Build or Skip

What It Does

Build or Skip is a commercial intelligence platform that helps independent developers, startup teams, and entrepreneurs identify product opportunities by tracking real payment signals and monetization indicators across the web. Instead of guessing what to build, users can discover products that are already generating revenue, analyze their growth momentum, and make informed decisions about which opportunities to pursue.

Key Features & Capabilities

• Revenue Rankings: Track newly registered domains showing payment signals, compare six-month momentum trends, and filter by product area, payment channel, domain rating, and registration date
• Tip Revenue Analysis: Monitor publicly visible Buy Me a Coffee contributions to identify products people value enough to support voluntarily
• Backlink Resources: Access curated libraries of comment backlinks (50k+ money-making sites) and AI tool directories (200+ submission opportunities) with detailed submission requirements
• Site Intelligence: Query domain registration dates, DR scores, monthly traffic estimates, and structured homepage data through API or MCP
• Multi-dimensional Filtering: Sort and filter across payment signals, growth trends, product categories, site metrics, and momentum indicators

Who It's For

Built for independent developers and startup teams who want to validate demand before investing months in development. Rather than proving market demand from scratch, users start their research where commercial activity already exists.

How It Works

The platform aggregates public payment signals, tipping data, domain intelligence, and backlink resources into a unified research workflow. Users discover candidates through revenue rankings, evaluate their persistence and growth over six months, examine site characteristics and competitive positioning, then decide whether to Build (pursue the opportunity), Watch (monitor for more evidence), or Skip (move on). The platform emphasizes that payment signals are research indicators, not verified revenue figures.

Integration & Access

Developers can access data through a REST API for programmatic queries or via Model Context Protocol (MCP) for AI client integration. The platform updates comment and AI tool backlink resources daily, with revenue rankings following calendar-month reporting cycles.