The huge amount of attention that my 'Profitable, in 3 weeks!' post has received so far tells me that there's a thirst for financial results of small bootstrapped startups in the interweb, so here's another milestone report:
Less than 6 weeks from launch, Balsamiq Studios reached USD 10,000 in revenue.
Here's the breakdown, week by week:
You see 7 columns there because I launched on a Thursday, but the chart shows weeks as starting on Monday.
Mockups for Desktop accounts for 98% of my sales and 89% of the revenue. Hopefully after yesterday's licensing change sales of Mockups for Confluence will pick up some and contribute more.
Saying I am happy with this milestone is a big understatement, the feeling I have is more one of incredulity than anything else...if it's a dream, don't wake me up. 🙂
I'll post another financial update here if I reach $100,000 in revenue (I wish) or if things go dramatically south. I sure hope it's the former! 🙂
I have a very long TODO list for Mockups and for Balsamiq in general, so I'd better get back to work and keep the momentum going!
P.S. Some people asked me why I share my financial data so openly on the web. My short answer is: why not? The long answer could be the subject of another blog post: it has to do with gaining the trust of prospective customers by making Balsamiq Studios an open, honest and approachable company you'd want to do business with.
UPDATE: I wrote this post yesterday, but today was another record day, with 2 Team licenses of Mockups for Confluence and 4 licenses of Mockups for Desktop sold. So now the revenue is at $11,488. Also, I had an exciting thought: could Mockups be the highest grossing Adobe AIR app to date? That'd be cool.
