--- title: I sold my first SaaS for $50,000 | daily.dev description: The author sold their first SaaS platform, iCodeThis.com, for $50,000. They share the journey from ideation, building the platform, growing it to 56,000... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-sold-my-first-saas-for-50-000-s2xc3c2wu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I sold my first SaaS for $50,000 | daily.dev og:description: The author sold their first SaaS platform, iCodeThis.com, for $50,000. They share the journey from ideation, building the platform, growing it to 56,000... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-sold-my-first-saas-for-50-000-s2xc3c2wu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/S2XC3c2wU.png og:image:alt: I sold my first SaaS for $50,000 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I sold my first SaaS for $50,000 **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · [@florinpop17](https://daily.dev/florinpop17) · 5 min read · 436 upvotes · 50 comments ## Summary The author sold their first SaaS platform, iCodeThis.com, for $50,000. They share the journey from ideation, building the platform, growing it to 56,000 members, generating revenue, and the acquisition process. Key growth strategies included daily content, building a community, and affiliate marketing. After feeling burned out, they decided to sell and successfully completed the transfer to Boot.dev. The author is now focused on new ventures and sharing their entrepreneurial journey. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@schachsebastian** · 7 upvotes > Congratulations, a major step in your journey, can't wait to see your next posts! **@alwaisy** · 4 upvotes > The first time, I read how to transfer assets when a product is sold/bought. **@erikpillon** · 2 upvotes > First of all, congratulations for your successful and inspiring journey! > > I am actually wondering if 50k was a fair price though... an activity that gave you 67k in revenue across a 2 years effort is it really wort 50k ONLY? I was actually expecting you adding a zero to that number. **@ahmad\_03** · 2 upvotes > Congratulations, as a developer, that's a big achievement! Thanks for sharing such recourse. Best of luck for the next one 😊 **@pedrodaher** · 2 upvotes > Such an awesome read. This is something I've been looking forward to doing, but that idea hasn't popped in my mind yet. Congrats on the sale, looking forward to hearing about your new ventures! --- Tags: [#startup](https://daily.dev/tags/startup), [#business](https://daily.dev/tags/business), [#entrepreneurship](https://daily.dev/tags/entrepreneurship) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-sold-my-first-saas-for-50-000-s2xc3c2wu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I sold my first SaaS for $50,000","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-sold-my-first-saas-for-50-000-s2xc3c2wu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/i-sold-my-first-saas-for-50-000-s2xc3c2wu"},"datePublished":"2025-02-23T09:47:44.322Z","dateModified":"2025-02-24T06:00:06.667Z","description":"The author sold their first SaaS platform, iCodeThis.com, for $50,000. 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