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Sponsorships & paid placements$2 slot on a small launch wall, then doing the work in public

$2 on a stranger's wall: PressDrop made $1,093 in 27 days from 0 followers

By Jack · PressDrop· Sep 27, 2026
$1,093
Revenue
$59
First sale
Not disclosed
Budget
27 days
Duration

Jack launched PressDrop.io with no followers by listing it on small .lol launch sites — the one that mattered was a $2 slot on bigbubble.lol, which brought a $59 sale within minutes. After a silent week where Product Hunt and Reddit did nothing, publicly doing the job for people restarted sales: $1,093 in 27 days.

01The problem

Launch a paid product with zero followers.

02The experiment

On 27 August 2026 he listed PressDrop.io on several .lol launch sites; the one that mattered was bigbubble.lol, where he paid $2. The second visitor bought ($59) and a second sale came the same day.

His new X account was then suspended after a burst of activity, losing its 100 followers. The following week — Product Hunt, Reddit, his own posts — produced nothing.

What changed things was showing the product doing the job in public: he wrote press releases by hand for people's URLs (581 views, 6 URLs, 6 releases, 2 sales from one person). He launched at $49 on purpose, at a negative margin, to test whether strangers would pay.

03Results

MetricResult
Revenuein 27 days$1,093
First saleminutes after the $2 listing$59
Cost of the slot that workedbigbubble.lol; other .lol listings' costs not stated$2
Views on the public demo6 URLs, 6 press releases581
Sales from the public demofrom one person2
SpendNot disclosed

“Not disclosed” means the source doesn't say. We never estimate or fill in missing numbers.

04What worked — and what didn't

What worked

  • A $2 slot on bigbubble.lol — first sale within minutes
  • Doing the job in public for people's URLs instead of posting revenue screenshots
  • Launching cheap to test whether strangers would pay at all

What didn't work

  • Product Hunt, Reddit and his own posts in the week after launch: nothing
  • Over-activity on a brand-new X account got it suspended
“If you just shipped and nobody cares yet, show the product doing the job.”
— Jack

05Source & evidence

  • Originally shared on Indie Hackers · Sep 25, 2026

    I made $1,093 in 27 days from 0 followers

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Public source. Extracted from publicly available content by the founder.

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  1. 1

    Pick the channel and tactic

    Sponsorships & paid placements — $2 slot on a small launch wall, then doing the work in public.

  2. 2

    Set a budget cap

    Jack didn't say what it cost. Decide your cap before you start.

  3. 3

    Set an end date

    Jack ran it for 27 days. Put your review date in the calendar now.

  4. 4

    Copy what worked

    From Jack's experience:

    • ☐A $2 slot on bigbubble.lol — first sale within minutes
    • ☐Doing the job in public for people's URLs instead of posting revenue screenshots
    • ☐Launching cheap to test whether strangers would pay at all
  5. 5

    Avoid what didn't

    Where it went wrong:

    • ☐Product Hunt, Reddit and his own posts in the week after launch: nothing
    • ☐Over-activity on a brand-new X account got it suspended
  6. 6

    Track the same numbers

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    • ☐Revenue
    • ☐First sale
    • ☐Cost of the slot that worked
    • ☐Views on the public demo
    • ☐Sales from the public demo
  7. 7

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