Rebuild Index / MarkupHero
Build your own MarkupHero
LISTING PULLEDProductivity / Annotation
MarkupHero Screenshot and annotation tool, 190K users. Flippa listing no longer resolves. It was listed for sale on Flippa at an undisclosed price. The deal is sold out and cannot be bought at any price. Below: what it cost, what it did, and the prompt to build the same thing yourself.
Deal status verified 2 August 2026 against the live listing.The deal record
| Product | MarkupHero |
|---|---|
| What it is | Screenshot and annotation tool, 190K users. Flippa listing no longer resolves. |
| Category | Productivity / Annotation |
| Sold on | Flippa see the original listing |
| Deal price | Undisclosed one time |
| Their Users | ~190,000 |
| Product site | markuphero.com |
| Current status | LISTING PULLED |
| Estimated build | Flippa |
| Last verified | 2 August 2026 |
What it takes to build your own
The question this page answers is what it costs to own the same core functionality yourself, with the source code in your hands afterwards.
The starter prompt
Build a Chrome extension that captures a screenshot of the page or a region, opens it in an annotation editor with arrows, boxes, blur and text, and gives me a shareable link plus a download.How to build it yourself
- Describe the extension. Paste the starter prompt on this page into PlugThis. It generates a working Manifest V3 Chrome extension from that description.
- Connect your own keys. If the extension needs a model or a database, connect your own OpenAI, Gemini or Supabase credentials so usage is metered to you rather than to a vendor's monthly cap.
- Iterate in plain English. Ask for changes the way you would describe them to a person. Builds that error do not count against your allowance.
- Install and own it. Download the folder, load it unpacked in Chrome, or publish it to the Chrome Web Store under your own developer account. The source is yours.
Licensing it versus building it
| MarkupHero lifetime deal | Your own build | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Undisclosed one time | Build time, plus your own model usage |
| Availability | Sold out | Available now |
| Source code | Not included | Yours, downloadable |
| If the vendor stops | Licence ends with the product | Keeps working, you hold the code |
| Custom changes | Feature request, then wait | Describe the change, rebuild |
| Polish on day one | Mature product | Rougher until you iterate |
Frequently asked questions
Is MarkupHero still available?
No. The MarkupHero lifetime deal on Flippa is sold out and cannot be bought at any price, verified 2 August 2026. The product itself may still operate on its own pricing.
How much did MarkupHero cost?
MarkupHero was listed at Undisclosed as a one-time lifetime purchase on Flippa.
What does MarkupHero do?
Screenshot and annotation tool, 190K users. Flippa listing no longer resolves.
What is a good MarkupHero alternative?
You can build an equivalent Chrome extension and own the source code instead of licensing it. PlugThis generates a working Manifest V3 extension from a plain English description. The starter prompt on this page is the exact text to begin with. Our estimate for this one is Flippa.
Has PlugThis rebuilt MarkupHero?
Not yet. This page is a record of the deal and a specification for building an equivalent. When we rebuild it on camera, the recording and our measured build time will be added here.
What happens to a lifetime deal after it sells out?
Existing buyers keep their licence, but nobody new can buy at any price, and buyers hold no source code and no leverage over the roadmap. If the vendor changes direction the licence ends with it. Building an equivalent avoids that dependency because the code sits in your own repository.
Sources and verification
Where these numbers come from
- Deal price, tiers and availability: Flippa listing for MarkupHero, read 2 August 2026
- Product description: markuphero.com
- Category and build estimate: The PlugThis Rebuild Index, our tracked dataset of Chrome extension lifetime deals
- Build specification: first-hand, from building Chrome extensions of this shape with PlugThis. We have not rebuilt MarkupHero itself.
Written by Udaya Prakash, founder of PlugThis. Updated 2 August 2026. We are not affiliated with MarkupHero and this page is not sponsored.
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