Have you ever dreamed that with a computer and the Internet, you can travel around the world and make your own products, and earn tens of thousands of dollars a month? This is the life of a Digital Nomad and a true portrayal of Peter Levels. Let’s step into his world and see how he started from scratch and gradually became a million-dollar website owner.
In 2014, Peter Levels was just an ordinary person who knew nothing about programming. However, he was undeterred by the problem. Instead, he chose to teach himself technologies such as web development, databases, and algorithms from scratch. His first product was a YouTube channel analytics tool called Tubelytics. Despite his great efforts, no users were willing to pay and it ended in failure.
Peter didn't give up because of failure. Instead, he began trying to rapidly iterate on product strategies. In the next 12 months, he plans to make 12 products. These products include PlayMyInbox.com, which grabs YouTube music links to the inbox, gifbook.io, which places animated GIFs on flipbooks, and gofunckingdoit.com, which lets users set their own goals and place bets. Although none of these products were a huge success, Peter gained valuable experience from them.
When Peter tried to make the sixth product, unexpected changes occurred. He met many freelancers and remote workers during his travels, which made him realize there could be a big market for a remote-worker-friendly navigation station. So, he started developing nomadlist.com. However, the launch of the website was an accident. Peter mistakenly uploaded files that should not be uploaded when configuring the server, causing the website to go online early. What made him even more unexpected was that this product shot to the top of ProductHunt and Hacker News, bringing huge traffic and users.
After two years of operation, the functions on nomadlist have become more and more abundant. In addition to city recommendation information, functions such as communication forums, remote work recruitment, and advertiser publishing have also been added. The addition of these functions has made users more and more sticky, and Peter's income has also increased. He has turned the website into a business with a business model, and his income has reached the level of 40,000 US dollars per month.
Peter summarized his own set of methodology, including the key stages of the product life cycle: idea, build, run, grow and realize. He emphasized the experience of starting from solving your own problems and looking for niche areas; don’t outsource but do it yourself; focus on publishing and collecting user feedback; pay attention to natural traffic and flexibly acquire users; and have the courage to monetize and verify product value. These experiences have important implications for those who want to embark on the path of independent monetization.
Finally, if you are interested in the story of Peter Levels and want to know more about his experience and methodology, you can check the relevant links in the comment area or buy his English e-book "Make" to read. At the same time, please also follow my channel to get more latest sharing about independent monetization!
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