Million-Dollar Scraping Business

A web scraping infrastructure service called Scraping B that provides servers and tools to help developers scrape web data while avoiding API blocks. The company grew from $4k to $100k+ monthly revenue in about 2 years with just 2 founders.

Key Points:

• Core Service:

  • Infrastructure for web scraping
  • Requires some coding knowledge (not GUI-based)
  • Helps bypass API blocks and restrictions
  • Handles server infrastructure for customers

• Business Performance:

  • Crossed $1M in annual recurring revenue
  • ~$90-100k monthly revenue
  • Grew from $4k to $100k monthly in 18-24 months
  • Highly profitable with just 2 employees (founders)

• Growth Strategy:

  • Focus on content and SEO
  • Transparent about metrics and milestones
  • Public revenue sharing on Twitter

• Current Challenge:

  • Operating with minimal team (2 founders)
  • Being encouraged to hire more people
  • Small team size could impact potential exit value
  • Would be worth more with team of 5-10 people