Revenue days do not always move in a clean line.
On June 4, my public Apify Store read was flat versus June 3: 65 active pay-per-event actors, 62,169 all-time monetized runs, 2,424 all-time users, 16,945 rolling 30-day public runs, and a 96.7% rolling 30-day success rate. That does not mean the portfolio is dead. It means the promotion lane has to get narrower.
When the Store is quiet, I do not promote every actor equally. I split the portfolio into three groups:
- buyer-outcome actors that solve a direct cash problem
- utility APIs that run cleanly and can sit inside someone else's workflow
- actors that need QA before they deserve harder promotion
That keeps the message honest and gives buyers a cleaner path to the tools that are ready today.
The buyer-outcome lane
These are the actors I promote when the goal is direct revenue. They are not abstract data tools. They map to sales, outreach, lead generation, or market research work that a buyer can monetize.
Law Firm Lead Finder
Use this when you need a repeatable list of law firms for outreach, local lead generation, or agency research.
Public Store stats from today's read:
- 33 rolling 30-day runs
- 33 successful rolling 30-day runs
- 100% rolling 30-day success
Store link: https://apify.com/george.the.developer/law-firm-lead-finder
Dental Practice Lead Finder
Dental offices are a good fit for local SEO, ads, review management, and appointment-setting offers. This actor is built for that kind of prospecting workflow.
Public Store stats from today's read:
- 30 rolling 30-day runs
- 30 successful rolling 30-day runs
- 100% rolling 30-day success
Store link: https://apify.com/george.the.developer/dental-practice-lead-finder
Google Maps Leads + Website Audit
This is useful when a raw business list is not enough. The extra website audit angle helps separate weak digital presence from stronger prospects.
Public Store stats from today's read:
- 29 rolling 30-day runs
- 29 successful rolling 30-day runs
- 100% rolling 30-day success
Store link: https://apify.com/george.the.developer/google-maps-leads-website-audit
Restaurant Lead Finder
Restaurants are another direct outreach lane: websites, ordering flows, local ads, review systems, delivery tooling, and marketing services.
Public Store stats from today's read:
- 34 rolling 30-day runs
- 33 successful rolling 30-day runs
- 97.1% rolling 30-day success
Store link: https://apify.com/george.the.developer/restaurant-lead-finder
The utility API lane
These are not always flashy, but they are exactly the kind of actors that can become embedded in other products, agents, dashboards, and internal workflows.
Email Validator API
Use this before cold outreach, CRM imports, signup checks, or enrichment workflows. It covers email validation, disposable detection, and MX-related checks in one API-style actor.
Public Store stats from today's read:
- 1,371 rolling 30-day runs
- 1,371 successful rolling 30-day runs
- 100% rolling 30-day success
Store link: https://apify.com/george.the.developer/email-validator-api
Domain WHOIS Lookup
Domain age, expiry, registrar, and DNS details are useful for lead scoring, fraud checks, market maps, and due diligence tools.
Public Store stats from today's read:
- 5,007 rolling 30-day runs
- 5,007 successful rolling 30-day runs
- 100% rolling 30-day success
Store link: https://apify.com/george.the.developer/domain-whois-lookup
YouTube Transcript Scraper
This is a strong utility actor for AI builders, content teams, research workflows, and RAG pipelines that need transcript data without managing a custom scraper.
Public Store stats from today's read:
- 1,085 rolling 30-day runs
- 98.8% rolling 30-day success
- 28 users in the last 7 days
Store link: https://apify.com/george.the.developer/youtube-transcript-scraper
Telegram Channel Scraper
Good fit for market monitoring, community intelligence, crypto research, and niche data feeds where Telegram content matters.
Public Store stats from today's read:
- 861 rolling 30-day runs
- 98.8% rolling 30-day success
- 7 users in the last 7 days
Store link: https://apify.com/george.the.developer/telegram-channel-scraper
Company Enrichment API
This one is for turning a domain or company target into a richer company profile for sales workflows, prospect research, and internal tools.
Public Store stats from today's read:
- 599 rolling 30-day runs
- 97.3% rolling 30-day success
- 12 users in the last 7 days
Store link: https://apify.com/george.the.developer/company-enrichment-api
Google News Monitor
This fits brand monitoring, market alerts, competitor tracking, and lightweight news intelligence.
Public Store stats from today's read:
- 270 rolling 30-day runs
- 270 successful rolling 30-day runs
- 100% rolling 30-day success
- 8 users in the last 7 days
Store link: https://apify.com/george.the.developer/google-news-monitor
The hold-back lane
Some actors are still monetized, but I do not want to push them hard until the reliability story is stronger.
Today that hold-back list includes:
- TikTok Shop Affiliate Sales Scraper
- Google Scholar Scraper
- HVAC Contractor Lead Finder
- Lead Enrichment Pipeline
- Reddit Scraper Pro
- Influencer Marketing Intel
- Medspa Lead Discovery
That does not mean those actors are worthless. It means they should get QA, better docs, or tighter inputs before they become the main public pitch.
Quick start with any Apify actor
Here is the basic Node.js pattern:
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
const client = new ApifyClient({ token: process.env.APIFY_TOKEN });
const run = await client.actor('george.the.developer/youtube-transcript-scraper').call({
urls: ['https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ'],
language: 'en',
outputFormat: 'both',
});
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);
Swap the actor ID and input for the lane you are using.
My practical rule
When revenue drops, do not blast the whole catalog.
Promote the actors that already complete cleanly. Send buyer traffic to tools with a direct use case. Keep the weaker actors in a repair lane until the public numbers support a harder push.
Full Apify profile: https://apify.com/george.the.developer
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