[icer2312]

Mine isn't anywhere near paying the bill yet, but it's at 60+ customers for $20/year.

It's exactly as you described. I had a pain point which was trivial for most, but not for me. No existing solutions solved it properly so I decided to make it myself.

While searching for a solution, I found that a lot of other people had the same problem. It was bad enough for them that they took time out of their day to write their complaints online.

In solving my own problem, I was creating something that other people might've pay for. And they did!

I quickly learned that marketing was the most important part of the process.