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Histoires les Plus Rapides par Secteur

Morflax Developer
Morflax Developer
Morflax 3D Mockup BuilderMorflax 3D Mockup Builder

3D Device Mockup Builder Generates $7K in First Month With Viral Tweet

Morflax launched with a viral tweet about the 3D mockup builder and generated $7K revenue in the first month.

Premier Client dans 0 days·Solo
SaaSDesignUnknown
Giacomo "Peldi" Guilizzoni
BalsamiqBalsamiq

Selling wireframing software before the official launch

Peldi Guilizzoni launched Balsamiq as a one-person wireframing tool, got a sale before launch, and passed $100K in total revenue in less than five months.

Premier Client dans 0 days·Solo
SaaSDesignBologna, Italy
Matthieu Rouif
Matthieu Rouif
PhotoroomPhotoroom

Two weeks from the first commit to a paid app: how Matthieu Rouif started Photoroom

Matthieu Rouif and Eliot Andres shipped the first version of Photoroom, then called BG, fourteen days after the first line of code, with subscriptions already wired in. It now processes more than 7 billion images a year.

$50M/an·Premier Client dans 14 days·Équipe
Application MobileDesign🇫🇷 FR
Tyler Yin
Tyler Yin
AIDesigner.aiAIDesigner.ai

How AIDesigner.ai climbed from under $1K to $9.5K MRR by fixing ugly vibe-coded UI

Tyler Yin spotted that vibe-coded apps often worked but looked bad, then built AIDesigner.ai into a design layer for AI builders that grew from under $1K to $9.5K MRR in 30 days.

$114K/an·$1K MRR dans 1 month·Solo
SaaSDesign🇺🇸 US
Mattia Pomelli
Mattia Pomelli
Sleek.designSleek.design

how sleek.design reached $10k mrr six weeks after launch

Mattia Pomelli and two friends repurposed an earlier design tool into Sleek, an AI mobile app designer, and reached $10k MRR within six weeks of launch without spending on ads.

$120K/an·$10K MRR dans 1 month·Équipe
SaaSDesign🌍 Remote
Giulio Greco
Giulio Greco
ForgeGUIForgeGUI

How a 17-year-old founder took ForgeGUI to $100K ARR by serving game developers' UI bottleneck

Giulio Greco focused ForgeGUI on the game-developer asset bottleneck, then used demos and community loops to reach a reported $100K ARR roughly six weeks after launch.

$100K/an·$100K ARR dans 1 month·Solo
SaaSDesign🇺🇸 US
Viktor Seraleev
Viktor Seraleev
Type.linkType.link

how a widget website builder reached its first paying users in one month

Viktor Seraleev built Type.link with a developer friend, collected 400 emails before launch, and hit $134 MRR in his first month charging for bio-link sites.

$2K/an·$100 MRR dans 1 month·Solo
SaaSDesign🌍 Remote
Berk Elmas
Sketch Logo AISketch Logo AI

how sketch logo ai reached $8.4k in four months on seo and a product hunt launch

A bootstrapped AI logo tool that hit $8.4k in four months through a Product Hunt launch and a relentless SEO and backlink grind.

$36K/an·$1K MRR dans 1 month·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇹🇷 TR
Robert Janezic
Robert Janezic
Tableau UI KitTableau UI Kit

how a product designer made $53k selling two figma files

Robert Janezic spent six months building a Figma UI kit for Tableau dashboards, then sold it as a one-time download. He says two files brought in $53k over 506 days, all in his spare time.

$37K/an·$1K MRR dans 4 months·Solo
Produit d'InformationDesign
Jason Leow
Jason Leow
Plugins For CarrdPlugins For Carrd

How Jason Leow's coding practice turned into Plugins For Carrd

Jason Leow built tiny Vue apps to teach himself to code, then noticed they filled gaps in Carrd. Three months of free plugins later he charged for the first one, and year one closed at $1,099.

