Built a $5 Browser Extension Without Knowing How To Code

📝 From a recent post on Reddit…

I have no coding knowledge but have constantly shipped different products since I was in college. All my ideas usually were not tech focused but focused more on operations, expertise and physical products or services.

Recently… I decided to find a problem to solve and ship something even with my limited expertise.

I listed down all the problems I had and finally decided on one to work on.

Full disclosure, the first 3 failed with hardly any sales.

But with the 4th one, I just got my first sale!

It’s a chrome extension that helps you find and navigate to your desired Chrome tab in one click.

The extension is priced at only $5 for lifetime access, so not a huge success story 😕

But it’s still impressive, especially considering this person – unclear if male or female – doesn’t know how to code.

So how did he/she build the extension? 🤔

I used Gemini Advanced and Replit to make it.

Got all my instructions from Gemini and followed it to the T on Replit.

It was a bit tedious as I had to keep coming back for each change I wanted and uploading the new version to my Chrome to check how it looks.

By the time I was done I had made over 20 versions of my extension.

Gemini = Google’s AI, basically their version of ChatGPT.

Replit = a code editor that works in your browser.

Now for the twist in the story 👇

Redditors were quick to point out that…

Chrome already has this feature built-in. Click the down arrow on the top right corner

So yeah, not much of a future for this project 😢

But that’s besides the point.

Along the way, this person has learned…

• how to leverage AI
• how to build Chrome extensions
• persistence
• what it’s like to make a sale

That’s a lot 💪

And it makes his (or her) future projects way more likely to succeed.

How about trying something like this yourself?

Make a list of all the problems you have and then pick one to work on 🎯

Alternatively, here’s a database of 33,000+ Chrome extensions that…

takes the guesswork out of deciding what to build next. See which popular extensions get bad reviews so you can create improved versions.

Find an idea there and use AI to build a solution 🤖

Or, if you have the budget, you could hire someone to build it for you, like Joe Davies did…

• Started With $500, Then Earned $30K in 60 Days

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