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Love this. Chrome extensions are the most underrated platform to spit out 7+ figure recurring revenue businesses on. Mac App Store close second. I'm hesitant to

by silax 4y ago

Love this. Chrome extensions are the most underrated platform to spit out 7+ figure recurring revenue businesses on. Mac App Store close second. I'm hesitant to even mention because it's such a good secret.

ekabod 4y ago
Can you point to one extension that is making 7 figures?
- vosper 4y ago
  I imagine Grammarly is. And then they spend all that revenue on YouTube ads... https://www.grammarly.com/browser/chrome https://www.grammarly.com/browser/chrome
  - danpalmer 4y ago
    Grammarly is also a large and well established tech company. Pretty sure they’ve been around for 12+ years at this point, and I think have multiple hundreds of staff.
- cuylerstuwe 4y ago
  Are you looking very specifically for “ONLY 7 figures”? Revenue, or profit? Not hard to think of a handful of big players in revenue; 1Password and Honey spring instantly to mind as 9-figure revenue players.
  - ekabod 4y ago
    I am interesting to know if a solo developer can make a living, 6/7 figures, producing and monetizing extensions.
    - lapcat 4y ago
      6 figures yes. 7 figures no.
relyks 4y ago
How do extensions make money? Subscriptions or selling data?
- Nowado 4y ago
  Yes.
lapcat 4y ago
What's your basis for these statements?
quickthrower2 4y ago
So are you saying P(success|browser extension) > P(success|web app)? All other things being equal.