He’s making $250,000 per month across 10+ businesses.
Jackie Chow describes his portfolio of small internet businesses generating approximately $250,000 per month in combined revenue. He highlights several key businesses including Indexy, Local Rank, Advise, and Trackings.ai, along with 7-8 additional smaller revenue streams.
Summary
In this brief transcript, Jackie Chow introduces himself as the operator of a portfolio of small internet businesses collectively generating around $250,000 per month in revenue. He walks through several of his primary businesses with specific revenue figures.
His largest business, Indexy, brings in approximately $85,000 per month. He also mentions a business (name inaudible/music overlay) that generated $500,000 in the last 12 months. Local Rank, which he notes only launched in March, is already generating around $50,000 per month ($454,000 over 12 months annualized). Another business called Advise has generated $300,000 in the last 12 months. Trackings.ai contributes between $25,000 and $30,000 per month.
Beyond these named businesses, Chow notes he has approximately 7 to 8 additional smaller revenue sources ranging from $170 to $5,000 per month, rounding out his diversified internet business portfolio.
Key Insights
- Jackie Chow claims his business Indexy is his largest single revenue source, generating $85,000 per month as part of his broader portfolio.
- Chow states that Local Rank, despite only launching in March, has already scaled to approximately $50,000 per month ($454,000 over 12 months).
- Chow reports that Advise generated $300,000 in the last 12 months, making it one of his mid-tier revenue contributors.
- Trackings.ai contributes a relatively consistent $25,000–$30,000 per month, suggesting stable but smaller-scale recurring revenue.
- Chow reveals he has 7 to 8 additional smaller revenue sources ranging from as low as $170 to $5,000 per month, highlighting a long-tail diversification strategy.
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Transcript
[0:00] My name is Jackie Chow. I run a portfolio of small internet businesses doing around 250K per month. Indexy coming in at $85,000 per month and [music] in the last 12 months 500K. Local rank since we only started last March does 454K. [music] So roughly 50K per month and we have advise last 12 months 300K. We have trackings.ai that does anywhere from 25 [music] to 30K per month. And yeah, I have pretty much 7 to eight other small [0:31] revenue sources that ranges anywhere from 170 to 5k per
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