@thepatwalls: If this person is real, I would like to interview them on Starter Story. Please X, do your magic.
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A viral tweet describes a business model where someone scrapes the App Store for abandoned apps with 50k+ downloads and no updates in 18+ months, buys them for $2-3k cash, hires Filipino developers to update and monetize them, earning $3.6M/year. The original tweeter wants to interview this person.
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If this person is real, I would like to interview them on Starter Story.
Please X, do your magic.
Ronin (@DeRonin_): Met a guy making $3.6 million a year
With one of the cleanest digital plays I’ve ever heard of
He scrapes the App Store for apps with 50k+ downloads but no updates in 18+ months
DMs the developers with $2-3k cash offers. Most accept fast, they’ve moved on
Hires a Filipino dev
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