I launched my first app in March 2013 and it's basically paying off my school tuition.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spinme-alarm-clock-guarantee...
Ask HN: Who started something in 2013/14 which is already profitable?
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Re: Ask HN: Who started something in 2013/14 which is already profitable?
#12Our mobile games startup started in Dec 2013 is profitable. Our monthly revenues are 3-4X our monthly expenses (which includes market salary for Co-Founders.) In fact in the last 2-3 months, we have been able to save up almost 18 months worth of runway for our team of 8. Bear in mind that the team is based in India, so our salary and other expenses cannot be compared to Silicon Valley, but in India we pay market rate…
pretty awesome accomplishment. are your users in india as well? how are you monetizing?
Re: Ask HN: Who started something in 2013/14 which is already profitable?
#13I started a recruiting company in the real estate niche.
We're profitable technically, but I would only say "gross profitable" not "net profitable".
(Couldn't afford to pay minimum wage for someone to do this)
On the up side, its a B2B so there are opportunities to cross sell a better product if we come up with one
Re: Ask HN: Who started something in 2013/14 which is already profitable?
#14I made FiveStar [0], which was covered on TechCrunch [1] and it made ~$600 last month. Doesn't cost any money to run, so it just sits there. Not a fabulous success story, and traffic is decreasing, but $10 a day as passive income isn't awful. [0] http://fivestar.io [1] http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/03/fivestar-finds-the-best-pro...
cool site! well done =)
i did a search for sennheiser and got an excellent breakdown of headphones. also i don't mind that a price range can have two different options if they're far enough apart. that's a nice touch.
Re: Ask HN: Who started something in 2013/14 which is already profitable?
#15I made FiveStar [0], which was covered on TechCrunch [1] and it made ~$600 last month. Doesn't cost any money to run, so it just sits there. Not a fabulous success story, and traffic is decreasing, but $10 a day as passive income isn't awful. [0] http://fivestar.io [1] http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/03/fivestar-finds-the-best-pro...
So how do you make money off your site?
I'd guess through Amazon affiliate links, which will pay out for every purchase that originated on the site. Very nice idea, and brilliant use of an affiliate scheme.
Re: Ask HN: Who started something in 2013/14 which is already profitable?
#16I launched Invoiced [1] as a private beta in June of 2013 while in college. In November I took it out of private beta and have since been fortunate enough to be able to focus on it full time.
Invoiced provides simple invoicing for the small business/freelance crowd. It is bootstrapped, profitable, and currently producing 4-figures of MRR. I learn something new every day and get to work with awesome people (customers).
Re: Ask HN: Who started something in 2013/14 which is already profitable?
#17I made FiveStar [0], which was covered on TechCrunch [1] and it made ~$600 last month. Doesn't cost any money to run, so it just sits there. Not a fabulous success story, and traffic is decreasing, but $10 a day as passive income isn't awful. [0] http://fivestar.io [1] http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/03/fivestar-finds-the-best-pro...
So how do you make money off your site?
Should be affiliate links.
Re: Ask HN: Who started something in 2013/14 which is already profitable?
#18I made FiveStar [0], which was covered on TechCrunch [1] and it made ~$600 last month. Doesn't cost any money to run, so it just sits there. Not a fabulous success story, and traffic is decreasing, but $10 a day as passive income isn't awful. [0] http://fivestar.io [1] http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/03/fivestar-finds-the-best-pro...
FiveStar is incredible, nice work. I just bought some stuff with it and had a quick but enjoyable experience.
Re: Ask HN: Who started something in 2013/14 which is already profitable?
#19I made FiveStar [0], which was covered on TechCrunch [1] and it made ~$600 last month. Doesn't cost any money to run, so it just sits there. Not a fabulous success story, and traffic is decreasing, but $10 a day as passive income isn't awful. [0] http://fivestar.io [1] http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/03/fivestar-finds-the-best-pro...
I used this to buy a cheap rice cooker recently. I'm glad it's making you some cash.
Re: Ask HN: Who started something in 2013/14 which is already profitable?
#20well we have started little early but we speed things up at 2013-2014 and cleared the mile store of 1MN$ revenue we are now largest self created open source plugin marketplace https://store.webkul.com/ .