50 Companies That Use Ahrefs [2024]

Updated: October 10th, 2022

Audit your website, explore competitors, research keywords & backlinks.

We put together a list of the biggest companies that use Ahrefs, along with some Ahrefs testimonials and Ahrefs case studies.

Here's the list:

1. Effortless Gent

Effortless Gent is a men's fashion blog started by Barron Cuadro in 2009. Effortless Gent uses Ahrefs for their business.

Ahrefs Testimonial

I use the webapp AHREFs for my keyword research–this tool is $99/mo but is incredibly detailed and granular with data. It helps me nail the perfect keywords to target.

Barron Cuadro, on starting Effortless Gent ($8,500/month)   full story ➜

Revenue
$8.5K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
New York, New York, USA

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How A Developer Grew His Blog To 150,000 Visitors Per Month

Effortless Gent is a style publication that makes $8k/month from ad revenue, brand sponsorships, digital products, and styling consultations while teaching men how to build a Lean Wardrobe and managed to scaled back on brand partnerships to focus on selling their own products.

Read by 6,730 founders

2. Empire Flippers

Empire Flippers is a podcasting business started by Justin Cooke in 2012. Empire Flippers uses Ahrefs for their business.

Ahrefs Testimonial

A fantastic tool to do research on your competitors. It also has a lot of great features they’ve added over the years that replaces several other tools.

Justin Cooke, on starting Empire Flippers ($349,983/month)   full story ➜

Revenue
$350K / month
Team
2 founders / 53 employees
Location
North York, Ontario, Canada

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Empire Flippers: $20M/Year Helping People Buy And Sell Websites

Empire Flippers is a thought leader in brokering online business deals, having brokered over $50 million worth of deals and grown their pool of potential buyers by hundreds every month through a focus on content marketing and middle-of-funnel content.

Read by 10,500 founders

3. Vape and Juice

Vape and Juice is an online vape shop started by David Mason in 2013. Vape and Juice uses Ahrefs for their business.

Ahrefs Testimonial

It’s a phenomenal tool to see what you should be doing, but it’s also got a really good blog.

David Mason, on starting Vape and Juice ($300,000/month)   full story ➜

Revenue
$300K / month
Team
2 founders / 20 employees
Location
Whitstable, England, United Kingdom

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Prison to Profit - How I Started With $5K And Built A 7-Figure Vaping Company

A former ex-con launched Vape and Juice with just £5,000 and has since built a seven-figure vaping company with online sales increasing 800% during lockdown, by offering exceptional customer service and investing in talent.

Read by 9,317 founders

4. AquariumStoreDepot

AquariumStoreDepot is a niche blog started by Mark Valderrama in 2015. AquariumStoreDepot uses Ahrefs for their business.

Ahrefs Testimonial

This is probably my favorite tool. It’s been extremely helpful to figure out what to write about and what keywords to target. It has also been invaluable for identifying outreach targets as oftentimes I find new niche sites that relate to mine that I can talk to.

Mark Valderrama, on starting AquariumStoreDepot ($10,000/month)   full story ➜

Revenue
$10K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees

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I Left My 100 Hour Week Job To Start A $120K/Month Aquarium Ecommerce

AquariumStoreDepot is a highly-profitable business in the niche market of aquatic animal keeping, averaging $8-10k per month with a high revenue month of $13k, and expanding over time from dropshipping to proprietary agreements.

Read by 4,824 founders

5. Canny Creative

Canny Creative is a digital agency started by Tony Hardy in 2015. Canny Creative uses Ahrefs for their business.

Ahrefs Testimonial

I absolutely love it! Being able to have a nosey at “successful websites and brands” to discover actually, they’re not doing that well with organic traffic is always interesting.

Tony Hardy, on starting Canny Creative ($50,000/month)   full story ➜

Revenue
$50K / month
Team
2 founders / 12 employees

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I Built A $600K/Year Design Agency From Nothing

Canny Creative is a creative agency earning around $50k per month by partnering with startups and SMEs to build and grow their brand, website, and content marketing offering.

Read by 5,596 founders

6. WebRevenue

WebRevenue is a SEO agency started by Jerry Low in 2006. WebRevenue uses Ahrefs for their business.

Ahrefs Testimonial

Ahrefs is one of the best tools for professional website owners and affiliate marketers. It gives you all the data you need to make the right decisions in many ways, from market research to regular SEO processes.

