7 Search Platform Success Stories [2023]

Updated: January 18th, 2023
Start A Search Platform

Here are some real life success stories of starting a search platform:

1. SearchTap ($120K/year)

Lakshdeep Rajput (from New Delhi, Delhi, India) started SearchTap about 7 years ago.

Revenue
$10K / month
Team
2 founders / 30 employees
Location
New Delhi, Delhi, India

Case Study

Hi Pat! Thanks for having me for the interview. I’m Lakshdeep Rajput and I’m the co-founder and CEO at SearchTap. It’s a search technology product that provides fast and relevant search solutions for websites, mobile applications, and enterprise software.

Most of our clients are eCommerce stores as our product delivers tangible ROI by way of improved engagement and conversions for them. The crux of SearchTap is making the search experience seamless for the end-user by using our search-as-you-type technology and dynamically changing filters. This fast and seamless search experience makes it easier for high-intent customers to make a purchase. Our specialization is providing a customizable search user experience with only minimal involvement of our client’s tech team.

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2. FindPeopleFast ($2.4M/year)

Daniela Sawayer (from Los Angeles, CA, USA) started FindPeopleFast over 3 years ago.

Revenue
$200K / month
Team
4 founders / 86 employees

Case Study

Hi, my name is Daniela Sawyer, and I'm the Founder & Business Development Strategist at Find People Fast. A Saas product helps pull out detailed information about any person, including their social media profiles, public records, address, pictures, property holdings, etc. In simpler words, it is a people search website that requires minimal data about an individual to deliver their accurate profile.

Our product is still a work in progress, but after the launch, we have received many positive reviews from our users, which shows that all the efforts and time are worthwhile. After much effort, we were able to cross an estimated revenue of $500,000 per month thanks to our team of 60 employees. This includes both remote and in-office workers. The large team helps in maintaining thousands of customer inquiries we receive every day.

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Learn more about starting a search platform:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a search platform?
-> Pros and cons of a search platform

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established search platform
-> Marketing ideas for a search platform
-> Search platform slogans

Other resources

-> Search platform tips

4. Station ($120K/year)

Julien founded Station, a unified search for teams. They pivoted from building a browser and now are in beta with 100 teams and +50k users on the waitlist.

Julien Berthomier (from Paris, France) started Station ago.

Revenue
$10K / month

Case Study

I’m Julien, co-founder, and CEO of Station, based between Lisbon and Paris. We are building a unified search for teams.

It’s a browser extension that automatically organizes all of the important resources and knowledge that a team shares across their SaaS applications. We make it incredibly fast to find information and easy to stay up to date with what your team is working on.

5. GummySearch ($12K/year)

Folio Fed (from New York City, NY, USA) started GummySearch about 2 years ago.

Revenue
$1K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees

Case Study

I’m Fed - bootstrapped founder, digital nomad, and maker of two community-focused products.

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6. bestcourses ($1.2K/year)

Janosch Herrmann (from Berlin) started bestcourses over 1 year ago.

Revenue
$100 / month
Team
2 founders / 0 employees

Case Study

Hey, I’m Janosch and together with Thomas, I co-founded bestcourses. Bestcourses is an online course comparison platform that allows you to find your next online course easily. We aggregate only courses from all major online learning platforms like Udemy, Coursera, Pluralsight, Skillshare, etc., and make them discoverable through our course search engine. We’re also developing a tool to find the right online learning platform based on your needs, as well as an easy way to find online learning deals. The platform is monetized through the affiliate commissions we receive from online course platforms.

We grew our impressions to 500k+ /month, and we’re currently making about USD 100/month from the platform.

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