Describe your ideal customer in plain English and get a verified contact list.
Turn an old domain into an AI lead-gen tool: EfficientPIM, $10K+ a month
An aged domain gave him years of search trust for free, and selling the outcome (meetings booked) beat selling "AI scraper".
Figures as shared by the creator · source
From Indie Hackers · Jan 2026
The Short Version
How Pedro (EfficientPIM) made $10K+ a month, according to Indie Hackers (self-reported).
- What: Burnt out on agency work and bad lead lists, Pedro bought EfficientPIM.com, the domain of an abandoned Windows organizer app that still had search authority.
- Result: He reported $1.2K MRR in month 2 from Reddit, X and cold DMs, and $10,000+ a month now, mostly organic (Indie Hackers, Jan 2026).
| Who | Pedro (EfficientPIM) |
|---|---|
| Tool | Not named in the source |
| Money | $10K+ a month |
| Timeframe | Jan 2026 |
| Source | Indie Hackers |
| Self-reported | Yes |
The workflow
Where & With What
What They Did
- 1The moveBurnt out on agency work and bad lead lists, Pedro bought EfficientPIM.com, the domain of an abandoned Windows organizer app that still had search authority.
- 2Step 2Look for aged domains in your niche
- 3Step 3Sell outcomes, not features
- 4ResultHe reported $1.2K MRR in month 2 from Reddit, X and cold DMs, and $10,000+ a month now, mostly organic (Indie Hackers, Jan 2026).
Quick Answers
What tools do you need?
Just the platform account.
How much does it cost?
No paid tools needed: this case uses only the platform itself, which is free to join.
Is it allowed?
Follow the platform rules and disclose ads.
Watch out: Self-reported. Cold email has legal rules (CAN-SPAM, GDPR): only email people you have a lawful reason to contact and honor opt-outs.
Try It Yourself
(Our template, not the creator's prompt.) Describe my ideal customer as 5 precise search patterns (industry, location, size, signal), and write one short, compliant first email with an easy opt-out.
Your first step
Paste the prompt into your AI assistant and swap the [brackets] for your own niche.
Full write-up & sources
More detail: He rebuilt it as a web tool: AI expands a plain-English customer description into search patterns, collects contacts from public web pages, verifies emails and removes duplicates.
Results: His first customer paid $49 for 800 dentist emails.
Source: Indie Hackers · Jan 2026. Summarised in our own words; figures as shared by the creator or shown on the platform. Updated .
