Making Over 20,000 a Month with a ChatGPT-like Product

The author shared the core tactics behind achieving this result. The first step was creating viral self-propagation—essentially, a referral loop. Users could earn free conversation credits by inviting friends to follow their WeChat public account (yes, the product platform was the public account itself). During the peak, they were gaining over 3,000 new followers daily. As the user base grew, they introduced sign-in rewards to boost engagement. When referral numbers naturally declined, they scaled back the invite bonuses, controlling costs while launching a paid tier to start generating revenue. Initially, users purchased credits on a per-use basis. After analyzing usage data, they identified the upper usage limit for the top 20% of users and rolled out monthly and annual subscription plans to stabilize recurring payments. This strategy ultimately led to a monthly revenue of 20,000 RMB.

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