have for including something is whether I personally find it interesting.
My brain isn’t that unique, so hopefully I can build a loyal following to these reports of people who think similarly.
From there, I typically make sure an idea is relatable and something you might consider building yourself. This update breaks that rule.
RaceControl.gg is a platform where people can play driving sim games against others across the world.
You and I aren’t likely to compete because RaceControl, a Motorsport Games brand, also created the actual racing games people are using the website to meet up on.
The platform was only launched recently, and here’s how it’s going.
“In December, we launched our subscription service via racecontrol.gg, a revenue stream previously untapped and a longstanding opportunity for our business. In the first 21 days of this accounting period, the service generated over $120,000 in gross revenues.
As of today, we are within touching distance of 6,000 active subscribers, showing strong early adoption and long-term monetization potential without any spend towards a paid marketing campaign.“
In other words, they’ve been able to leverage their existing user base into a brand-new, recurring source of revenue without having to spend any money on marketing.
Assuming 75% of users are on their lowest pricing plan and 25% are on the highest, that’s an extra $360,000 in annual revenue.
Not huge numbers for a public company, I admit, but I love getting figures for these things.
ScrapingBee in Numbers: A Team of Five Generating $5M in ARR In Less Than Five Years
ScrapingBee co-founder Pierre de Wulf shared that his SaaS platform for scraping the web has now surpassed $5M in annual recurring revenue.
ScrapingBee handles all aspects of web scraping such as proxy rotation, the use of headless browsers and the actual data extraction.
Their cheapest plan starts at $49/m for 150,000 API credits, which includes five concurrent requests. Keep in mind that certain types of scraping use more than one credit (such as scraping search results, which use 25 credits each).
I’ve been following Pierre’s journey for a few years now so love to see him and the team continue to do well.
TheTrainline.com Sets Record Ticket Sales for the Third Year in a Row, Growing Year Over Year Revenue by 12%
Trainline, a UK-based company which sells train tickets across Europe, generated £442M in revenue on £5.9Bn in ticket sales for the 12 months ending February 28th, 2025.
The platform saw sales grow in the UK by 13%, Spain by 41% and international sales through their API increased by around 60%.
Search traffic for the brand has only increased over the years, though its stock market price is essentially the same as it was then (and down ~30% over the past year).
With such a strong brand and a popular app, one way people can make money thanks to their success is through their affiliate program, which Partnerize handles.
If you’re able to rank in Google for ticket prices or destinations people are likely to look to travel to by train, it might be worth looking into.
Publicly-Listed Digitalbox Have Revealed Exactly How Much Revenue Their Biggest Content Sites Are Generating
Digitalbox revealed in March they generated £3.64M in 2024, a 30.6% increase on 2023.
Digging through the details – this wasn’t part of the original press release – I was also able to find out exactly how much each site of theirs generated.
Here are the numbers for 2024 (only revealed in March of 2025), alongside their year-over-year revenue growth:
The Daily Mash: £169K (+44.4%)
The Poke: £358K (+63.5%)
TVGuide: £423K (+354%)
The Tab: £1.16M (+26.9%)
Entertainment Daily: £1.56M (+6%)
They also made several interesting comments regarding SEO and what Google currently rewards, which you can find on my various social media profiles I’ve already linked to too many times on this page.
As some other interesting news for Digitalbox, they also purchased a Facebook page and Instagram profile named ‘The Life Network’ for £200,000 (~$258K USD).
Like LadBibleGroup, Digitalbox knows how to make a brand generate revenue via social media, so although those assets made a £400 loss in 2024, I have a feeling they’ll know exactly what to promote to their 6 million new followers.
Arcade AI Raises A $25M Series A to Help You Create Custom Products (Like Rugs & Jewellery) with AI
Taking an AI-generated image and turning that into a physical item doesn’t initially make me think of something that will be elegant and beautiful, but Arcade AI is looking to change that notion.
Using their AI tools to help you design custom physical products, they’ll connect you with the artisans who can turn those ideas into a reality.
Judging by their Products page, their primary focus appears to be charms, earrings, rings, necklaces, bracelets and rugs.
The $25M Series A brings their total funding to $42M.
Their AI generator uses Midjourney and Stable Diffusion to help with the design process, and then Arcade’s job is to connect you with someone who can create that product.
SEO Platform URLMonitor Sees Revenue Head Back in the Right Direction, Once Again Surpassing $6K in MRR
You may be familiar with Chris Riley as the owner of AI content creation tool Cuppa, which I covered in our October 2024 income report.
