Hi! I've been running a few side-projects ("startups") for some time, even way after they stop receiving any traffic. This is costly and depending on the project it could be a few bucks a month, or a surprise bill after bot traffic, a DDoS attack, etc.
In my case it was StoryScapeAI.app (the domain was supposed to have expired already, but I forgot to disable auto-renewal 🤦). Last traffic was sometime in 2024, and I was still paying for an always-on database instance.
I had to shut it down (I didn't) to save some money, but I also wanted to showcase it on my personal site (portfolio), since it's a "recent" project and the first one with actual users and revenue.
That's why I built Startup Archive: to take one last snapshot before shutting it down and moving on to the next one.
You can easily embed your archived project on your site. It supports different frames, light and dark mode screenshots, and auto-scrolling.
Give it a try! You can archive one startup for free with the above discount code :)
Hi! I've been running a few side-projects ("startups") for some time, even way after they stop receiving any traffic. This is costly and depending on the project it could be a few bucks a month, or a surprise bill after bot traffic, a DDoS attack, etc.
In my case it was StoryScapeAI.app (the domain was supposed to have expired already, but I forgot to disable auto-renewal 🤦). Last traffic was sometime in 2024, and I was still paying for an always-on database instance.
I had to shut it down (I didn't) to save some money, but I also wanted to showcase it on my personal site (portfolio), since it's a "recent" project and the first one with actual users and revenue.
That's why I built Startup Archive: to take one last snapshot before shutting it down and moving on to the next one.
You can easily embed your archived project on your site. It supports different frames, light and dark mode screenshots, and auto-scrolling.
Give it a try! You can archive one startup for free with the above discount code :)