$5K/an·$100 MRR dans 4 months·Solo
AutreDesign🇸🇬 SG
Dawson Whitfield
Dawson Whitfield
LookaLooka

How Dawson Whitfield went from a Google Trends tab to $70,000 in a month with Logojoy

A designer who had made about 150 client logos built his own logo maker in two and a half months, launched it on Product Hunt, and made nearly $70,000 in February 2017.

$100K ARR dans 6 months·Solo
SaaSDesign🇨🇦 CA
Roman Sevast
AwesomicAwesomic

From Crushing VC Rejection to YC: Designer Marketplace $100K ARR in 3 Months

Roman struggled to find the right designer while working on a previous startup. They launched Awesomic with a simple Facebook post. Fast Validation...

$6M/an·$100K ARR dans 7 months·Équipe
MarketplaceDesign🇺🇸 US
Volkan Kaya
Volkan Kaya
VersolyVersoly

Seven months on an MVP, then a free side tool brought Versoly its first paying customer

Volkan Kaya and his co-founder spent seven months building a website builder nobody would use for free. A two week side project that hit number one on Product Hunt finally produced customer number one.

$126K/an·Premier Client dans 7 months·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇬🇧 GB
Pranay Agarwal
Mockey.aiMockey.ai

how Pranay Agarwal grew Mockey.ai to $12k a month by adding download limits

Pranay Agarwal and his co-founder ran Mockey as a free, ad-supported side project for years. Adding subscriptions and download caps roughly tripled revenue, reaching about $12k a month.

$144K/an·$10K MRR dans 11 months·Équipe
SaaSDesignNew Delhi, India
Zeno Rocha
Zeno Rocha
Dracula PRODracula PRO

From Hospital Bed to $250K: How a Dark Theme Became a Design Business

Zeno Rocha created the Dracula color theme in 2013 while hospitalized in Germany, after his laptop was stolen from his hospital room. Seven years and 3 million downloads later, he launched a paid version, and made $5K in 72 hours.

$100K ARR dans 1 year·Solo
AutreDesignBrazil → USA
Javi Lopez
Javi Lopez
Magnific AIMagnific AI

Magnific went from launch to $10M ARR in a year with two people and no ads

Magnific AI opened on 27 November 2023 with a waitlist, two founders and no free trial. Five months later it had 725,000 registered users and Freepik had bought it.

$10.2M/an·$100K ARR dans 1 year·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇪🇸 ES
Alex Danilowicz
Alex Danilowicz
Magic PatternsMagic Patterns

how two frontend engineers built magic patterns to $1m arr with no employees

Alex Danilowicz and Teddy Ni were tired of rebuilding Figma mockups in code. They turned that frustration into Magic Patterns, an AI design tool that reached $1M ARR profitably with just the two of them before raising a $6M Series A.

$1M/an·$100K ARR dans 1 year·Équipe
SaaSDesignSan Francisco, USA
Junaid Ansari
Junaid Ansari
DraftssDraftss

how two freelancers turned Draftss into a 7-figure productized design service

Junaid Ansari and his cofounder packaged their freelance design and code work into a flat monthly subscription, then grew it to a 75-person bootstrapped team serving thousands of founders.

$996K/an·$100K ARR dans 1 year·Équipe
Agence / ServiceDesignMumbai, India
Jon Yongfook
Jon Yongfook
BannerbearBannerbear

Jon Yongfook Bootstrapped Bannerbear to $10K MRR After 12 Failed Startups

After 12 startups in 12 months challenge, Jon found his calling in automated image generation and bootstrapped Bannerbear to $50K+ MRR.

$1M/an·$10K MRR dans 1 year·Solo
API / Outil DéveloppeurDesign🇯🇵 JP
Ramish
Ramish
Studio NotesStudio Notes

how ramish reached $32k in his first full year selling framer templates

A designer in Dubai left client work, committed to one model, and turned consistent Framer template launches into $32,908 across 2025 despite a $49 month.

