Last week I told you about the site I built in five hours that made $8,772 in four days.
That was the easy part.
Because when a site goes that viral, it's normally over by Friday.
You spike, everyone claps, and the traffic drains out.
Maintaining the traffic is another story.
So, week two.
“Can I Vibecode It?” did 146,000 page views in 7 days.
Google clicks went from 1,000 on day four to 2,240 on day seven.
And however mindblown you are by these numbers, I am 100x as mindblown.
I vibecoded this site in 5 hours, shipped it, and expected 500 visits at best.
After all, nobody comes back to a directory.
So how am I doing it?
Sure, nobody comes back to a directory.
But they do come back for the person building it in front of them.
And that’s exactly what I’m doing.
So, steal this.
Ship what people ask for, and show them you did.
Someone requests a feature, I quote their post and reply "Done ✅"
That one word post did 25,000 views on its own.
Every request I ship is free content and a customer at the same time.
(people become big supporters of what they helped build, which is also why I made the whole thing opensource: GitHub)
Give away more than the thing you charge for.
This week I added 1,832 free alternatives to 422 paid apps.
Sponsors pay me, so the more I give away, the better this gets for everyone who doesn't.
Show the making, not the product.
I filmed myself building it, no shirt on, genuinely not expecting to post it.
143,000 views and 1,600 likes.
Nobody likes a website tour. They like a story.
Prove it works for whoever's paying you.
One of the sponsors tweeted today: 17 free trials in his first week.
I didn’t hesitate to repost it so others (including prospective sponsors) see it, and the snowball keeps snowballing!
Ship something completely pointless. For the plot.
I added a DJ radio that keeps playing while you browse.
Took an hour, did nothing for the product, gave everyone a reason to talk about it again in week two (which is exactly when the talking normally stops).
None of that’s clever.
It's just turning up every day of the week after.
Full story in this week's video → [link]
Question for you: what's the last thing you launched that spiked (or didn’t)? Reply and tell me what you did in week two, the best ones might end up in a future edition.
See you next Tuesday.
You've got this.
- Rob
