Thinking of selling my side project
Hey everyone,
I’ve been working on a simple static hosting app (essentially Carrd meets GitHub Gists) for the last few months. The organic traction has actually been pretty amazing, having crossed the 1,200 signup mark just from sharing it on a few forums.
However, despite the user base, it’s currently sitting at $0 revenue.
The base infrastructure for provisioning custom domains, SSL, and billing is 100% done and live. The future roadmap includes building an API to enable agency/b2b use cases as well.
I've got payments hooked up through Polars, but I’m realizing I honestly don't have the marketing energy or time to focus on driving those free-to-paid conversions. I'm currently heads down on finishing my masters and finding a job.
Has anyone here sold a project at this exact stage?
Since there's no active MRR/ARR to base a standard SaaS multiple on just yet, I'm trying to figure out how to value a functional codebase, a turn-key billing structure, and a list of 1,200+ early adopters.
If anyone has advice on how to price something like this, or recommendations on the best platforms to list it (Microns, Acquire, SideProjectors?), I’d love to hear your experiences!
Honestly, with no active revenue, you are selling potential rather than income. I found that AppsOnBid lets you sell your apps in a zero-commission auction style, which worked well for a side project I listed. Bidding buyers decided the value. With 1,200 users, you have proof of interest to show them.
Value it based on the time saved for a buyer and the existing user list. Since there's no revenue, keep the price modest.