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Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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Post by bharani_m »

Xcelerate wrote: post #115
bharani_m wrote: post #12

I started Resumonk.com last month and it has already started generating some revenue.

Great work! I have one suggestion though. Let users immediately start filling in information and THEN let them create an account. I wanted to try it out, but then realized I needed to put my email in and select a password. Not a bad thing, but you'll get a lower bounce rate if you save the account creation for later. (Also, this sort of thing would work great with Facebook connect -- you could pull name, education, w…

Thanks. I'll try to remove the upfront signup process. I will also try to integrate Twitter/FB connect.

There is a LinkedIn import, but it is one of the PRO features. More about that here - http://www.resumonk.com/pro

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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Post by ra »

spiredigital wrote: post #152

Great thread! I love seeing actual projects people are working on. I wrote a 55-page eBook on starting a profitable drop shipping business which has been downloaded over 500 times in less than a month ( http://www.ecommercefuel.com/profitable-ecommerce-ebook/ ). I started writing in late April and released it May 15th. Since I'm giving the eBook away and my monetization goals are mostly long term, revenues have been…

I just read your ebook; you write very well and it's definitely an interesting topic.

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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Post by there »

ajtaylor wrote: post #158
there wrote: post #13

I created a push notification service called Pushover ( https://pushover.net/ ) and wrote its iOS and Android apps. I started the project in January and launched it in March ( https://jcs.org/pushover ). In contrast to some competing free apps/services, the Pushover mobile apps are $3.99 which pays for the monthly hosting costs to keep the service running. Both apps are highly rated on both app stores and so far the…

This is excellent timing for $work. We'll be needing push notifications for a mobile app we're building over the next couple months. How do we integrate Pushover in our app? Is there an SDK we include in the app, or would users have to purchase and install the Pushover app? Our app will be free, so we'd like to avoid pushing costs on to our users. But we would have no problem paying a monthly fee to you, in addition…

Users would have to purchase the Pushover app. It sounds like you want https://parse.com/ which would be an SDK you can integrate into your app to get push notifications.

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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Post by xenonysf »

danneu wrote: post #103
einaregilsson wrote: post #84

I created a few javascript card games, most of them in late 2011, but they really started earning this year. So far have made Spades, Hearts, Go Fish, Crazy Eights, Shithead and a couple of solitaires. Revenue has been steadily rising, and is a nice little side income now. http://www.spades-cardgame.com is one, the rest are linked from there.

I didn't see any ads after I paused Adblock or any other call to action.

Are you using adblock like I do, I also looked around for ads for a while...

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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Post by timhaines »

mittermayr wrote: post #159
c0balt279 wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did you do anything special to market it? (The site looks great, by the way)

Not really, the past few days, I've tried a few things. Wanted to see whether any ads (Google or Facebook) would allow me to calculate a solid sign-up / purchase ratio. But neither helped promoting the site at a sustainable/affordable rate, I stopped both since more people arrived at the site through pure searching on Google, friends of friends or reading about it on Twitter or a blog. Also, I used Bootstrap as the f…

I thought you'd done a good job on Fruiji - I like the YAS factor.

Are you TwentyPeople? It give the impression you have a bunch of staff, but in fact it's just one person?

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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Post by scottmotte »

cpeterso wrote: post #151
scottmotte wrote: post #110

I started http://boxysign.com 2 months ago. It is a way to share and sign documents with just a link! It's been profitable from the start - ableit still on a very small scale.

This is a very interesting, focused service. I like how you quietly create a phantom account so users don't need to login to start working. btw, I think I broke your site when trying to upload two test PDFs. The first worked correctly, but second never finished processing and now every page says "Application Error". The Done button on BoxySign's Account Settings dialog does not seem to work (but the X button does). A…

Thanks for the feedback. It's encouraging.

Yes, that is a bug I need to fix. Thanks for catching it.

Indeed, and that is by design right now. I chose to focus on the clearest solution to the end user to start, but do have plans for longer/harder-to-guess urls. I'm considering moving that list further up my todos though. (working on .doc support right now)

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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Post by scottmotte »

gokuknows wrote: post #153
scottmotte wrote: post #110

I started http://boxysign.com 2 months ago. It is a way to share and sign documents with just a link! It's been profitable from the start - ableit still on a very small scale.

Dude your service is awesome! I signed and loved it. I also think the UI is kick ass!

Thank you!

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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Post by sejje »

einaregilsson wrote: post #84

I created a few javascript card games, most of them in late 2011, but they really started earning this year. So far have made Spades, Hearts, Go Fish, Crazy Eights, Shithead and a couple of solitaires. Revenue has been steadily rising, and is a nice little side income now. http://www.spades-cardgame.com is one, the rest are linked from there.

As am aside, I think your freecell rules are wrong. As I recall, you should only be able to move a stack (pile?) of cards if there's enough free space to place them all. Another way to stay it is that you can only actually move one card at a time, but the game will assist you if there's enough free cells.

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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Post by why-el »

markessien wrote: post #8

I started hotels.com.ng feb this year I think and it's already mildly profitable.

Excellent work. I was wondering, do you process payments on behalf of the hotels or do you simply delegate to the hotel? I have seen you have a book room link there and I don't see a payment option. If you don't process, how do hotels confirm that people are actually booking?
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