Case study
VerifiedMRR
A startup revenue leaderboard where every number is verified by Stripe.
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Founders connect a read-only Stripe key; VerifiedMRR computes monthly recurring revenue from live subscriptions and publishes it on a public board. No screenshots, no claims — plus an acquisition marketplace and sponsor slots.
The problem
Indie-hacker revenue claims are mostly screenshots. Buyers, sponsors and other founders have no way to tell real traction from marketing.
The approach
- Revenue comes straight from Stripe: founders paste a restricted, read-only key and MRR is computed from live subscriptions.
- Stored keys are encrypted at rest (AES-GCM); a scheduled job refreshes every figure every 24 hours.
- Three surfaces from one data source: the ranked board, an “acquire” marketplace for startups that are for sale, and paid sponsor cards.
- Deployed as a single Cloudflare Worker with a D1 database for near-zero hosting cost.
The outcome
- Live and publicly listed; admin dashboard and cron refresh working end to end.
- Sponsor checkout gracefully falls back to lead capture until payments are switched on.
What's next
- Enable Stripe checkout for sponsor slots
- Seed the board with the first verified startups
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