sold my vibecoded SaaS for solid income after 3 months. here's the full story.

built a micro-SaaS in january using cursor + claude. sold it on acquire.com in march.

the product: a simple tool that monitors competitor pricing on amazon and sends alerts when prices change. super niche, targeted at amazon sellers who do retail/online arbitrage.

build cost:

• cursor pro: $20/mo x 3 = $60
• hosting (vercel + supabase): $0 (free tiers)
• domain: $12
• total investment: $72

revenue before sale:

• month 1: $0 (building + beta)
• month 2: $280 (14 users at $20/mo)
• month 3: $540 (27 users at $20/mo)
• MRR at time of sale: $540

why i sold:

• $12,000 = ~22x MRR which is high for a micro-SaaS
• maintaining it was taking more time than i wanted
• wanted to reinvest into building the next one

what i learned:

1. niche > broad. a tool for "amazon arbitrage sellers" beats a tool for "ecommerce" every time
2. vibecoding is insanely fast for MVPs but the code quality is rough. buyer's technical diligence was the scariest part
3. distribution > product. i got my first 10 users from reddit and facebook groups, not from the product being amazing
4. selling a small SaaS is surprisingly easy if you have growing MRR. acquire.com matched me with a buyer in 2 weeks

now building my next one. aiming for $1k MRR before selling.