$71K/an·$1K MRR dans 1 year·Solo
Produit d'InformationDesignDubai, UAE
Robin Vander Heyden
Robin Vander Heyden
ManyPixels

Unlimited Design for $359/Month: Productized Service to $60K MRR

Robin didn't have a job and decided to launch a productized service offering unlimited design work for a fixed fee per month. Rapid Growth He gr...

$100K ARR dans 1 year·Équipe
Agence / ServiceDesign🇺🇸 US
Spencer Fry
Spencer Fry
CarbonmadeCarbonmade

How a bootstrapped portfolio platform grew to $55K MRR and a life-changing exit

Built the first online portfolio platform for designers in 2005. Bootstrapped to $55K MRR, then sold to private equity.

$100K ARR dans 2 years·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇺🇸 US
Victor Perez
Victor Perez
Krea AIKrea AI

Krea AI: A Localhost Demo That Made $10K Before Launch — 20M Users with a Team of 8

Victor Perez and Diego Rodriguez dropped King of Spain scholarships at Cornell to build Krea AI. A localhost demo posted on Twitter generated $10K in subscriptions in 24 hours. They grew to 20M users with just 8 people.

$8M/an·$10K MRR dans 2 years·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇺🇸 US
Eric Alli
Eric Alli
LayeredCraftLayeredCraft

how a solo theme maker stacked productized services to reach $20k mrr

Eric Alli sold themes for over a decade, watched WordPress sales dry up, then rebuilt on Ghost and reached $20k a month, with custom build services making up three quarters of it.

$240K/an·$100K ARR dans 2 years·Solo
Produit d'InformationDesignSan Francisco, USA
Clark Valberg & Ben Nadel
Clark Valberg & Ben Nadel
InVisionInVision

From Agency Side Project to Every Fortune 100 Company: The InVision Story

Clark Valberg built InVision as an internal tool for his agency, then watched it become used by every Fortune 100 company.

$100K ARR dans 3 years·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇺🇸 US
Koen Bok
Koen Bok
FramerFramer

From Facebook Exit to $2B Design Tool: The Framer Story

Koen Bok sold his first company Sofa to Facebook, then built Framer from a JavaScript library into a $2B AI-powered website builder.

$50M/an·$100K ARR dans 3 years·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇳🇱 NL
Dan Anisse
Dan Anisse
RelumeRelume

Relume: From Webflow Agency to $1.8M ARR SaaS — Bootstrapped, 41K+ Users, Zero Outside Funding

Dan Anisse and Adam Mura ran a Webflow agency and kept building the same components. They productized the work into Relume — a component library that grew to 41K+ users, $150K MRR, and an AI site builder, all bootstrapped.

$3.3M/an·$100K ARR dans 3 years·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇦🇺 AU
Matthew Lipman
SVGBackgrounds.comSVGBackgrounds.com

how a designer grew a free SVG tool into a $2k MRR subscription product

Matthew Lipman turned a frustrating gap in SVG tooling into SVGBackgrounds.com, a free resource that a Product Hunt launch pushed from 120 to 16,500 visitors overnight. He added a subscription tier within two months and climbed to $2k+ MRR over eight years.

$24K/an·$1K MRR dans 3 years·Solo
SaaSDesign🇺🇸 US
Dagobert Renouf
Dagobert Renouf
LogologyLogology

Left $100K dev job to bootstrap a logo startup with his wife

Dagobert quit his high-paying job to build Logology with his designer wife, growing from $300 to $3K/month using only Twitter.

$1K MRR dans 3 years·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇫🇷 FR
AJ
AJ
CarrdCarrd

AJ Built Carrd to $1M+ ARR as a Solo Side Project

AJ built Carrd as the most ambitious solo project he had ever taken on, spending about a year on it to test if people wanted one-page websites. Now it powers 3.3M+ sites with 2.2M+ users.

$2M/an·$100K ARR dans 4 years·Solo
SaaSDesign🇺🇸 US
Fabrizio Bianchi
Fabrizio Bianchi
CoolorsCoolors

How a Weekend Project Became a 3M+ User Color Tool

Fabrizio Bianchi built Coolors in a weekend in 2014, and it grew to 3M+ users through viral simplicity.

