Website Performance Service

4 Website Performance Service Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: October 10th, 2024

A website performance service aims to enhance and optimize the speed, reliability, and functionality of websites.

This service helps clients to ensure that their websites load quickly, function smoothly, and deliver a positive user experience.

The services offered by this business may include analyzing and fine-tuning website code, optimizing images and other media, and implementing strategies to improve page load times.

By availing these services, businesses can improve their online presence, increase customer satisfaction, and improve their search engine rankings.

As the demand for faster and more efficient websites grows, starting a website performance service can be a valuable and in-demand business idea.

In this list, you'll find real-world website performance service success stories and very profitable examples of starting a website performance service that makes money.

1. Pneuma Media ($2.4M/year)

David Riggs, founder of Pneuma Media, came up with the idea for his website design, development, and SEO agency while working as a management consultant. After realizing that many businesses struggled with their websites, he decided to leverage his skills and expertise to help them improve their online presence. With a slow and steady approach, Pneuma Media has scaled from $0 to $2 million in under 2 years, attracting clients through content marketing, outbound sales, and partnerships.

How much money it makes: $2.4M/year
How much did it cost to start: $500
How many people on the team: 5

How We Scaled Our Agency From 0 To $2M/Year In Under 2 Years With Our Content-Focused SEO Services

A website design, development, and SEO Agency, Pneuma Media was able to scale from $0 - $2M in under 2 years using content-focused SEO campaigns as their main product, a process that is supported by Lean Thinking and reviewed in monthly "autopsies," and driven by cold outbound and networking, formalized partnerships, and communications including Slack, monthly meetings, and the Quarterly Business Review.

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2. Huckabuy ($1.32M/year)

Geoff Atkinson, Founder and CEO of Huckabuy, came up with the idea for his SEO software platform after driving crazy growth in SEO as the SVP of Marketing at Overstock. He saw a gap in the market and realized that many SEO agencies and consultants were not delivering the results they promised, so he decided to create software that actually worked. After building a great product and leveraging his network, Huckabuy started attracting customers and securing big enterprise contracts.

How much money it makes: $1.32M/year
How much did it cost to start: $0
How many people on the team: 18

How We Developed A $110K/Month SEO Performance Software

Huckabuy, an SEO software platform, has grown to make $110,000 in monthly revenue, having landed big enterprise contracts such as SAP and Salesforce, by starting out focusing on building a great product, networking, and securing lucky breaks from podcasts and interviews.

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3. SpeedYourWeb ($300K/year)

After managing hundreds of slow e-commerce websites over 14 years, two founders launched SpeedYourWeb, leveraging their expertise to optimize site speed and enhance Google rankings, ultimately boosting sales and user experience. Today, they boast a skilled team of 10 developers and offer free speed tests that include actionable improvement insights.

How much money it makes: $300K/year
How much did it cost to start: $99
How many people on the team: 10

How We Started A $25K/Month Website Speed Optimization Agency

These founders provide a free page speed optimization service in addition to SEO to help e-commerce websites improve their organic reach and boost their sales.

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4. pgMustard ($36K/year)

When Michael Christofides and his co-founder Dave realized that many developers still needed help despite existing tools for slow PostgreSQL queries, they founded pgMustard and now boast $30k in annual recurring revenue.

How much money it makes: $36K/year
How much did it cost to start: $5K
How many people on the team: 1

My PostgreSQL Side Project Makes $30K ARR

Case study about pgMustard, an online tool for developers helping troubleshoot PostgreSQL queries, growing steadily with $30k ARR, highlighting the importance of fixing pricing strategies and the impact of COVID on revenue streams.

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