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$400KPrice paid for domain nameEP 39 · 41:04 · JASON CHICOLA · Jeremy Allaire · Rev

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Design Pickle and WP Curve: the productized-service playbook in the wild

Sam points to real proof of drop servicing: Design Pickle (founder Russ) does ~$15M/yr in on-demand subscription design, inspired by WP Curve (founder Alex), which publicly reported ~$120K monthly revenue fixing WordPress problems on subscription before selling to GoDaddy.

“So Design Pickle is started by this guy named Russ who I'm friends with. I think he does like $15 million a year in sales. They do what you're saying, which is like you need a logo, they make you logos really quickly, and then they do any like design work you need on demand, but through a subscription service. Well, when they started it, they were heavily inspired by WP Curve. It was started by my friend Alex.”
EP 98 · 23:58 · SAM
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mfmindex.com№ 0098-1438
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Rev paid $400K for the Rev.com domain

After failing to acquire circle.com (which Jeremy Allaire later used for his Bitcoin wallet company), Chicola spent $400,000 to buy the Rev.com domain — a huge chunk of the company's assets at the time, justified as a drop in the bucket if the company succeeds and a resellable asset if it fails.

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“I don't know if I've disclosed, but I'll say it now for fun, we spent $400 grand on the name.”
EP 39 · 41:04 · JASON CHICOLA
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mfmindex.com№ 0039-2464