Chris is also the owner of URL Monitor, which he acquired from entrepreneur Ian Nuttall for $250,000.
Chris has been very open about times when he felt the business wouldn’t succeed, like when Google added a spam detection warning to its Indexing API documentation.
Since then he’s continually added to the software, which now includes domain analytics, indexing for Bing, drip indexing of URLs over time and much more.
In March he revealed that monthly recurring revenue is back above the $6K mark, after growing 12.51% month over month.
Here’s Another Super Niche Use of AI for the Legal Space That Just Raised a $15M Series A
AI has undoubtedly changed the marketing, content and funding landscape. Almost daily I see new companies attach AI✨ to a business model and raise millions of dollars in the process.
I share one in every hundred of these updates because I don’t think they’re very relatable (or always very interesting) but DeepIP.ai feels different.
DeepIP uses AI to help prepare, draft and review patent applications.
These angles always seem smart to me because to compete you need to meet certain security standards, which most “AI wrappers” won’t want to deal with. You also need to train AI on specific desired outcomes relevant to the industry you’re serving to make it valuable to end users.
As with most companies of a similar nature, no pricing is available upfront – likely because potential customers will have varying use cases based on the scale of their operations.
We Continue to Track Digital-First Public Companies (And Many Just Reported Their Latest Revenues)
If this isn’t your first visit to Gaps you probably know we have a page tracking the search traffic and revenue of public companies at gaps.com/public.
Public companies might not be the most relatable businesses but it’s good to see how different brands are fairing in this age of AI and search traffic fluctuations.
Below you can see a sample of their latest quarterly revenue numbers compared to what they were generating a year prior.
| Public Company | Previous Quarterly Revenue | Latest Quarterly Revenue | Change |
 CarParts.com |
$156.4M | $133.5M | 15% |
 Chewy |
$2.83Bn | $3.25Bn | 14% |
| $712.4M | $776.3M | 9% | |
 Etsy |
$842.3M | $852.2M | 1% |
 LendingTree |
$134.4M | $261.5M | 95% |
 Pinterest |
$981.2M | $1.15Bn | 18% |
 Stitch Fix |
$330.4M | $312.1M | 5% |
 The Buckle |
$79.6M | $77.2M | 3% |
 Truspilot |
$176.4M | $210.7M | 19% |
As a disclaimer, always do your own research before you consider any investments. There’s always far more to the story than revenue updates.
It Has Been Years Since a New Ad Platform to Monetize Websites Caught My Eye, But This One Is…Cool?
I have very little interest in advertising platforms these days but Into-It, which launched in partnership with the UK’s The Independent and The Guardian websites, caught my attention.
Users who install the Into-It Chrome extension will see ads on those websites replaced with updates about music artists they care about.
I presume the idea is that instead of people doing everything they can to avoid ads, they’ll find them interesting and get insights on new songs, albums and merch from artists they follow.
It’s an interesting concept, but it will take some work to get people to even consider the extension in the first place. I can’t help but think the people who are going to install something to change the ads they see are people who are probably going to be blocking them in the first place.
When I started writing this update the Chrome web store stated they only had 82 users, though the numbers are slightly delayed and they only launched in the last week of March.
Writing this as the Gaps monthly report is going live, they’re up to 99 extension users around a week later. It’s still too early to judge, but they might have expected that number to be in the thousands by now.
With the News of Skype Shutting Down, Yadaphone.com Launched as An Alternative (And Is Already at $3K MRR)
I was surprised to read the news recently that Microsoft was shutting down Skype. I still use it 1-3x per month to make international phone calls, and now I’m curious if they’ll give me back the credit I still have in there.
(Update: Skype says I’ll still be able to use ‘Skype Dial Pad’ from their website).
Denis Yurchak didn’t waste any time to capitalize on the opportunity, launching YadaPhone to help consumers looking for a replacement.
In just over a month, Yadaphone has 300 paying customers and $3,000 in monthly recurring revenue.
The site has recently gone viral on social media after revealing those numbers, so I have a feeling it’s quite a bit higher now.
There’s no recurring subscription required to use Yadaphone.
Instead, like Skype, users top-up their accounts and get charged based on usage. Prices vary depending on where you’re calling, but a five-minute call to the US or UK would cost $0.75.
Calling Germany is currently much more expensive, at $0.53 per minute.
This is Wild: Experial Raised €2M so AI Clones or ‘Digital Twins’ Can Help Conduct Market Research
I spent more time than normal looking through Experial.ai’s website so I could make sure I truly understand what they offer.
