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picjumbo: stock photos and backgrounds, $10K a month, self-reported in 2024

picjumbo is a visual-asset business for websites, templates, blog posts, and designs. Its $10K a month was founder-reported on the Indie Hackers product page (not independently verified), as of March 2024.

What it actually sells

picjumbo sells free and premium stock photos, images, backgrounds, wallpapers, and photo collections for websites, templates, blog posts, or designs. Its site offers downloadable free images, backgrounds, wallpapers, and photos.

It also offers high-resolution image downloads, backgrounds for placing text or logos, and people photos without watermarks. Premium members receive access to stock image collections.

How it charges

Promotional codes offer Lifetime PREMIUM for $99 and All in One Pack for $9.

Where customers come from

The site offers a sponsored advertising placement: "This sponsored place is available: Advertise."

What stands out

The site provides over 500+ free nature images and more than 1000+ free people photos and images. It also offers access to 200+ stock image collections through Premium.

From the official site

for your websites, templates, blog posts or designs
Download and enjoy high-resolution free images, backgrounds, wallpapers and free photos.
This sponsored place is available: Advertise

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

picjumbo's $10K a month is higher than 66% of the 6,604 projects with founder-reported monthly revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $2K. Snapshot: 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.

Currency

All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.

Could you build something like this?

In my view, this business addresses demand from website, template, blog, and design creators who need visual assets. The buyer is looking for downloadable images, backgrounds, wallpapers, or collections, and distribution would need to come through search, communities, creators, or direct outreach.

The difficult parts are producing and organizing a large asset library, maintaining downloads, handling licensing and attribution, and supporting customers. Competition would come from other stock-photo and image libraries, while premium access and promotional pricing add another layer to manage.

Verdict: Needs real work.

One thing to take from it

One useful point is the combination of free visual assets, premium collections, and multiple purchase options. The free offering gives users downloadable images and backgrounds, while Premium expands access to stock image collections.

Sources

  1. picjumbo official website, fetched October 1, 2026
  2. Indie Hackers product page: revenue founder-reported on the Indie Hackers product page (not independently verified), as of March 2024

Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure

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