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Solo agency hit $444K with 85% margins 🤯

Solo $444K agency at 85% margins, AND: an $11 crane site sending $23K leads

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$0 to $444K TTM with 0 employees: solo design agency growth curve, devs.dev daily issue #2

Issue #2 · Sunday, October 25, 2026

☕ THE COLD OPEN

  • 💰 A solo design agency just hit $444K TTM at 85% margins — and it’s listed for sale
  • 🍰 An $11 crane-rental site already sent leads worth $3K, $9K, and $23K
  • 📱 Vaultaire: $41K in one month from a 3-week iPhone app
  • 🎙️ Voicy: $18K/month dictation built for dad
  • 🧠 The $50 pricing floor (and why $10 subs nearly killed a SaaS)

Money first. Numbers you can steal.

5 minutes. Let’s go.

👀 ALSO MAKING MONEY

🔒 $41,425 in August: Vaultaire, a private photo-vault iPhone app built in ~3 weeks (founder claim). Nearly doubling the price roughly doubled revenue.

🎙️ ~$18K a month: Voicy, Whisper dictation rebuilt for seniors — side project next to a PM job (founder-stated).

🎬 $1B annualized run rate: Higgsfield says it crossed that in September, 18 months after launch, with nearly 1M paying subscribers (company-reported).

 

💰 THE MONEY DROP

Solo design agency: $444K TTM, 85% margins

One founder building websites for startups. Launched in 2025. No employees. Now listed for sale on Acquire.com.

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