What is Build or Skip
Build or Skip is a product opportunity research platform for independent developers, startup teams, and website owners. It aggregates public payment signals, tipping data, site intelligence, and backlink resources from over 130,000 money-making websites to help users identify products that are already generating revenue. The platform ranks estimated orders month by month, allowing users to see which products are growing, lasting, and worth further investigation before committing to a build.
How to use Build or Skip
- Explore Opportunities: Start by visiting the "Explore opportunities" section to view the latest new-site rankings and payment signals.
- Use Revenue Rankings: Navigate to the revenue rankings to filter products by area, payment channel, domain rating, registration date, and payment signals. Compare six-month momentum to spot trends.
- Check Tip Rankings: Access the tip revenue ranking to see publicly visible Buy Me a Coffee tip amounts, active months, and amount trends.
- Leverage Backlink Libraries: Browse the comment backlink library and AI tool backlink library to find relevant content pages and submission opportunities for promoting your product.
- Utilize API and MCP: For developers, use the API to query domain rating, registration, traffic, and site data, or integrate with AI clients via MCP for dataset discovery and product research.
- Make a Decision: Use the gathered signals to decide whether to Build, Watch, or Skip a product idea.
Features of Build or Skip
- New Site Revenue Ranking: Identifies newly registered domains showing payment signals, with site profiles and categories.
- Product Revenue Ranking: Filters by product area, payment channel, DR, registration date, and payment signals, with six-month momentum comparison.
- Tip Revenue Ranking: Compares public Buy Me a Coffee tip amounts, active months, and six-month trends.
- Comment Backlink Library: Provides a collection of comment articles with domain and review dates, linking to original pages.
- AI Tool Backlink Library: Lists AI product directories and resource sites with submission URLs, fees, and reciprocal-link requirements.
- API Access: Offers unlimited queries for DR, registration, traffic, and site data.
- MCP Access: Supports AI clients for dataset catalog, product discovery, site snapshots, and usage.
- Data Freshness: Revenue rankings follow calendar-month reporting; backlink resources update daily.
Use Cases of Build or Skip
- Product Validation: Before building a new product, use the platform to see if similar products are already generating revenue and how they are performing over time.
- Competitive Research: Analyze competitors' payment signals, growth trends, and site characteristics to understand market dynamics.
- Backlink Building: Use the comment and AI tool backlink libraries to find high-DR resources for promoting your own product.
- Trend Spotting: Monitor monthly rankings to identify emerging product categories or niches with increasing commercial activity.
- API Integration: Developers can integrate the API into their own tools or workflows to access site data programmatically.
Pricing
Build or Skip offers two Pro plans:
- Pro Monthly: $19 per month, billed monthly.
- Pro Yearly: $15.83 per month, billed annually at $190 (equivalent to 2 months free).
Both plans include access to all revenue rankings, tip revenue ranking, complete backlink libraries, all filtering and sorting dimensions, unlimited API queries, MCP access, and VIP member community. A price increase is planned after the next feature release, so current pricing is locked in for subscribers.
FAQ
Who is Build or Skip for?
Build or Skip is for independent developers, startup teams, and website owners who want to discover products with commercial signals before building.
What can Buy Me a Coffee sites teach me about product opportunities?
When people voluntarily tip for a free product, it indicates strong demand and recognized value, helping you identify product directions worth researching.
How do I use comment backlinks and AI tool backlinks?
Comment backlinks help find relevant content pages, while AI tool backlinks help find product listing and submission opportunities. Choose resources that fit your site and follow each website's rules.
Can I request a correction or removal if my website is listed?
Yes, if you own the website or are authorized to represent it, email support@buildorskip.dev to request corrections or removal after verification.