$10K MRR dans 4 years·Solo
SaaSDesign🇮🇹 IT
Dylan Field & Evan Wallace
Dylan Field & Evan Wallace
FigmaFigma

How Two College Friends Bet Everything on the Browser and Built a $20B Design Tool

Dylan Field and Evan Wallace launched Figma in 2016 after betting that web technology would eventually replace desktop apps.

$1.1B/an·$100K ARR dans 4 years·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇺🇸 US
Vlad Magdalin
Vlad Magdalin
WebflowWebflow

From Freelancer to $4B Founder: The Webflow Story

Vlad Magdalin started as a freelance web designer, frustrated with the gap between design and code. After two failed startups, he built Webflow into a $4B company.

$213M/an·$100K ARR dans 4 years·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇺🇸 US
Melanie Perkins
Melanie Perkins
CanvaCanva

Canva: Rejected 100+ Times, Then Built a $40B Design Empire from Perth, Australia

Melanie Perkins started teaching design tools in college and realized they were too hard to use. After being rejected by 100+ investors, she built Canva into a $40B platform with 220M+ monthly active users.

$4B/an·$100K ARR dans 4 years·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇦🇺 AU
Brett Williams
Brett Williams
DesignJoyDesignJoy

DesignJoy: How Brett Williams Built a $1.5M/Year Design Agency of One — Zero Employees, $95/Month in Tools

Brett Williams had been designing since 2009. In 2017 he launched DesignJoy, a subscription design service. Building in public on Twitter from early 2022 filled a 100+ company waitlist in three weeks and let him double his prices. By 2022, he broke $1.5M ARR as a true agency of one.

$1.7M/an·$100K ARR dans 4 years·Solo
Agence / ServiceDesign🇺🇸 US
Christopher Gimmer
Christopher Gimmer
SnappaSnappa

Christopher Gimmer Built Snappa to $1.5M ARR with Content-First Strategy

Chris and Marc built an audience with a viral blog post on free stock photos, then leveraged it to launch Snappa and reach $10K MRR in 5 months.

$1M/an·$100K ARR dans 5 years·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇨🇦 CA
Ivan Kutskir
PhotopeaPhotopea

Four years and 7,000 hours before Photopea made a dollar

Ivan Kutskir built a browser based Photoshop alternative alone for four years without earning anything, then found that five cents per user hour adds up.

$1M/an·$100K ARR dans 7 years·Solo
SaaSDesign🇨🇿 CZ
David Stefanides & Marek Hrabě
David Stefanides & Marek Hrabě
Mockuuups StudioMockuuups Studio

How Mockuuups Built a Self-Funded Mockup Empire from Frustration

David and Marek turned their frustration with low-quality mockups into a profitable, self-funded design tool with 5000+ mockups.

$660K/an·$10K MRR dans 8 years·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇨🇿 CZ
Rob Hope
Rob Hope
One Page LoveOne Page Love

How a South African designer built $100K/year from website curation

Started curating single-page websites in 2008. Cross-promotion between projects grew to $100K+/year.

$10K MRR dans 9 years·Solo
AutreDesign🇿🇦 ZA
Pieter Omvlee
Pieter Omvlee
SketchSketch

Nine Years of Side Project to Design Tool That Challenged Adobe: The Sketch Story

Pieter Omvlee started Sketch in college, took 9 years to ship it, and built the tool that dethroned Photoshop for UI design.

$100K ARR dans 9 years·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇳🇱 NL
Satya Rajpurohit
Satya Rajpurohit
Indian Type FoundryIndian Type Foundry

How ITF Built a $2M/Year Font Empire for Indian Languages

Satya Rajpurohit co-founded Indian Type Foundry in 2009 and now designs fonts for Apple, Google, Samsung, and 300+ Fortune 500 clients.

$2M/an·$100K ARR dans 10 years·Équipe
SaaSDesign🇮🇳 IN