Colin McDermott

🧵 Digital products are eating the internet. $135B+ spent last year 70% growth in 2 years Zero shipping, zero inventory — just files that print money while you sleep Here’s what’s happening (and how to join in): 👇

We’re giving you 48 hours to win up to $500k for building a Whop app IRL hackathon in NYC with @QwQiao + @lmrankhan (Alliance), @cultured (Whop), @pasternak (Believe) Guaranteed spot in @alliancedao + up to $500k investment to the winner August 23-25. Apply now.

Working on the marketing team at @WhopIO under @thebrettway & @czoob3 has been the wildest trip of my career. I've done agency-side, inhouse in competitive niches, freelance, worked on some of the biggest publications in the world - yet somehow it feels like I learn more in the…

You don’t need to go viral to make $$ online. You just need the right idea — and the right platform. Over on the @WhopIO blog, we've rounded up 85+ online business ideas that actually work in 2025

Google deciding how much traffic to send websites in 2025

Are Google AI Overviews leading you to the best results on the web? Or is this just a new prime spot for selling you products you will regret buying? Well, it turns out this rabbit hole is a deep one. housefresh.com/beware-of-the-…

New mission: get rich

We need more cracked people to help us grow @ Whop! Join our sales team! - $340k total comp ($130k base) + equity in Whop - $45 daily UE credits - Free Equinox + $9k/yr rent stipend + health care Help us onboard millions of businesses to Whop 🌍 (pic from recent offsite)

We built a $100K/month SaaS app in 60 days using one marketing strategy. Most SaaS stories gloss over the real work. This one doesn’t. Here’s the full step-by-step breakdown so you can copy it: 🧵

The simple @WhopIO app I vibe-coded has been way more successful than I anticipated - currently sat at 25th most used app today. From looking at where it has been installed it is pretty obvious why: there are many 10,000s of communities on Whop outside of the core/most popular…

My first @WhopIO app just got published in the App Store 😎 I not a pro-coder by any means, so I wanted to start off with something simple with no database or anything complex - but that could potentially add value for people selling on Whop.

How to build a Whop App with the Whop developer API and NextJS

You can now sell merch direct from your whop whop.com/apps/app_bLSc1…

How to build a successful business: 1/ Pick a niche you’re uniquely talented in 2/ Move fast AF 3/ Outwork everyone 4/ Launch for free –– call customers daily to learn what they like/dislike 5/ Start charging once you have 1,000 die-hard users

My master's project, the first publicly available & transparent research for academic and industry purposes in the field of SEO/technical marketing on a GLOBAL level is LIVE! Link github.com/martech-engine…

We heard your feedback — the new Whop UI is live 🪂 - Improved layout - App store inside whop - New left-side nav (no bottom bar) Coming soon: - Move apps - Add categories - Roles - User sidebar (admins, online/offline) - Faster load & notifications - Mobile/web parity

Is Google about to destroy the web? bbc.com/future/article… -- spoiler: no, but also yes

Gen Alpha side hustles: How kids are earning big online before they can even drive f-st.co/sHKKv5s

OK, I have an update on the Reddit AI translation situation. Google sent me a statement after I asked if they sanctioned AI translations for Reddit, if AI translations were now ok to publish, etc. Like I covered in my post about the subject, Google's scaled content abuse spam…

1/ Think Gen Z and Gen A are just glued to their phones? They’re not doomscrolling — they’re building businesses. 📱💼 We surveyed 2,002 young Americans (ages 12–28) to find out how they’re really making money online. Here’s what we found 👇