Job Board Directory Generates $1.2K+ Per Month

Date published: May 1, 2024

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Background

Profitability metric

$1.2K+ per month

Website

Started in 2020

Problem

The founder created the initial MVP after reading a tweet by someone looking for an alternative to StackOverflow Jobs which was shutting down. The requester owned a job board and used to get lots of traffic from StackOverflow Jobs.

They moved quickly by building a simple website, addressing feature requests on Twitter and going viral on Reddit.

How it makes money

Job boards can pay to feature their listings (e.g. sticky their listing, add custom backgrounds or brand colors).

Key lessons to apply this idea to your own

Can you build a directory that curates some type of resource?