Jerry Low, on starting WebRevenue ($30,000/month)   full story ➜

Revenue
$30K / month
Team
1 founders / 5 employees

article

I Went From Making Extra Income With Affiliate Websites To Building A $360K/Year Business

Case study on SEO consultancy and affiliate marketing business generating over $360k per year with over 700k monthly visitors, with insights on building valuable content, conducting extensive research, and working with a skilled and dedicated team.

Read by 7,512 founders

7. PureFilters

PureFilters is a water filter store started by Jay Vasantharajah in 2015. PureFilters uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$200K / month
Team
2 founders / 4 employees
Location
Canada

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Launching a Furnace Filter Store and Growing to $60k/month

PureFilters is an online supplier of furnace filters in Canada with a focus on customer experience, boasting a wide selection of the best brands and a roster of 300 five-star reviews, all achieved through rigorous process building, investments in automation and use of outsourced help to manage this $60k/mo business with less than 10-12 hours spent per week.

Read by 9,222 founders

8. Dick At Your Door

Dick At Your Door is a dessert boxes store started by Adam Hascall in 2015. Dick At Your Door uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$125K / month
Team
1 founders / 3 employees
Location
California, USA

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I Make $1.5M/Year Shipping Chocolate Penises To Your Friends

Dick At Your Door is an e-commerce shop that grew almost 10x within the last eight months by selling anonymous pranks such as 5 oz chocolate penises, and its founder shares his journey that started as a joke to becoming a professional chocolatier.

Read by 16,660 founders

9. Starter Story

Starter Story is a niche blog started by Pat Walls in 2017. Starter Story uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$250K / month
Team
1 founders / 6 employees
Location
New York, New York, USA

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How I Turned A Crappy Idea Into A $3M/Year Business

Starter Story grew to 1.4 million monthly visitors and millions in annual revenue by sharing the stories of entrepreneurs. Pat breaks down the early days and how he grew the business into something that changed his life.

Read by 78,049 founders

10. Xero Shoes

Xero Shoes is a shoe brand started by Steven Sashen in 2009. Xero Shoes uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$4M / month
Team
2 founders / 67 employees
Location
Broomfield, Colorado, USA

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Xero Shoes: Growing A Shoe Brand to $460K/month

Xero Shoes, co-founded by Steven Sashen, is a minimalist shoe company that has grown at a rate of 80-102% per year since 2014, with 2017 sales of $5.53M, and has been repeatedly listed as one of INC. 5000’s fastest-growing companies, and has a projected $15M in sales for 2019.

Read by 16,309 founders

11. GhostBed by Nature's Sleep

GhostBed by Nature's Sleep is a bedding company started by Marc Werner in 2001. GhostBed by Nature's Sleep uses Ahrefs for their business.

Team
2 founders / 100 employees

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12. Flaming Licks

Flaming Licks is a hot sauce business started by James Bryson in 2015. Flaming Licks uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$13K / month
Team
2 founders / 3 employees
Location
Wimborne Minster, England, United Kingdom

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How We Started A $13K/Month Hot Sauce Online Store And Subscription Service

Flaming Licks is a hot sauce subscription club and chili shop based in the UK, finishing 2019 with around 500 active members and planning to grow to 1000 members by the end of this year, with sales at around $13k/month split 2/3 subscription and 1/3 retail, mostly sourced from social media traffic using Cratejoy checkout.

Read by 8,860 founders

13. Plain Jane

Plain Jane is a CBD business started by Evan Marshall in 2018. Plain Jane uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$275K / month
Team
2 founders / 16 employees
Location
Chatsworth, Ontario, Canada

article

How Two College Roommates Started An Online CBD Business

Plain Jane, an online CBD company founded by two college roommates, offers unique products and has generated over $20K a month in sales within five months, attracting and retaining customers through social media, authentic stories, and content.

Read by 17,982 founders

14. Ice Shaker

Ice Shaker is a drinkware brand started by Chris Gronkowski in 2016. Ice Shaker uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$450K / month
Team
2 founders / 9 employees
Location
Southlake, Texas, USA

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How Chris Gronkowski Left The NFL And Became An Entrepreneur

Chris Gronkowski, former NFL player, launched Ice Shaker just one year ago, but has since exploded into the drinkware scene with over 65 variations, $3 million in sales, and shelf placement in big retail locations such as GNC.

