$2 on a stranger's wall: PressDrop made $1,093 in 27 days from 0 followers
- $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
| Metric | Result |
|---|---|
| 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 releases | 581 |
| Sales from the public demofrom one person | 2 |
| Spend | Not 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.”
05Source & evidence
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Originally shared on Indie Hackers · Sep 25, 2026
I made $1,093 in 27 days from 0 followers
Public source. Extracted from publicly available content by the founder.
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A checklist built from what Jack actually did. Their numbers are a reference, not a promise.
- 1
Pick the channel and tactic
Sponsorships & paid placements — $2 slot on a small launch wall, then doing the work in public.
- 2
Set a budget cap
Jack didn't say what it cost. Decide your cap before you start.
- 3
Set an end date
Jack ran it for 27 days. Put your review date in the calendar now.
- 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
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
Track the same numbers
So you can compare like for like:
- ☐Revenue
- ☐First sale
- ☐Cost of the slot that worked
- ☐Views on the public demo
- ☐Sales from the public demo
- 7
Compare, then share what happened
Jack's headline result: $1,093 revenue. Yours will differ — that's the point. Win or flop, the result is worth sharing.
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