In simple terms, Experial offers market research based on human feedback and that of digital personas they’ve created.
The approach seems to be that a single ‘Digital Twin’ based on a certain persona won’t be beneficial on its own but at scale – using thousands of them – you can get to a consensus on the feedback you’ve asked for.
Digital Twins can then help with things like:
- Feedback on pricing changes
- Testing different ads
- Feedback on new product & feature ideas
- Finding unmet customer needs
Experial makes a big messaging push regarding digital twins giving fast feedback and makes it less clear that (at least from my understanding) the first feedback customers get is actually from humans.
I’m pretty open to AI in marketing but even I have doubts about how reliable feedback from these Digital Twins can be, especially if you’re venturing into new territory they won’t have been trained on.
Still, I love to see companies pushing the limits.
I Can’t Ignore That So Much of Creator Revenue Online is Now Being Generated via Substack, And We Have Some New Numbers
The Hollywood Reporter had an exclusive story in March that Substack has now surpassed more than five million paid subscriptions. That is, five million individuals who subscribe to someone on the platform.
Even more impressive that this is up from four million just four months earlier.
Admittedly some significant events have helped facilitate this, like a new presidency in the United States and the likes of Paul Krugman and Jen Rubin – who already have large followings – joining the platform.
Another stat that caught my eye is that 82% of the top 250 creators on the platform now add audio and video to their content. That’s up from around 50% just one year ago.
If you’re interested in getting in on the newsletter game yourself, we have a dedicated report on the topic which might just provide some inspiration.
The Financial Times Released a List of Europe’s 1000 Fastest Growing Companies. I’ve Picked 48 I Found Interesting
March saw the release of the Financial Times’ annual report on Europe’s 1000 fastest-growing companies.
Each year I share my findings on the data, so make sure you follow me on LinkedIn and X to get the first insights if you haven’t already.
I shared more interesting startups than usual this year and put them together in a free Google Sheet. Examples that caught my eye include:
| Company | Simplified Description | Annual Revenue | Country |
 Fluentbe |
An online language school for learning English with humans & AI | €5,157,619 | 🇵🇱 |
 PhotoAid |
Get 100% compliant passport photos from the comfort of your home | €8,914,001 | 🇵🇱 |
 Candidate Flow |
Helps craft businesses hire skilled workers (very conversion-focused) | €10,288,107 | 🇩🇪 |
 Oxford Summer Courses |
Summer courses for ages 9-24 at prestigious UK colleges | €13,245,082 | 🇬🇧 |
 Skinport |
Buy and sell skins for Counter-Strike 2 | €19,498,648 | 🇩🇪 |
You can find the complete list of 48 companies, completely free, over here.
As Ziff Davis Acquires Women’s Media Brand theSkimm, Can It Become A Force in Google’s Search Results?
It’s been well discussed on media sites over the years that theSkimm has been looking for a new owner.
Originally launched as a newsletter, the brand was founded by Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin in 2012 and has raised just over $28M since then.
Ziff Davis subsidiary Everyday Health Group has now acquired them for an undisclosed fee.
I hadn’t been to theSkimm’s website in quite a while so missed that they have an almost Elle and Cosmopolitan-like focus. Their newsletter opt-in isn’t front and center like before.
It seems at one point the content strategy was working, when they hit an estimated peak of 180,000 visitors from search in June of 2023. Numbers have declined as quickly as they increased, however, since then.
TheSkimm’s future success won’t rely on performing well in Google – which, right now, is a very different landscape – since they have their popular newsletters and a podcast. That said, Ziff Davis (behind the likes of Cnet, ZDNet, and SEO platform Moz) typically generates significant search traffic for its properties.
I can’t help but think improving the sites standing in Google’s search results will be near the top of their priority list.
Papermark, an Open-Source Document Tracking SaaS, Grew MRR by 28% Last Month
I first wrote about Papermark in November of 2024, when I revealed it had just surpassed $9,561 in monthly recurring revenue.
Co-founders Marc Seitz and Iuliia Shnai continue to see revenue grow, with Iuliia sharing they’re now 6% closer to their goal of $1M in annual recurring revenue.
I had previously revealed income for their specific tiers, which were:
- Pro: $1,236.79 MRR
- Business: $3,758.95 MRR
- Datarooms: $4,567.55 MRR
According to Iuliia, revenue, visitors and activity on the platform are all growing, but so is churn and (presumably) expenses.
