Shipper.now
shipper.now
AI that builds complete apps from chat messages, no code or design needed.
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Ch Daniel vs Josh Pigford
Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.
Serial dabbler who built and sold Baremetrics for $4M, now shipping AI products
@Shpigford
Ch Daniel vs Josh Pigford at a glance
Both Ch Daniel and Josh Pigford have sold at least one product and are serial makers. They overlap in AI Builders, SaaS Founders and Community Builders. Ch Daniel has 4 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Josh Pigford's 8. Ch has sold 2 products and Josh 1. On X, Ch has about 28K followers and Josh about 76K.
Side-by-side comparison
- Based in
- Ch Daniel: —
- Josh Pigford: —
- Started
- Ch Daniel: —
- Josh Pigford: 2013 (13 yrs indie)
- Revenue (self-reported)
- Ch Daniel: Not public
- Josh Pigford: Not public
- Products listed
- Ch Daniel: 4
- Josh Pigford: 8
- Product status
- Ch Daniel: 2 active · 2 acquired
- Josh Pigford: 6 active · 1 acquired · 1 shut down
- X followers
- Ch Daniel: 28K
- Josh Pigford: 76K
- Categories
- Ch Daniel: AI BuildersNo-Code MakersSaaS FoundersCommunity Builders
- Josh Pigford: SaaS FoundersAnalytics & DataAI BuildersCommunity Builders
- Style
- Ch Daniel: duoexitedserial maker
- Josh Pigford: builds in publicexitedserial maker
- Courses & resources
- Ch Daniel: —
- Josh Pigford: 3
Revenue figures are self-reported by each maker and not audited; dates and scope differ. Highlighted categories are shared by both.
Top products
Electronic signature tool for signing PDFs, sold by the CH brothers.
Tool for turning Notion pages into websites, sold by the CH brothers.
r/SaaS
reddit.com
Reddit community for SaaS founders that he grew to about 700K members.
Subscription analytics and revenue metrics for Stripe and other billing platforms, famous for its open startup dashboard.
Sold for $4M
Personal finance and net-worth app that was open-sourced as a self-hostable project after the original company wound down.
Knockoff
knockoff.co
Brand protection software for Shopify stores that finds copycat listings, builds evidence and files takedowns.
G
Granite
granite.co
AI document vault that reads, files and lets you search your important paperwork in plain English.
Tech stack
No tools in common in their publicly listed stacks. See the indie maker tech stack.
No stack shared publicly.
Ruby on Rails
How they build
- Build a portfolio of products under a holding company.
- Communities are a long-term distribution asset.
- Be open about your numbers — transparency builds trust and an audience.
- The early, anything-goes phase of building is where the creative energy lives.
- Ship a first version fast; Baremetrics' MVP took about a week.
- If a product doesn't work as a company, open-sourcing it can give it a second life.
Learn from Ch and Josh
No courses, books or communities listed.
- [community] Initial Commit · $199
- [podcast] A $4M Exit with Josh Pigford (Startups for the Rest of Us)
- [podcast] The Open-Source Transformation of Maybe (The Bootstrapped Founder)
Ch Daniel vs Josh Pigford FAQ
Who makes more money, Ch Daniel or Josh Pigford?
Neither Ch Daniel nor Josh Pigford has publicly reported a revenue figure that IndieMakerList tracks, so it's not public.
Who has built more products, Ch Daniel or Josh Pigford?
Ch Daniel has 4 products listed (including Shipper.now, SignHouse and Simple.ink); Josh Pigford has 8 products listed (including Baremetrics, Maybe and Knockoff).
What tech stack do Ch Daniel and Josh Pigford use?
Ch Daniel hasn't shared a stack. Josh Pigford uses Ruby on Rails. They don't list any tools in common.
Who has been an indie maker longer, Ch Daniel or Josh Pigford?
Ch Daniel's start year isn't listed; Josh Pigford started in 2013 (13 years indie).
Are Ch Daniel and Josh Pigford bootstrapped?
Neither is tagged as bootstrapped on IndieMakerList; see their profiles for how each funds their work.
Full profiles
Read the full story, timeline and links on Ch Daniel's profile and Josh Pigford's profile.
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