Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Matt Report - Why Daan Tol, new owner of WPLift, paid $205kUSD for a WordPress blog
I interview the new owner of WPLift and discuss his purchase
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Matt Report - Why Daan Tol, new owner of WPLift, paid $205kUSD for a WordPress blog launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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An Interview with Entrepreneur Syed Balkhi.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Wordpress CEO on hiring, investing + picking friends wisely
2015 · its alternatives →
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Hyvor Blogs▲90Hi HN, We are super excited to launch our second SaaS product, Hyvor Blogs. We (a small team of 3) have been working on this for about a year. After a bunch of testing, feedback, and iterations, here we are at the launch. We are trying to build a blogging platform that has all the features you need to run a blog without having to depend on plugins (themes, SEO, multi-language support, tags, team management, etc.). Most importantly, it’s just a blogging platform - not a site builder - not a membership platform. Overall, it’s been a great learning experience working on Hyvor Blogs. We’d love…
2023 · blogs.hyvor.com · its alternatives →
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2023 · esyblog.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · getblogo.com · its alternatives →
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Managed WordPress hosting
2015 · its alternatives →
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I’ve always found it funny how simple feedback widgets end up as $20–$30/month products. The tech is dead simple, infra is cheap, and most of us here could rebuild one in a weekend. So as a “principle experiment” I built my own today as a side project and priced it at 1 dollar. Just because if something is cheap to run and easy to replicate, it should be priced accordingly, and it’s also fun marketing. 1$ feedback tool. Shipped today, got the first users/moneys today, writing this post today. Side Sunday project, then back to the main product tomorrow.
Dec 2025 · onedollarfeedback.com · its alternatives →
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Make your WP site reach it's potential | Now at half price!
2018 · its alternatives →
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We've spent 9 months and close to $200,000 building a new plugin for wordpress. It's in beta, but it has: - a canvas editor for slides - a pdf importing service (with API) - a presentation viewer that is embeddable anywhere (with links to you not someone else) - slide notes (something none of the presentation sharing sites really accommodate) - publish on your own site and an aggregation site automatically (with API) We're launching now because we need to get it in your hands and have you provide us feedback for the next few phases. The power of owning your presentations and content is not…
2013 · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I'm Karan, and after a hack wiped out my blog and revenue ($15-20k/month), I was propelled to create Grigora.co. Our beta platform is designed to be a secure, straightforward alternative to WordPress, addressing the pain points I faced as a blogger. With 165 users exploring Grigora and zero paid customers so far, we're eager to evolve. We invite the HN community to test Grigora.co, share feedback, and join us in this mission to streamline web security and functionality. Looking forward to your insights, Karan
2023 · grigora.co · its alternatives →
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I've been frustrated by so many blogging platforms. Last I used Ghost. I thought it was expensive and I hated that www I had to prefix on custom domain. So, I built https://lykhari.com just for myself and then opened for public. If you want something simple do try. It became profitable and hence self sustaining!
2025 · lykhari.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · thetheme.io · its alternatives →
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Fast WordPress fixes. Pay 75% only after it's fixed.
Jun 2026 · wordpressbugfix.pro · its alternatives →
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