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Just the other day I was browsing through app ideas and came across this simple website. When I looked at it, I thought it was simply impossible for it to bring in money. So I contacted the developer, and when he told me more, I was genuinely impressed. I built a SaaS called gettbook.ai that made me $130,000 in less than 4 months. This is Bogdan. He created a very simple AI wrapper and made over $100,000 from it in just a few months. The biggest growth channel for us was So I asked Bohdan to come to the channel, show the app, and explain everything in detail. In this episode, we'll delve into the simple AI service he built that earned him over $100,000, learn about his approach
to finding ideas, and the method that allowed him to quickly reach $100,000 in revenue. I think it will be interesting. They drove. I'm Gus, and this is Starter Story. So, Bogdan, welcome to Starter Story, dude. I'm very glad to see you on the channel . Can you tell us who you are, what you've created, and what your story is? Hello, I'm Bogdan. I'm 28 years old and I built a SaaS called gettbook.ai that made me $130,000 in less than 4 months. About 2 years ago, I started developing gettbook.ai-a platform that helps create full-fledged e-books using AI. The first version of my app was built on Lovable, but it was a complete mess. So I started reworking it using Claude Code.
Okay, Bogdan, that's really impressive- over $100,000 in just a few months. Let's move on to what kind of business this is. Could you explain in a few sentences what gettbook.ai is? How does it work? Who are your users? So, gettbook.ai helps you turn any idea into a ready-made e-book -whether it's a lead magnet, course, or workbook-without using third-party software like Canva or layout tools. Our clients are primarily digital product sellers, marketers, content creators, affiliates, and business owners who want to sell e-books or use them as lead magnets.
This is the getitbook.ai page. It helps you create any e-book by simply entering an idea here, like this one. We have a subscription that starts at $29 per month, but we also offer credits as an additional service for customers. Additionally, we have other educational materials and digital products in our sales funnel to help them sell their eBooks. I think this type of application is very clever and it made me think. Are there other successful AI wrapper ideas similar to this one? Our team at Starter Story did some research and came up with a list of over 50 ideas for AI applications like this one. Each of these ideas is backed by data: startup costs, revenue, growth strategies-everything is taken into account. That's actually all you
need to test out an idea and start creating it yourself. If you are interested in this list, just follow the link in the description and pick it up absolutely free. Okay, back to the episode. Bogdan, this is one of the reasons why I wanted to invite you to the channel, because Get Ebook really helps people easily create e-books. Some viewers might say, "Isn't this just another AI wrapper for ChatGPT?" And I think the answer would be: "Of course, yes." But it is obvious that it benefits people and makes a profit. Could you open up your Stripe panel or revenue dashboard to show the audience that this actually works? Of course. We've generated over $130,000 in revenue in four months, have over 1,700 paying customers, and about 5,000 signups. So, we have about $700-800
MRR, but the total revenue is much higher because many people buy credits one-time, and we also offer other digital products like tutorials. Bogdan, this is simply incredible. Four months, $132,000 on a small e-book creation tool. It sounds crazy, but Stripe's numbers are spot on -for those who had any doubts. This is very cool. Before we find out how you did it, because I'm really curious, tell us about your experience? How did you come to create a tool that brings in over $100,000 a month? Long story short, I graduated with a degree in computer science with a major in business management, but I never knew how to code.
I never liked it. So when "vibe coding" came along, it was the perfect solution for me. Today, my wife and I run a small SMM marketing agency. Therefore, most of my experience is related to advertising, customer engagement, and digital products. Before getebook.ai, I was already selling e- books online myself, creating them using ChatGPT and Canva, and also promoting other people's products as an affiliate Okay, that's quite logical. I think your experience in marketing will be very useful when we move on to the marketing part of this interview, considering how quickly you have grown. And yes, you've already started mentioning that you had experience creating e-books online.
Tell us how you came up with the idea for getebook.ai. Essentially, getebook.ai was a tool I needed myself, because I was selling e-books manually. So after doing this all the time, I thought: why isn't there a tool that does this entire workflow in a few clicks? And since I was already selling e-books, I knew there was a demand for the end product. The real confirmation of the idea came when we launched advertising and strangers started paying for our software. Okay, cool. Yes, I think some of the best business ideas on our channel come from people who do things by hand or just think: why can't it be done easier? Or why can't it be more convenient or better? And that's exactly what you did with getebook.ai. One
question I want to ask, and I know someone in the comments might be thinking: is this just an "AI garbage collector"? I mean, aren't you helping people just churn out a bunch of content that's 100% AI-generated and, you know, not very high quality or valuable? What would you say to someone who has such doubts about your product or the very idea of "create everything in one click" products? Okay, I think AI garbage exists, but the problem isn't AI itself. The problem is using AI without any critical thinking. If someone generates 100 template e-books and uploads them without even checking or improving anything-that's garbage. GetEbook
is designed to take the hassle out of creating an e- book: research, structure, writing, formatting, and design. You still need a good idea, a real audience, and quality control. In my opinion, AI should replace routine work, not original thinking. Yes, I keep coming back to your phrase about replacing routine work, and I can think of 10 things I do every day that I wish could be done in just a few clicks. So, there's something to this, and I'm sure viewers will be able to draw their own conclusions. Let's talk about how you created this. You mentioned that you have a degree in computer science, but you were not a technical professional. How did you build it? Tell us a little about the timeline and how you put it all together.
