What We're Building
Goal: Understand what you're about to create.
Today, you're going to build an app and start a business.
Not someday. Today.
By the end of this guide, you will have:
- A real app that lives on the internet
- Real users who can sign up and use the app
- Real payments coming in through Stripe
- Your first customer
All of this in 24 hours. And you don't need to know how to code.
How is that possible?
AI writes the code for you.
Here's how it works: you will open an app on your computer, you type what you want in plain English, and the AI builds it. You say things like "make the background blue" or "add a button that takes people to the payment page" — and it just does it.
You will never need to write code yourself. You won't even need to understand it. You just need to follow this guide, copy the prompts we give you, and paste them into your AI assistant.
That's it. That's the whole trick.
Coding with AI is called Vibe Coding.
What are we building?
You're building a link-in-bio app. Here's what that means.
You know how on Instagram, you can put links in your bio, but it looks very confusing and doesn't have any styling? A link-in-bio app fixes that. It gives someone a single page with all their links in one place — their YouTube, their shop, their booking page, everything.
Linktree is the most famous one. Millions of people use it. Creators, freelancers, small business owners — they all pay $5 to $24 per month for it.
You're going to build your own version. Not for yourself — as a business. People sign up on your app, make their own page, add their links, and you charge them for it.
(Note: While following this guide, you can always change out the details to build a different app. However, to keep things simple and get started quickly, you can also just leave everything as is and build the example project with us.)
What the finished app looks like
Your app has two sides:
What visitors see — a clean, beautiful page with someone's photo, name, bio, links, social media icons, etc. It looks like a professional designer made it.
What your customers see when they log in — a simple dashboard where they add their links, edit their profile, choose how their page looks, etc.
The app works on phones, tablets, and laptops. It lives on a real domain name that you own — like yourbrand.com.
A quick note on words we use:
- You = the person following this guide. You're building the app. You're the owner.
- Customer = someone who signs up on your app and pays you. Think: a creator who wants their own link page.
- Visitor = someone who clicks on your customer's page to see their links. Think: a fan checking out a creator's page.
- Agent = an AI assistant that builds your app, and writes the code for you.
What your day looks like
Here are the steps, in order. You don't need to understand them yet. Just know that by the end, you'll have a running business.
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| Set up your tools | Download a couple of free apps. Create a couple of free accounts. |
| Write your plan | Describe what you want your app to do, in plain English. |
| Build how it looks | Tell the AI what to build. Your app will have to look real, even before it works. |
| Put it on the internet | Your app gets its own website. Anyone in the world can visit it. |
| Make it store data | Connect a database so the app remembers things — like who signed up and what links they added. |
| Add payments | Add payment processing so people can pay you real money. |
| Get your own domain | Give your app a real web address, like yourbrand.com. |
| Go live | Final checks. Your app is ready for real customers. |
After that
Once your app is live, we'll walk you through a simple system to find your first customer and make your first dollar. Everything — from zero to your first sale — in 24 hours.
What you do NOT need
- Coding knowledge. None. Zero. The AI writes all the code.
- Design skills. We give you the exact prompts for a clean design.
- Money. Every tool in this guide is free to start (When an upgrade is recommended, we will let you know and it will be optional).
- AI experience. Never used AI tools before? That's fine. We start from scratch.
All you need is a laptop and a few hours.
Ready?
Let's set up your tools.