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AI Product Mockup Generator

Online AI mockup generator with 30,000+ templates for apparel, print and packaging; started as a free side project.

In plain English

Mockey lets you put your design onto pictures of real products, like t-shirts, mugs or phone cases. It has thousands of ready-made templates and uses AI to make the results look natural. Online sellers use the pictures in their shops and ads. It started as a free side project and now sells paid plans.

Automation90%
Startup costNot disclosed
Time to first $Not disclosed
Monthly range*$12,000 MRR

~$12K MRR (founder-reported, Indie Hackers, Mar 2025)

DifficultyEasy
SourceIndie Hackers - Mockey ↗

Operator: Pranay Agarwal and Mofid Ansari

Operator-Reported

A named, real operator ran this and shared results publicly. The figures are their own.

Not disclosed.

The tool stack

Stripe ↗
2.9% + 30¢ per charge

Payments

 fal.ai ↗
Pay per generation

Image/video model inference

 Next.js ↗
Free (open source)

Web app framework

Prices are the vendors' published list prices as researched in Oct 2026 and change often — always check the vendor's pricing page.

Step-by-step setup

  1. Wrap image models in a simple web app.
  2. Sell credits or coins before generation.
  3. Moderate prompts and outputs.
  4. SEO pages per style or use case.

What's automated vs. the human 10%

The machine does

  • Core AI generation/analysis
  • Billing and onboarding

You still do

  • Product quality and support
  • Distribution and marketing
  • Compliance and edge cases

Overview

Online AI mockup generator with 30,000+ templates for apparel, print and packaging; started as a free side project.

Operator: Pranay Agarwal and Mofid Ansari. Website: https://mockey.ai/

Estimated split: about 90% of the work automated, 10% human.

Realistic income

The founders told Indie Hackers Mockey reached about $12K MRR 11 months after turning it into a paid product (Mar 2025). This figure is operator-reported and not independently verified. This is one operator’s result, often after months or years of work, and doesn’t predict yours. Check the live source — numbers change.

Risks

  • Commodity category; margins depend on model costs.
  • Needs strict content moderation.
  • Startup cost and time to first dollar are not disclosed.

*Income figures are illustrative ranges based on public pricing and typical outcomes reported by practitioners, not guarantees. Most new online businesses earn little or nothing at first. Not financial, legal or tax advice.

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