My devtools site now has 63 pages — 30+ free tools, 10+ paid products, and a dozen SEO landing pages. Total hosting cost: \/bin/zsh/month.
The Stack
- Next.js on Vercel (free tier handles everything)
- Solana for payments (no Stripe, no processing fees)
- Telegram bot for user interface and subscriptions
- Helius RPC for on-chain data (free tier)
- Automated content engine publishing 2x/day
Free Tools (SEO funnels)
Balance checker, price tracker, airdrop scanner, NFT checker, TX history viewer, staking calculator, SOL/USD converter, vanity address generator, plus 27 developer utilities.
Paid Products
- Trading bot with 1% fees
- Sniper-as-a-Service (0.2-5 SOL/month)
- Token scanner API (0.08 SOL/key)
- Payment button generator (2% per tx)
- Bot code templates (0.3-1 SOL)
- Vanity address generation (0.01-0.2 SOL)
- Premium subscriptions (0.1 SOL/month)
Revenue Model
Every free tool has a CTA that leads to a paid product. SEO brings people to the free tools. The paid products monetize the attention.
Current revenue: ~\ and growing. The content engine publishes articles daily, each linking back to the site. Compound growth.
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