Eventually, I turned my script into a web app with Flask and hosted it on Heroku. I charged $9/month for unlimited scraping, and within a few months, I had over 50 active users paying for access.
- Simple ideas can be profitable. You don’t need to build the next big startup to make money.
- Marketing is just as important as coding. I promoted my work on Reddit, Twitter, and Discord developer communities.
- Automate where you can. Instead of writing a new script for every client, I built a reusable tool and sold it multiple times.