Bootstrapped, Built, Sold: Luka’s Micro-SaaS Exit

Bootstrapped, Built, Sold: Luka’s Micro-SaaS Exit

Author: Acquire.com April 22, 2025 Duration: 16:05

If Luka Pecavar could give three pieces of advice to founders building and selling micro-SaaS products, he’d say:

  • Build simple tools that solve a specific problem

  • Listen to user feedback early and often

  • Even small apps can attract serious buyers


Luka built a simple but powerful image comparison app called Before and After for the Wix App Market. What started as a weekend side project quickly evolved into a revenue-generating micro-SaaS with thousands of installs. No venture capital, no large team, just clean code and real user traction.


When the time came to sell, Luka listed the app on Acquire.com and closed a seamless deal with a buyer who valued the app’s clean architecture and consistent performance.


Now he’s using the experience as a springboard into new projects and sharing exactly how he did it.


In this episode of the Acquire Podcast with Andrew Gazdecki, Luka Pecavar breaks down:

  • How he launched a profitable micro-SaaS inside the Wix ecosystem

  • Why app marketplaces like Wix and Shopify are untapped opportunities for indie hackers

  • What to expect during a micro-acquisition, from listing to negotiation

  • Key lessons from bootstrapping, scaling, and exiting a niche SaaS product


If you’re building, scaling, or thinking about selling a micro-SaaS, this episode is a must-listen.


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Behind every successful startup acquisition, there's a story-a complex mix of strategy, emotion, and paperwork that rarely gets discussed openly. Startup Acquisition Stories, from the team at Acquire.com, pulls back the curtain on those real-world transactions. Each episode features founders and entrepreneurs who have personally navigated the process of selling or buying a business through their platform. You'll hear them recount the nuanced decisions that don't make it into press releases: the challenging conversations around valuation, the subtle art of vetting the opposite party, and the critical, often overlooked, steps after the handshake. This podcast digs into the practicalities of due diligence, structuring terms, and managing the transfer of assets, all the way through to escrow and the crucial post-deal transition. It’s a grounded, detail-oriented look at the mechanics of a business exit or expansion, straight from the people who’ve lived it. For anyone curious about the actual path to a deal, beyond the theory, this series offers a rare archive of lived experience and hard-won advice.
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