My side project Slack app Abot, has recently crossed a milestone of $50,000 in total profit. For the last two years, it has been running mostly on autopilot. In this post, I describe how I operate a profitable SAAS as a solo founder and how passive income has affected my career.

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Abot is a highly customizable Slack plugin for sending anonymous messages and polls. I released the first version in May 2017 as a free-to-use weekend project. It received initial commercial traction in the March of 2018 after getting featured on HackerNews. I’ve since introduced subscription-based pricing and kept adding new features apart from working a full-time job.

How I've made $50,000 Profit from a Side Project Slack Bot