Read by 6,673 founders

15. Entrepreneur Business Blog

Entrepreneur Business Blog is a marketing agency started by Emenike Emmanuel in 2016. Entrepreneur Business Blog uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$13K / month
Team
1 founders / 6 employees
Location
Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

article

How A Young Entrepreneur From Nigeria Started A Profitable Blog

This case study follows the journey of a young entrepreneur from Nigeria who started a profitable blog generating a monthly revenue of $1,500+ through sales of advertising space, sponsored posts, and information products, and shares his strategies for success including a Twitter growth challenge and guest post pitches.

Read by 12,317 founders

16. 123FormBuilder

123FormBuilder is an online form builder started by Florin Cornianu in 2008. 123FormBuilder uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$420K / month
Team
2 founders / 90 employees
Location
Timișoara, Romania

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How We Started A $420K/Month Online Forms And Surveys Tool

123FormBuilder co-founder and CEO, Florin Cornianu, shares how they grew their SaaS business to almost 100 employees, over a hundred thousand active users, and broke the $1M annual recurring revenue mark through a market-centric, data-driven approach to product design and product marketing, a solid channel partnership strategy, and aggressively reinvesting profits.

Read by 5,464 founders

17. Badger Maps

Badger Maps is a city maps business started by Steven Benson in 2012. Badger Maps uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$417K / month
Team
3 founders / 42 employees
Location
San Francisco, California, USA

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Badger Maps: Building A Sales Route Planning App To $3.3M ARR

Badger Maps founder and CEO Steve Benson created a complete field sales app to help sales teams save time by combining Google Maps, CRM data, route optimization, schedule planning, and lead generation, resulting in the company earning $3.3 million annually and employing 60 people.

Read by 5,619 founders

18. Snappa

Snappa is a graphic design business started by Christopher Gimmer in 2015. Snappa uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$83.5K / month
Team
2 founders / 4 employees
Location
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

article

How Two Friends Bootstrapped A SaaS Business To $55K MRR

Learn how two friends bootstrapped a SaaS business to $55k monthly recurring revenue (MRR) by creating a simple graphic design tool for non-designers and focusing on content marketing for customer acquisition.

Read by 21,467 founders

19. Scribly

Scribly is a content writing company started by Dani Mancini in 2018. Scribly uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$37K / month
Team
1 founders / 3 employees
Location
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

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How Dani Mancini Transformed Her Freelance Gigs Into A SaaS Business

Scribly.io, a subscription-based copywriting service providing high quality content that helps businesses scale at roughly 50% of the cost of hiring in-house, created by Dani, a first-time entrepreneur who started with just a few hundred dollars worth of projects and with the help of three other writers; as of last month, Scribly.io topped $14K monthly revenue.

Read by 13,398 founders

20. Lost Empire Herbs

Lost Empire Herbs is a supplements company started by Logan Christopher in 2012. Lost Empire Herbs uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$320K / month
Team
3 founders / 12 employees
Location
Kansas City, MO, USA

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How I Started A Seven-Figure Supplements Business

Lost Empire Herbs co-founder and CEO Logan Christopher shares how he built an ecommerce business specializing in high-quality, phyto-androgenic herbs that support hormone systems, going from zero to mid-seven figures in revenue, and discusses strategies including affiliate marketing and email-and-content marketing.

Read by 15,891 founders

21. 513 Kicks

513 Kicks is a sneaker reseller business started by Chris Casseday in 2017. 513 Kicks uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$5K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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How I Started A Side Hustle Reselling Sneakers For Profit

This case study follows founder Chris Casseday's journey in creating 513 Kicks, an online sneaker shop that went from sporadic income to an average profit of $2,000 per month within two years through strategic branding, SEO, social media, and email marketing.

Read by 17,749 founders

22. Counterweight Creative

Counterweight Creative is a podcast started by Jeremy Enns in 2016. Counterweight Creative uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$16K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

article

How I Started A Successful Podcast Production Company

A successful podcast production company that grew from one client making $15/hour to a team of 10 contractors producing over 30 shows per week with revenue of over $10k/mo, primarily through referrals and with a focus on providing high personal touch and being picky about working only with clients who are a good fit.

