![]() It had been fun learning a lot of new skills, but he was now ready for a new challenge. But by 2015, AJ was bored of building templates and themes. But he'd been doing such a great job creating so many templates and building a following that he was quickly generating six figures in annual revenue. So he decided to charge them a one-time payment of $19. And then some people started asking if they could pay him for additional features and support. ![]() And people kept downloading those templates and using them to build websites. People liked his template, so he kept building more. When it was done, he put it on his website and let people download it for free. So he set out to design and build his first responsive site template. And it was a skill that he wanted to acquire. Around that time, responsive web design was growing in popularity. In 2010, AJ was designing and creating website templates and themes for a living. In this episode, I talked to AJ, the founder of Carrd, a SaaS platform for building simple and fully responsive one-page websites. I'm your host Omer Khan and this is the show where I interview proven founders and industry experts who share their stories, strategies and insights to help you build, launch and grow your SaaS business. Welcome to another episode of the SaaS podcast. Transcript Click to view transcript Click to hide transcript In this interview, we talk about how he's built a one-person SaaS company with no marketing.īut he's a great guy and I had a lot of fun talking to him. Today, his business is doing around $30K in monthly recurring revenue (MRR) and is profitable. And eventually, he narrowed down his idea to a site builder for really simple one-page websites.Īnd it turned out to be a good idea that caught on with a lot of people. He knew he couldn't compete with those companies. But companies like Wix and Squarespace already had products in the market. He was intrigued by the idea of site building software that made it easy for non developers to create websites. ![]() But he was now ready for a new challenge. It had been fun learning a lot of new skills. It wasn't a lot of money, but he'd been doing such a great job creating so many templates and built a loyal following that he was quickly generating 6-figures in annual revenue.īut by 2015, AJ was bored of building templates and themes. So he started charging them effectively a one-time payment of $19. Some people started asking if they could pay him for additional features and support. Around that time, responsive web design was growing in popularity and it was a skill AJ wanted to acquire. In 2012, AJ was designing and creating website templates and themes for a living. How Carrd's Founder Turned a Side Project into a Profitable SaaSĪJ is the founder of Carrd, a SaaS platform for building simple and fully responsive one-page websites.
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