It all started by chance when StackOverflow Jobs shut down
I learned about the news thanks to a Pieter Levels's tweet
Folks were asking about alternatives, so in 5 hours built a quick and ugly directory of job boards.
Then, posted under his tweet, he liked it and RTd, there were a lot of interest from job board founders and the traction started
I never though about monetizing but 2 months after launching it, Pieter sent me a DM saying that I should charge job boards to get listed and that I should try different tiers.
So I added paid plans:
- Sticky
- Highlight
- Custom Color
Also, sponsored slots:
- Gold
- Silver
- Bronze
I posted on Twitter and literally minutes later the first sponsor, "4 day week" job board acquired the Gold slot
A bit later the Silver one and the next morning the Bronze, it was a blast
Months later, a company (a job board software) reached out wanting to advertise, so I added two ad slots at the top of the website at $500 each
I kept improving it and building in public.
Added a meta feature, so, fetch jobs from job board with API or RSS feed, and then:
- List jobs within each job board listing
- List jobs in each job category page
- Crossposts on different channels (Telegram 7.3k members, Subreddit 7.3k members)
There are 419 job board listed and 196 in the waiting list, known folks in the industry recommend JobBoardSearch to promote their job boards.
A couple of weeks ago closed the best ad deal ever with an AI resumes company.
Last week lauched the JobBoardSearch Marketplace (buy and sell job boards)
Exactly two years later, April 2024, JobBoardSearch had its best month ever of $7,320
I learned about the news thanks to a Pieter Levels's tweet
Folks were asking about alternatives, so in 5 hours built a quick and ugly directory of job boards.
Then, posted under his tweet, he liked it and RTd, there were a lot of interest from job board founders and the traction started
I never though about monetizing but 2 months after launching it, Pieter sent me a DM saying that I should charge job boards to get listed and that I should try different tiers.
So I added paid plans:
- Sticky
- Highlight
- Custom Color
Also, sponsored slots:
- Gold
- Silver
- Bronze
I posted on Twitter and literally minutes later the first sponsor, "4 day week" job board acquired the Gold slot
A bit later the Silver one and the next morning the Bronze, it was a blast
Months later, a company (a job board software) reached out wanting to advertise, so I added two ad slots at the top of the website at $500 each
I kept improving it and building in public.
Added a meta feature, so, fetch jobs from job board with API or RSS feed, and then:
- List jobs within each job board listing
- List jobs in each job category page
- Crossposts on different channels (Telegram 7.3k members, Subreddit 7.3k members)
There are 419 job board listed and 196 in the waiting list, known folks in the industry recommend JobBoardSearch to promote their job boards.
A couple of weeks ago closed the best ad deal ever with an AI resumes company.
Last week lauched the JobBoardSearch Marketplace (buy and sell job boards)
Exactly two years later, April 2024, JobBoardSearch had its best month ever of $7,320
Feels unreal, I still can believe it!!!