Read by 19,195 founders

23. Acumbamail

Acumbamail is an email automation platform started by Ignacio Arriaga in 2013. Acumbamail uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$85K / month
Team
3 founders / 7 employees
Location
Castile-La Mancha, Spain

article

Bootstrapping A Spanish Email Marketing Company To $1M ARR

Spanish email marketing software start-up Acumbamail achieved an average revenue of $85,000 per month, while providing a service to almost 40,000 clients, after bootstrapping the company from scratch with $4,000 in start-up funds.

Read by 8,176 founders

24. MonetizeMore

MonetizeMore is a Facebook ads consultant started by Kean Graham in 2010. MonetizeMore uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$8M / month
Team
1 founders / 290 employees
Location
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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How I Disrupted The Ad Industry And Grew My Business To $20M/Year

MonetizeMore founder and CEO shares his success story of growing his ad optimization business to over $20M in annual revenues by focusing on the offering that delivered the best results, using content marketing for lead generation, and establishing strategic partnerships with complimentary businesses.

Read by 21,881 founders

25. Populum

Populum is a CBD business started by Gunhee Park in 2016. Populum uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$220K / month
Team
1 founders / 7 employees
Location
Tempe, Arizona, USA

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How I Started And Grew My CBD Oil Company To $3M ARR

CBD oil brand Populum grew from $650K to $1.4M in annual revenue in just one year, with monthly sales of $220K and an ARR of $3M, due to investing in high-quality, trustworthy hemp products and stellar customer service.

Read by 9,421 founders

26. TrumpExcel.com

TrumpExcel.com is an online course started by Sumit Bansal in 2013. TrumpExcel.com uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$10K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

article

How I Started A Profitable Business Helping Millions Of People Learn Excel

A one-man business teaching people how to use Microsoft Excel effectively has gone from getting ~15k pageviews a month in 2014, to more than one million pageviews every month as of today, generating an average monthly revenue of ~$10,000, with the majority of the money coming from online course sales and a newsletter, which has 40k+ active subscribers.

Read by 11,996 founders

27. MoveWell

MoveWell is an iPhone app started by Joel Runyon in 2017. MoveWell uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$1K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Austin, Texas, USA

article

How I Built An iPhone Fitness App To $1,000 MRR

Joel Runyon built an iPhone fitness app called MoveWell that currently brings in about $1,200-$1,800 per month, and is looking to expand the business by adding coaches, more content, and branded partnerships.

Read by 6,040 founders

28. Rankings.io

Rankings.io is a SEO agency started by Chris Dreyer in 2013. Rankings.io uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$700K / month
Team
1 founders / 20 employees
Location
Fairview Heights, Illinois, USA

article

How I Started An SEO Agency For Lawyers Generating $3.6M/Year

Rankings.io is a hyper-focused SEO agency that helps elite personal injury law firms dominate first page rankings and was ranked #858 in the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in America for 2018, with a current revenue just under $300,000 per month, with plans for a record-breaking year.

Read by 38,807 founders

29. Visme

Visme is a saas product developer business started by Payman Taei in 2013. Visme uses Ahrefs for their business.

Team
1 founders / 35 employees
Location
Washington D.C., Washington, D.C., USA

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30. Cube Digital

Cube Digital is a SEO agency started by Leslie Gilmour in 2015. Cube Digital uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$25K / month
Team
1 founders / 3 employees
Location
Dublin, Ireland

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31. The Patchsmith

The Patchsmith is a sewing and alteration business started by Cailey Golden in 2017. The Patchsmith uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$6.5K / month
Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
New York, New York, USA

article

How I'm Turning My Patch Embroidery Side Project Into A Full Time Business

A patch embroidery business based in New York City has grown to earn $6,500 per month on average within 18 months of starting, thanks to no custom embroidered minimum patches and a strong Instagram presence, with a future focus on B2B customers.

Read by 14,821 founders

32. Bad Ass Work Gear

Bad Ass Work Gear is a men's clothing line started by Paul Chittenden in 2012. Bad Ass Work Gear uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$15K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Houston, Texas, USA

article

How I Started A Heavy Duty Work Gear Brand After Working On An Oil Rig

A former oil rig worker founded Bad Ass Work Gear to create heavy duty work gear that can withstand the harsh environments of the oil and gas industry, diversifying into firefighter gear as well, with 2018 and 2019 averaging about $15,000 per month in revenue.