I love that she continues to update people on their journey, and I’ll be here to share future announcements.
This Photographer Who Uploads His Pictures to Stock Photo Sites Just Passed $1,300 in Monthly Revenue
It has been a while since I gave a status update on the financial results of photographer Alexandre Rotenberg.
He’s just shared his income report for March, adding that he’s “finally above $1K”.
Specifically earning $1,301, he noted that some sites don’t like him reporting the exact numbers so he included a historical average.
His biggest earnings of ~$750 came from selling three book covers through a platform called Arcangel.
From platforms like iStockPhoto, DepositPhotos and Adobe Stock he earned $55, $9 and $91 respectively.
Alex has had a few doubts about the future of financial compensation for his work so it’s great to report on his revenue increasing.
Job Board RealWorkFromAnywhere.com Has Surpassed $5,000 in Monthly Revenue, Three Months in a Row
The founder of Real Work From Anywhere, a “fully location independent job board”, revealed the site is now consistently generating more than $5,000 each month.
Nithur, who is also behind MoAIJobs which featured in our successful job boards report, says the site only costs $6 to operate.
It’s also his first project to cross this revenue milestone.
According to their partner page, visitors generate more than 350,000 monthly pageviews, with an average time on site of between three and five minutes.
Interested companies can post a job for $49 with the promise it will be featured on the site’s homepage for 30 days.
Sourcetable, the “AI Spreadsheet”, Has Raised $4.3M to Help with Data Analysis
Sourcetable’s promise is to turn you into a “spreadsheet power user” with instant data analysis on anything you have in spreadsheet form.
On one hand the idea is smart and it’s something I would likely use myself. On the other hand, I expect most features to come to Google Sheets one day, where I’m happy working without additional fees.
It’s not impossible to go up against Google of course. The goliath can be slow to add new features to help with specific use cases, and Google themselves might even expand the market by educating people on AI’s capabilities.
Sourcetable can also integrate with Stripe, Hubspot, Xero and other popular platforms.
They have a free plan, though its limitations aren’t totally clear. For $100/m you can sync and analyse up to 1 million rows of data each month.
In March I Launched a Free Keyword Research Tool Using the Wikipedia API Which Went Semi-Viral
A few years ago I shared on X (Twitter) that you can get an idea of how much traffic Google can drive around certain terms and topics if Wikipedia is ranking well.
The reason why is something not a lot of people seem to be familiar with: Wikipedia analytics data is fully open, so you can see exactly how many pageviews individual pages are getting, and even chart them over time.
Armed with Cursor and Claude Sonnet 3.7, it took just a couple of hours from start to finish to turn my idea for a keyword research tool into something people could quickly get value from.
To my surprise thousands of people went to our sister site, Detailed.com, from various social media platforms to check it out.
Here’s the link if you would like to see what it’s all about: https://detailed.com/wiki/
One thing I hadn’t counted on being so interesting is that you can also see which pages on Wikipedia are getting traffic which didn’t exist just a year ago.
As with anything I share that gets a great reaction, I really appreciate anyone who has shared it, so Thank You if you were able to help me spread the word.
There Are 659 Startups in the Gaps Database: Here’s Who’s Trending Across the Web in the Past Month
If you head on over to our industry reports page you’ll see we currently document the revenue and funding amounts of ~432 startups.
Inside the Gaps database however, we’ve already written about 646 different companies — many are just in a niche we haven’t covered thoroughly enough to produce a report on.
With that in mind, from the 600+ companies we track, here is who we found trending in March:
| Startup | Simplified Description | Est. MoM Growth |
| Personal care brand | 78% | |
| Group travel booking service | 89% | |
 Magai |
All-in-one AI platform | 150% |
 The Peach Truck |
Fresh peaches retailer | 436% |
| Simplified organizational app | 500% |
As a very random sidenote and only related to the table above because of grüum, I actually almost relaunched gaps by writing the name as gäps. I wanted to add some character to the word, but it looked too much like a face and I thought it was distracting.
I Want to Build Gaps Into 1% of the Size of The Financial Times, and Would Love Your Help to Get There (+ Links to Discuss This Report)
It’s my dream to be able to write and share these reports every month, but as a team of three we don’t have a ton of time to market them.
There’s still a ton of features we have in development that I can’t wait to share.
I might be totally wrong, but I think if we truly care about making these reports insightful, we’ll have people who want to read them. Hopefully it shows how much effort goes into these, but I actually feel very lucky to have the chance to write them.
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– Glen Allsopp
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