For solo founders
A founder page for when you are the whole team
No team page, no about-us, no cofounder to vouch for you. One page that shows who builds the product, what you shipped before and whether it works.
The trust problem solo founders have
When a company has a team page, a buyer can see who is behind it. When the company is you, that question lands on a landing page that usually says nothing about the person. Would-be customers wonder whether the product will be around next year. Partners and acquirers wonder whether you finish things. Investors, if you talk to any, want to know what you did before.
A founder page answers all three in one link. It is the page you put in your X and LinkedIn bio, in your email signature, under your name on Product Hunt and in your product's footer as "made by".
Show your track record, honestly
Every product goes on the page as a project with a name, logo, short description and a status: Active, Early access, Building, Coming soon, Acquired, On hold or Discontinued. Mark your main product as the featured one so it sits on top.
Keep the past on the page. A founder with three shipped products, one sold and two shut down has a stronger story than a founder with one landing page. The statuses tell that story without you having to write it, and each project gets its own project page for the longer version.
Proof that it works: verified revenue
"Is anyone paying for this?" is the question nobody asks out loud. If you want to answer it, connect Stripe with a read-only restricted key, or Paddle, Lemon Squeezy, Gumroad, RevenueCat or Shopify, and the project shows MRR or the last 30 days of sales with a check mark, read from the source. It refreshes on its own.
Revenue is optional on every project, and you can hide the number while keeping everything else. Read how to verify startup revenue for why a number from the source beats a screenshot, and verified revenue for what each provider shows.
One way to reach the one person
Solo founders get the same messages a company does: support questions, partnership offers, press, acquisition interest. Put the channels you actually answer on the page: your social profiles, an email signup for people who want updates (100 subscribers on the free plan, unlimited on Pro), and on Pro a contact form that delivers to your inbox without showing your address.
Stats show which project gets the clicks and where visitors come from, without cookies, so you can see whether that Hacker News comment or podcast mention sent anyone. More on analytics.
Cheap enough to never think about
The free plan covers 5 projects, three templates and seven days of stats, with a small "Built w/ makerhandle" badge. Pro is $20 a year: unlimited projects, every template and theme, a year of stats, the contact form, no badge and your own domain, so the page can live at yourname.com. See pricing.
Running several small products at once? Micro SaaS founders covers that setup, and indie hackers the community most solo founders come from. Selling services rather than products? See solopreneurs.
Questions
How is this different from my product's landing page?
A landing page sells one product. A founder page shows the person: everything you have built, what state each one is in, and how to reach you. Link each one to the other.
Do I have to show revenue?
No. Revenue is optional on every project. You can show it verified, type in your own figure, or show nothing.
Can I show products I sold or shut down?
Yes. Mark them Acquired or Discontinued. A visible track record usually helps more than it hurts.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes, on Pro at $20 a year, with SSL issued for you. A subdomain such as me.yourname.com or the root domain both work.
I already have a page elsewhere. Do I start over?
No. Paste the link on the import page and your links, projects, bio and socials come over in one step.
Claim your founder page
Free for up to 5 projects. Pro is $20/year.