Read by 16,191 founders

33. GloFX

GloFX is a rave clothing store started by Dan Watkins in 2012. GloFX uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$400K / month
Team
1 founders / 25 employees
Location
Tallahassee, Florida, USA

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How I Started A $4.8M Product Business In The EDM Scene

GloFX sold millions of pairs of "raver glasses" and expanded into various markets including arts and science museums, educational institutions, and EDM subculture fashion. One of the fastest-growing companies in America, and generates $400K in revenue per month.

Read by 33,704 founders

34. Southern Cigar Co

Southern Cigar Co is a subscription box business started by Michael Arciola III in 2015. Southern Cigar Co uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$20K / month
Team
2 founders / 0 employees
Location
Austin, Texas, USA

article

How I Started A $20K/mo Cigar Subscription Business As A College Student

Southern Cigar Co. is a cigar subscription box business founded by Michael Arciola III while he was a student at Florida State University, currently bringing in $250k a year and growing at 20% year over year.

Read by 28,972 founders

35. DollarSprout

DollarSprout is a finance blog started by Jeff Proctor in 2015. DollarSprout uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$200K / month
Team
2 founders / 3 employees
Location
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

article

How We Grew Our Personal Finance Blog To $2M/Year

DollarSprout.com, a personal finance blog geared towards millennials, went from zero to over $2 million in revenue in four years through a laser focus on affiliate marketing, constantly creating useful, keyword-oriented content that helps readers solve a problem, SEO, and diversifying income verticals.

Read by 21,491 founders

36. Cave Tools

Cave Tools is a kitchen supplies store started by Michael “Medium Rare” O’Donnell in 2013. Cave Tools uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$333K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

article

How We Built A $2M/Year Business Selling Barbecue Tools

Learn how Michael "Medium Rare" O'Donnell built Cave Tools into a $2 million per year brand selling high-quality barbecue tools and accessories, and expanded his business by launching Grill Master University, an online barbecue masterclass platform, all while traveling to and living in almost 40 different countries in just the last 3 years.

Read by 13,636 founders

37. Visiture

Visiture is a marketing agency started by Brian Cohen in 2008. Visiture uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$900K / month
Team
2 founders / 100 employees
Location
Charleston, South Carolina, USA

article

How I Started A Marketing Agency That Grows At 84% With $1MM Monthly Revenue

eCommerce marketing agency Visiture has achieved impressive growth, with revenues up 84% YoY, exceeding $1m monthly recurring revenue, representing more than 140 merchants including Spanx and BarkBox, and landing at #753 on the 2019 Inc. 5000 list; CEO Brian Cohen advises startups to concentrate on one core service line, work with well-known brands and to use content marketing to establish expertise.

Read by 9,037 founders

38. Vape Club

Vape Club is an online vape shop started by Jeremy Ong in 2015. Vape Club uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$60K / month
Team
1 founders / 8 employees
Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

article

How I Started A $60K/Month Online Business From Malaysia

Jeremy Ong built Vape Club from an MVP vape subscription box business to a top online retail store in Malaysia, earning a monthly revenue of USD 60,000 with only 2 team members, primarily through blogging, SEO and email marketing with a CLTV of $400.

Read by 37,560 founders

39. Forged Axe Throwing

Forged Axe Throwing is an axe throwing business started by James Anderson in 2017. Forged Axe Throwing uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$110K / month
Team
2 founders / 9 employees
Location
Whistler Resort Municipality, British Columbia, Canada

article

How We Started A $1M Axe-Throwing Party Business

Forged Axe Throwing is a successful axe throwing venue that teaches people the art of axe throwing while hosting tournaments, generating $960k of revenue per year and hosting over 30k people in their venue in a year.

Read by 40,919 founders

40. Growth Gorilla

Growth Gorilla is a link building service started by Alan Silvestri in 2018. Growth Gorilla uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$25K / month
Team
1 founders / 6 employees
Location
Winchester, England, United Kingdom

article

How I Started A $10K/Month SEO Link Building Agency

Italian electrical engineer turned entrepreneur grows manual outreach link building service for profitable software companies and startups from zero to $10k in monthly recurring revenue in less than a year.

Read by 40,426 founders

41. SanityCheck

SanityCheck is a SEO tool started by Nick Swan in 2017. SanityCheck uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$2.8K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees
Location
Bude, England, United Kingdom

article

How My Daughter's Leukemia Diagnosis Gave Me A New Perspective

How founder Nick Swan started and grew SanityCheck.io, a SaaS tool helping businesses rank higher on Google, while also navigating his daughter's leukemia diagnosis and treatment.

