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I Made $14,500 in 2 Days Selling a Python App (No SaaS, No Users)

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And it was just a local PDF tool built with wxPython 👀

💡 The Idea That Made Me #14,500 in 48 Hours

I didn’t build a SaaS.
I didn’t need an audience.
I didn’t run ads.

I just made a tiny desktop app using Python + wxPython that:

✅ Merges PDFs
✅ Splits them
✅ Compresses their size
✅ Adds password protection
✅ Converts images ⇄ PDFs
✅ Adds watermarks

That’s it.

I sold it for #29 as a downloadable .exe, .app, and .AppImage.

I set a goal to sell 500 units in 2 days.

And it worked.

🤔 Why Would Anyone Pay #29?

Because people are sick of paying monthly for tools like:

  • SmallPDF (#12/month)
  • iLovePDF (#9/month)
  • Adobe Acrobat (#20+/month)

They just want a clean, offline, one-time tool to get the job done.

Freelancers, students, lawyers, content creators — everyone uses PDFs.

So I built one.

🛠 How I Built It in 1.5 Days

I used Python + wxPython for the GUI.

Here’s the full stack:

Feature Library
PDF merge/split PyPDF2
Image ⇄ PDF Pillow
Compress PDFs PyMuPDF
GUI wxPython
Packaging pyinstaller, py2app, AppImage

Sample: PDF Merge Code 

from PyPDF2 import PdfMerger

def merge_pdfs(file_list, output_path):
    merger = PdfMerger()
    for file in file_list:
        merger.append(file)
    merger.write(output_path)
    merger.close()
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Wrap that with a drag-and-drop GUI using wx.FileDialog and boom — you’ve got a working feature in 10 minutes.

💸 The Launch Strategy

Here’s exactly what I did in 24 hours:

🔥 1. Landing Page

  • Headline: “Stop Paying Monthly for PDF Tools”
  • Show: features, screenshots, demo GIFs
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📣 2. Traffic Sources

Platform Action
Reddit Posted in r/software, r/freelance
Product Hunt Launched with a GIF demo
Facebook Groups PDF tools, student groups, creators
X (Twitter) Thread: “I built this tool in 1 weekend…”
Gumroad Discover Tagged: “pdf editor”, “freelancer tools”

🎯 3. Scarcity Tactic

“First 500 buyers get it for #29 — then price goes to #59.”

It added urgency.
People shared it.
And it exploded.

📦 Packaging It for Sales

I made it downloadable in 3 formats:

  • .exe (Windows) via pyinstaller
  • .app (macOS) via py2app
  • .AppImage (Linux) via appimage-builder

No installer required. Just download and run.

I hosted it on Gumroad — no website needed.

🤯 Why This Works (And SaaS Is Overrated)

You don’t need:

  • Monthly billing
  • 5 landing pages
  • Web backend
  • 20 emails in a funnel

You need:
✅ A real-world pain
✅ A one-time tool
✅ A tiny polished product
✅ A clear offer

That’s it.

🧠 Steal This Framework

Here’s the exact framework you can steal:

1. Solve an offline problem
2. Build a wxPython GUI around it
3. Add 4–5 solid features
4. Package as EXE/AppImage
5. Price it at $29–$49 one-time
6. Launch in indie/freelancer communities
7. Use urgency + scarcity
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💬 Want to Try It?

I’ll probably open-source a minimal version soon.
Or turn it into a course.
But you don’t need me.

This can be your blueprint.

Build tiny. Sell fast. Deliver offline.

⚡ TL;DR

  • I made #14,500 in 2 days
  • Built a simple offline PDF editor in wxPython
  • Priced at #29, sold 500 units
  • Launched with no ads, no team, no SaaS

If you can solve any annoying offline task with Python, you can build a business this weekend.

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Elison Santos •

Hi 0x7b-shop, will you be making this product available for resale? I'd really like to purchase it.

Thanks.