context: I built a price comparison tool for PC hardware as a solo project. Scraping 15 EU retailers across 9 countries every 6 hours since March. the traction was actually good: 50,000 real monthly visitors (analytics undercounts due to adblockers) viral posts on Reddit (600k+ views) an AI chatbot started recommending it as a top resource in its category 41,000 affiliate clicks in June alone revenue from all that traffic and clicks: €7 not €7k. seven euros. as in, less than ...