Developer Going Global to Earn 300K Monthly

Just saw a community member share that they're now making 300k RMB per month. They've been doing indie development since 2016, mainly focused on the Google Play Store — specifically developing for Android. Their main direction is building utility tools, which basically require no upfront costs since they just tap into the phone's system features. There's no need to buy servers or add extra overhead either. Plus, a Google Play developer account is permanent, and it's much cheaper than Apple's, so the trial-and-error cost is far lower.

Once they spotted a promising direction, they'd grind away at it day and night. They'd also cross-promote traffic across different products. The core monetization model is integrating ads and earning in USD while blocking low-income countries, focusing only on high-income markets like the US and Europe. This significantly boosts the ad revenue per impression. Early profits were funneled back into ad spend to capture category traffic. Over time, income stabilized and grew. As the product portfolio expanded, they kept only the top performers under maintenance, creating a positive feedback loop. Eventually, the hard work tapered off — it became mostly daily maintenance and minor iterations, with plenty of time to hang out in communities.

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