Ask HN: Who started something in 2013/14 which is already profitable?

Post by handzhiev » Fri, Jul 04, 2014, 4:26 PM UTC

SomeCollegeBro wrote: post #91

handzhiev wrote: post #82

I launched http://namaste-lms.org which is profitable. But is far from the profits I was hoping for so probably will start something new again.

Just FYI, there's a typo on the homepage! "Connect to Exmas"

Post by coderholic » Fri, Jul 04, 2014, 4:45 PM UTC

mtufekyapan wrote: post #104

coderholic wrote: post #49

I launched http://ipinfo.io back in 2013 and when it hit 50M API requests a day early this year I decided to launch the paid plans, and it's been profitable ever since. It's now hosted across 2 providers in 3 different cities, and handles almost 100M requests per day with a p99 of less than 1s and p50 of less than 100ms. Expect more services and features later this year!

Your product is impressive but I think you can do with this product much more valuable things. For example, I want to specialize my landing page depends on visitors location. For example I want to change if user comes from US H1 and H2 message. Can you build something makes this possible?

  $.get("http://ipinfo.io", function (response) {
      if(response.country == "US") display_us_message();
      else if(response.country == "TR") display_turkey_message();
      else display_generic_message();
  }, "jsonp");

Post by 23andwalnut » Fri, Jul 04, 2014, 9:52 PM UTC

anthonylukach wrote: post #114

23andwalnut wrote: post #45

I launched Duet ( http://duetapp.com ) in May 2013 and it's been profitable since day 1. I'm going to start focusing on it more so it can hopefully grow into something I can live off of. *edit: I'm very curious to know, what about this comment is worthy of downvotes.

Beautiful app! I love the UI. Is this a single-person project? How long did you develop before release? Is the front-end just jQuery and Foundation (no larger JS framework)?

Post by 23andwalnut » Fri, Jul 04, 2014, 9:55 PM UTC

m3mnoch wrote: post #69

23andwalnut wrote: post #45

I launched Duet ( http://duetapp.com ) in May 2013 and it's been profitable since day 1. I'm going to start focusing on it more so it can hopefully grow into something I can live off of. *edit: I'm very curious to know, what about this comment is worthy of downvotes.

i would guess it's the difference between "making revenue since day 1" and "profitable since day 1". it's hard to imagine that you recouped all of your time/money/expenses not to mention that going forward, you can work on it full time -- all as of day one.