💸 $0 to $8M ARR in 2 years

This is about Submagic

When David Zitoun and his co-founder launched Submagic in May 2023, they had zero customers, zero revenue, and zero outside funding.

Three months later, they hit $1M ARR.

And in 2 years they crossed $8M ARR

Submagic is an AI-powered video editing platform that turns raw footage into viral short-form content in three clicks.

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Editing video is complex.

David Zitoun has been editing since he was 12 years old, has used everything from Sony Vegas to Premiere Pro, and still finds the process painful.

For the millions of small business owners and creators who realized in 2023 that they needed short-form video to grow, the barrier was even higher.

They lacked the skills, the time, and the patience to learn traditional editing tools.

Creators needed captions, hooks, trending music, and optimal clip selection, and they needed it done in minutes, not hours.

Key Growth Tactics

Product Hunt Launch - #2 Product of the day with 725 upvotes!
Affiliate marketing - 10,000+ affiliates generate roughly $1.6M of the $8M ARR, with the company paying out approximately $45,000 per month in commissions.
SEO Engine - Launching tons of Free Tools. Traffic spiked to 9 million monthly visitors at peak. But they also got a penalty from Google. (read the full story for more details)

Read the full story of Submagic -

And much more -

$0 to $8M ARR Bootstrapped in 2 Years - The AI Shorts Playbook - Submagic Case Study

How David Zitoun bootstrapped Submagic from zero to $8M ARR in 2 years with 13 people. The complete playbook.

superframeworks.com/case-study/submagic

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