- Business model
- Niche Directory
- First revenue
- First affiliate commission at day 47
- Current revenue
- $3K-$6K/mo
- Time to launch
- 1 weekend + 90 days SEO
The story
He spent one weekend describing the directory to Lovable, used Claude Agents to fill the per-tool research, and ran every page through SurferSEO. Costs less than a single freelance dev hour per month.
Why this matters
The exact stack behind it.
These are the tools they actually used — and why each one earned its place.
Founder stack — what they used
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- Lovable
He doesn't write code. Lovable generated the 500-page schema and indexable templates in a weekend.
- Claude Agents
Filled every per-tool description from his research doc — without him touching a keyboard for hours.
- SurferSEO
Scores every page against the SERP so the directory ranks instead of just exists.
- Ahrefs
Picks the long-tail keyword pattern each new page targets.
Replicate this business
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- Business model
- Niche Directory
- Build idea
- Build a directory
- Tool to start with
- Lovable
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