Summary
This creator built MakeToon AI, a simple web app that transforms user photos into anime and Studio Ghibli-style art and made $100+ in just 24 hours after launch.
The app was built in about 6 hours using Next.js, Tailwind, and Stripe, with backend tools handling image processing, email delivery, and storage. Users pay $5.99–$6.99, upload a photo, and get their transformed image by email within minutes.
With 15 paying customers on day one and some making repeat image requests, this early traction showed people love fast, fun, high-quality results. Key lessons? Keep it simple, deliver instantly, and nail the user experience