The first version of getebook.ai was my first real experience with "vibe coding ". I built it using Lovable, and at first it was amazing because I could build things incredibly quickly with almost no programming knowledge. The problem was that as the application became more complex, I began to realize that I didn't fully understand what I had created. The code base was becoming harder and harder to maintain. So I decided to redo everything with Claude Code, and that's when everything changed for me. But, to be honest, it's still not ideal. There are already parts that I think should be reworked for my own peace of mind, and that's probably my main lesson from vibe coding. AI allows you to build incredibly fast, but if you don't
understand what you're building, it also allows you to create chaos incredibly fast Absolutely right. I appreciate you bringing this up, because it seems to me that many people are initially just thrilled that everything is working. You're just happy that you can type a few words and it creates a product. And now that I've done it many times, I've become much more methodical and, as you say, I understand: okay, if I do it this way, the end result will be terrible. So let me set some basic structure or ground rules at the beginning. I think that's very, very smart. And honestly, it's just incredible that you created this 100% with AI. By the way, what is the technology stack of getebook?
So, I use Claude Code for programming, ChatGPT for research, Supabase for authentication and database, Vercel for hosting, Resend API for email marketing, and OpenAI and Gemini API to generate almost all content internally. Okay, let's move on to growth, because that's what interests me the most. You went from zero to over 130k in income in just a few months. When you showed us your Stripe dashboard, it was clear that it was still, you know, growing a little bit. So let's break down how you did it. How did you go from zero to over 100k in income so quickly? The biggest growth channel for us was advertising on Meta. If I had to summarize how to break the $100,000 mark, it would be: test a huge number of
creatives first. I didn't see Getty Book as a traditional SaaS product. Instead of creating one main page and sending everyone there, we tested creatives, approaches, offers, audiences, landing pages, and funnels, because different customers want Getty Book for completely different reasons. Someone wants to create an e- book and sell it. Someone else just needs a lead magnet. This page is essentially for people who want to sell their books through Amazon KDP, and we offer them a tool that can help them. So, ultimately, we're trying to sell them our product. And when something works, we don't leave it working forever. We create variations around an idea because over time, creatives become exhausted.
I actually learned this the hard way. There was a period when I stopped constantly creating new creatives, and although the campaigns were still working, their performance started to drop. Another important part of a growth strategy is building a funnel that increases the value of each customer. I don't just look at whether someone has purchased a subscription. Once a customer becomes a customer, a person can also purchase additional credits, training materials, or smaller tools. This means I can potentially afford to spend more on customer acquisition because their value is not limited to the first subscription. Once we found profitable creatives and funnels, the strategy became pretty simple. Spend more.
Today we spend about $20,000-30,000 per month on Meta Ads. This has truly been the engine of gettybook.ai's growth. Perfectly. My last question before we continue: you said you spend $20,000-$30,000 on Meta Ads. Someone might look at it and say, " He's not profitable at all, he spends more than he earns." Tell us more about your approach to such Meta Ads spending and perhaps a little about the profitability of this business. So, I started with a small budget, about two hundred dollars a day, and then I just gradually increased it because I saw that we were profitable, and today we spend twenty to thirty thousand dollars a month and remain profitable.
We have about forty to fifty percent profit every month. Wonderful, Bogdan. Thanks for sharing your development process for Get Ebook AI, it sounds very logical. You mentioned at the beginning of the interview that you run a marketing agency with your wife, so Get Ebook is a kind of side project for you. You are using your experience in marketing to develop Get Ebook AI, and in my opinion, this is a very smart approach. And now I want to see it in action. Can you show us a demo of how Get Ebook AI works? Of course. Do you have any idea? Do I have an idea? Tell me. That's a good question. I have a one-year-old child, she doesn't color yet, but one day she will, and I want her to color,
for example, a cityscape. I live in Los Angeles, so. Let 's try. I've never tried anything like this. We can also choose different styles. I like the kawaii chibi style. They are very popular on Amazon right now. So we'll do it quickly. We will choose sixteen pages for children and characters that will be in the coloring book. This is the puppy Luna, the cat Milo and others. And after we confirm everything, we just click "start drawing." Here are your characters. This is a small preview for the user. Look, this is Venice Beach.
Santa Monica, yes. This is a preview, I will upload it in full and send it to you for your child Of course. I'll take it. This is cool. Yes, very cool. I think this is a very smart and simple idea. I think a lot of people who use this or buy this like the speed and ease of use. Okay, let's move on to the last question, Bogdan. The question we ask all Starter Story guests. If you were to turn to yourself a few months ago, before you started, or to someone who is just starting out and wants to create their first project, what advice would you give or what key lesson would you highlight?
I would say: don't even think about giving up. There were many moments when GettyBook.ai seemed like complete chaos, when nothing worked, but every time something didn't work, I learned something that helped me build the next version. So if I could go back and tell myself one thing, I would say: don't give up just because things are taking longer or seem more difficult than expected. Keep moving forward Bogdan, that's great advice, my friend. Thank you for coming to Starter Story and telling us about GettyBook and how you did it. This is a truly wonderful story. Greetings, talk to you soon. Thank you. All the best.
Well, I just finished talking to Bogdan. I thought it was really cool. You know, a simple AI-wrapped service that brought in over $100,000-that's really impressive. My main takeaway, and this should probably be the main takeaway for every business we're talking about-it's all about marketing, right? He has experience in marketing. This was probably his slight unfair advantage. He used this marketing experience for a simple idea- creating e-books and coloring books-which allowed him to drive traffic through Meta ads and other creatives that helped generate that revenue. Almost any idea can work if you have the right marketing approach. I'm still learning this myself. I liked his advice at the end when he said
: don't give up when it seems like something is n't working. In my own experience with app building, I'm kind of hitting a wall right now and trying to figure out what to do next, so this advice is very pertinent. So, I hope you enjoyed this interview. Leave a comment-positive, negative, or anything else, we read them all. And you can download our list of other ideas for AI services using the link in the description. I think you can find inspiration there and start implementing your own idea. Well, thanks for watching. See you in the next video. See you later.
