I Built an AI Video Generator with Next.js and Got My First Paid User in 3 Months

Short summary

A frontend developer in Shenzhen built Froging AI, an AI video generator using Next.js, Supabase, and multiple video generation APIs (Replicate, Minimax, 海螺AI). After three months of organic SEO and content marketing, the product earned its first $4.99 paid user. Key lessons: ship payments early, focus on a narrow feature set, and prioritize long-tail SEO over paid ads.

• •Built AI video generator with Next.js + multiple API providers, got first paid user in 3 months
• •Routing requests across providers based on cost and quality automatically
• •Key lesson: integrate payments early and narrow scope to ship faster

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