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How Did AJ Come Up With the Idea for Pixelarity.com

Enough people started asking AJ to drop Creative Commons license on his HTML5 templates where it made sense to actually sell his templates for money, giving customers access to support and some exclusive templates.

It was a great deal for customers, and the project really took off.

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How AJ's boredom turned Carrd into a Profitable Business ·

The SaaS Podcast - SaaS, Startups, Growth Hacking & Entrepreneurship

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  1. Who Is AJ, the Founder of Carrd?On The SaaS Podcast, host Omer Khan says Carrd founder AJ is anonymous on purpose.
  2. How Profitable Was Carrd When Founder AJ Described It?AJ, founder of the one-page site builder Carrd, tells Omer Khan on The SaaS Podcast that monthly recurring revenue had hovered between about $25,000 and…
  3. How Did AJ Build Up His Design and Development SkillsAJ learned computer science in school, but mostly everything that he wanted to know for his job, he learned doing it.
  4. How Did AJ Plan His Business Ahead of TimeThere was no plan. He put out a few free templates and let people download them for free.
  5. How Do You Create 93 Templates All by YourselfAJ created ~70% of all the templates by himself, and then he also hired a designer and a few coders to help.
  6. Why Did AJ Build CarrdWhile AJ was somewhat bored of making individual HTML5 templates, he also started to create one-page fillers, just something to put up on the site for new…
  7. Why Wasn't AJ Afraid of His CompetitionAJ wanted to challenge himself and try out his own ideas. It was an entirely new approach, so it didn't matter what the competition was doing.

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