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Damon Chen vs Jacky Chou

Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.

Damon Chen

Ex-Cisco engineer who built Testimonial.to and grew acquired PDF.ai into a top AI PDF tool

@damonchen United States

Jacky Chou

Founder of Indexsy; builds SEO and AI tools like LocalRank.so and Trackings.ai in public

@indexsy Canada

Damon Chen vs Jacky Chou at a glance

Both Damon Chen and Jacky Chou are bootstrapped, build in public and are serial makers. They overlap in SaaS Founders, AI Builders and Marketing & SEO Tools. Damon is based in San Jose, United States, Jacky in Vancouver, Canada. Damon started in 2020 and Jacky in 2015. Damon Chen has 8 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Jacky Chou's 8. Damon has sold 1 product. On revenue, Damon self-reports $1.3M ARR (Testimonial.to + PDF.ai) (as of 2024) and Jacky $2.92M in 2025. On X, Damon has about 99K followers and Jacky about 63K.

Side-by-side comparison

Based in: Damon Chen: San Jose, United States; Jacky Chou: Vancouver, Canada
Started: Damon Chen: 2020 (6 yrs indie); Jacky Chou: 2015 (11 yrs indie)
Revenue (self-reported): Damon Chen: $1.3M ARR (Testimonial.to + PDF.ai)self-reported, as of 2024 · source for Damon Chen's revenue; Jacky Chou: $2.92M in 2025self-reported, as of 2025 · source for Jacky Chou's revenue
Products listed: Damon Chen: 8; Jacky Chou: 8
Product status: Damon Chen: 7 active · 1 acquired; Jacky Chou: 8 active
X followers: Damon Chen: 99K; Jacky Chou: 63K
Categories: Damon Chen: SaaS Founders AI Builders Marketing & SEO Tools; Jacky Chou: Marketing & SEO Tools SaaS Founders Acquirers & Indie Investors AI Builders
Style: Damon Chen: bootstrappedbuilds in publicexitedserial maker; Jacky Chou: bootstrappedbuilds in publicserial maker
Courses & resources: Damon Chen: 1; Jacky Chou: 4

Revenue figures are self-reported by each maker and not audited; dates and scope differ. Highlighted categories are shared by both.

Tech stack

No tools in common in their publicly listed stacks. See the indie maker tech stack.

Damon Chen

No stack shared publicly.

Jacky Chou

No stack shared publicly.

How they build

Damon Chen

Start small and cheap, validate with early lifetime deals, then reinvest.
Buying a promising product can beat building from scratch.
Premium, memorable domains are a real growth lever.
Listen to support tickets; they reveal what to build next.

Jacky Chou

Share revenue and experiments openly; building in public is its own marketing channel.
Run the playbook on your own sites first, then sell it to people who do not want to learn it.
Buy and improve existing online assets instead of always starting from zero.
Turn repeatable agency work into software.

Learn from Damon and Jacky

Damon Chen

[podcast] Behind the Craft: From Engineer to Indie Hacker Making $1.3M ARR

Jacky Chou

[newsletter] Marketing Letter
[community] Advise.so
[course] Local Rank Academy
[podcast] NGMI Podcast

Damon Chen vs Jacky Chou FAQ

Who makes more money, Damon Chen or Jacky Chou?

Damon Chen self-reports $1.3M ARR (Testimonial.to + PDF.ai) (as of 2024) and Jacky Chou self-reports $2.92M in 2025. By these self-reported figures, Jacky Chou's reported monthly revenue is higher. Figures are unaudited and may cover different periods or businesses, so treat them as rough indicators.

Who has built more products, Damon Chen or Jacky Chou?

Damon Chen has 8 products listed (including Testimonial.to, PDF.ai and Chat.sh); Jacky Chou has 8 products listed (including Indexsy, LocalRank.so and Advise.so).