Read by 7,654 founders

42. AFH Media LLC

AFH Media LLC is a niche blog started by Patrick Hess in 2015. AFH Media LLC uses Ahrefs for their business.

Team
1 founders / 0 employees
Location
New York, New York, USA

article

How I Built A $3.5K/Month Authority Site With A Full Time Job

Bar Games 101 is an authority website about classic bar games with over 200K monthly visitors and revenue over $4,000 for the month of August, achieved through consistent publishing of researched articles and outsourcing by the founder.

Read by 31,455 founders

43. Quirk

Quirk is a therapy business started by Koby Conrad in 2019. Quirk uses Ahrefs for their business.

Team
2 founders / 0 employees
Location
San Francisco, California, USA

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44. Watson Digital

Watson Digital is a digital marketing business started by Jacob Dazzeo in 2019. Watson Digital uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$19.4K / month
Team
2 founders / 0 employees
Location
Portland, Oregon, USA

article

Leaving A Corporate Job To Start A $6K/Month Conversion Rate Optimization Company

Founder Jacob Dazzeo shares his success story of building Watson Digital, an online marketing company, in less than a year which completely replaced his corporate salary and cut his workweek while focusing on products that help businesses grow their online sales funnel.

Read by 6,818 founders

45. Lemonlight

Lemonlight is a film production company started by Hope Horner in 2014. Lemonlight uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$1.5M / month
Team
3 founders / 75 employees
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA

article

How I Started A $500K/Month Video Production Company From My Bedroom in LA

Lemonlight CEO, Hope Horner, co-founded an on-demand video production company that has produced over 7,000 videos for more than 3,000 brands, generating over $6 million in sales and growing to a 45-person team, all without taking any outside capital and being recognized in Inc 5000 and Entrepreneur 360 for three years in a row.

Read by 18,323 founders

46. Next Vacay

Next Vacay is a travel planning business started by Naveen Dittakavi in 2014. Next Vacay uses Ahrefs for their business.

Team
1 founders / 11 employees
Location
Johns Creek, Georgia, USA

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47. PushPress

PushPress is a gym management software started by Dan Uyemura in 2017. PushPress uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$300K / month
Team
3 founders / 35 employees
Location
El Segundo, California, USA

article

How I Created A Software To Manage Gyms And Reached $100K/Month In Revenue

PushPress, a modern boutique gym management system, shares their journey of bootstrapping their business to over $100,000 MRR, and the lessons learned about focusing on marketing to attract and retain customers and putting processes in place to learn from failure.

Read by 137,267 founders

48. Mommy On Purpose

Mommy On Purpose is a mom blog started by Carly Campbell in 2016. Mommy On Purpose uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$10K / month
Team
1 founders / 1 employees

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How I Started A $10K/Month Blog About Motherhood

Mom blogger creates two related businesses, one generating 8-10k Canadian dollars per month in traffic revenue, and another offering courses to new bloggers about how to monetize their sites, all at an initial investment of $2,000, and largely based on her Pinterest presence.

Read by 10,222 founders

49. iCard

iCard is a digital wallet app started by Yavor Petrov in 2008. iCard uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$1.5M / month
Team
2 founders / 200 employees
Location
Varna, Varna, Bulgaria

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How We Launched A $1.5MM/Month Digital Wallet and Financial Services Company

iCard is a leading e-money institution that offers a unique and 100% digital bank account alternative, with their app and services supporting the daily payments of people in over 30 European countries, and since launch in late 2017, the iCard app has seen around 500,000 downloads.

Read by 11,111 founders

50. The Savvy Couple

The Savvy Couple is an online course started by Kelan Kline in 2016. The Savvy Couple uses Ahrefs for their business.

Revenue
$20K / month
Team
2 founders / 2 employees
Location
Rochester, New York, USA

article

How This 28-Year-Old Couple Quit Their Jobs And Make $20K/Month Running A Blog

Learn how one couple created a successful personal finance blog, The Savvy Couple, that now makes over $20,000 per month and has sold thousands of digital workbooks and courses, by focusing on purposeful content and optimizing their ROI with efficient time management.

Read by 28,852 founders

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Pat Walls

I'm Pat Walls and I created Starter Story - a website dedicated to helping people start businesses. We interview entrepreneurs from around the world about how they started and grew their businesses.