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Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by LordHeini »

255kb wrote: post #12

I maintain https://mockoon.com , an API mocking tool for developers. I created it in 2017 and initially worked on it during my free time. I started focusing on it full-time three years ago and introduced cloud options to make the project sustainable alongside donations. Revenue is growing slowly but steadily, and I’m proud to 1) start making a living from it, and 2) ensure the project’s open-source future.

That tool is nice. It saved my ass during covid where i had a customer with an API which could not be reached from home.

My intern somehow managed to get it running inside docker for our dev systems.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by mettamage »

firefax wrote: post #120

I play Texas Holdem. It's not enough $$$ to be a full time role, especially considering the costs of purchasing health insurance w/o a traditional W2 employer, but it's perfectly possible to buy in for the the table max (500) and leave with between between three hundred and a thousand dollars in profit in ~8 hours of play. (Real life, not online. "Caro's Book of Poker Tells"[1] will aid you more than fancy math, thou…

How is it not enough $$$ for a full-time role if you make 1300/2 = 650 per 8 hour session? Is it because of CA?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by binarymax »

giarc wrote: post #157
binarymax wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you considered selling at a bulk discount to local merchants? They have the physical presence and would remove the hassle/danger of people coming to your house. Keep your digital presence and just point people to the local shops or accept orders for the shops and send them there.

I've done this a few times, both local shops and one further away (driveable, but I shipped to them instead). They take quite large margins (50-60% or monthly shelf fees) and for it to be profitable for both of us, they would have to price the pieces quite high. I need to find a product that has higher value that's not already done. As for people coming to my house, I've completed nearly 1000 orders (most have done l…

Makes sense, thanks for sharing. My folks were artists and it brings me joy to see you making some money from your art.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by jaflo »

I have been working on Audjust (https://www.audjust.com/) on and off in my spare time. It's a service to manipulate (shorten/lengthen/loop) audio for video editors and music producers.

I had a Show HN a while back that was well-received and kicked things off (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36480687). Since launching I have changed the name and added paid accounts which have brought in enough money to cover costs and make some profit!

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by phildenhoff »

outime wrote: post #128
duck wrote: post #114

Still running https://hackernewsletter.com/ after 15 years and 60k+ subscribers. It has been hard to put a lot of focus on it the past couple years, but been finally getting some time to spend on some improvements there. Income here has always been simple sponsors which I'm very grateful for.

Congrats! Time to update the © years? It may look abandoned to the newbies.

Also, maybe update the "recent issue" to be more recent than 2021! Just subscribed though; I'm looking forward to receiving it wherever I read my emails.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by jordanmorgan10 »

I develop a basketball coaching app called Elite Hoops, it makes $3.5k/month and thankfully growing:

--> https://elitehoopsapp.com

I wrote a book series over iOS development, self-published, made over $120k:

--> https://bestinclassiosapp.com

I do one sponsored ad a year, which translates to over $500/month (i.e. your criteria):

--> https://www.swiftjectivec.com

And launching another app soon to follow D2/D3 collegiate scores, hoping to get that up and over $500 MRR quickly:

--> https://x.com/JordanMorgan10/status/1864796895396110737

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by bengold14 »

mettamage wrote: post #167
bengold14 wrote: post #131

RankPic ( https://www.rankpic.info ) is an app to help users crowdsource their best photo. I've been building over the past 3 years & just recently monetized and crossed the $500/m mark through a Pro subscription. It's grown into a lovely community of people who help each other pick their best pictures for dating apps, professional photos etc. I've seen some pretty fun novel use cases, such as (multiple!) people usin…

Out of curiosity, why did you start this? I've always used photofeeler.

Thanks for asking! I also used photofeeler and found the way it rated me 1-10 fairly harmful to my mental health. RankPic has users rank your photos best to worst, so it's just against yourself.

Additionally it allows users to get more mileage out of each test, when you can do 2-6 photos instead of just one at a time.

Anecdotally I've also heard it is a more fun experience for the rankers.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by cpursley »

nspeller wrote: post #116

I built an interactive Music Theory course 8 years ago over a winter break and it continues to bring in enough to pay my rent each month. I just thought there had to be a more intuitive way to learn music theory than the very boring and jargon-heavy alternatives. It uses Tone.js to include little interactive pianos, guitars, and other demos. I've done no marketing, it hit the HN front page for a day, and after that i…

This is really cool, wishing you the best of luck!

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Post by xutopia »

ms7892 wrote: post #86
kebsup wrote: post #22

I have two! https://gifmemes.io , haven't touched the code for years, makes between 100-300$ a month, depending on the season. https://vocabuo.com - a side project I hope to turn into a business, so I work on it around two days a week, made around $3.5k in revenue last month but most of it went back into ads.

Wow! So both projects revenue come from ads?

The vocabulary tool is from pay as you go on App Store.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell

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Post by catchmeifyoucan »

nspeller wrote: post #116

I built an interactive Music Theory course 8 years ago over a winter break and it continues to bring in enough to pay my rent each month. I just thought there had to be a more intuitive way to learn music theory than the very boring and jargon-heavy alternatives. It uses Tone.js to include little interactive pianos, guitars, and other demos. I've done no marketing, it hit the HN front page for a day, and after that i…

really cool! Can't wait to use this for my next musical learnings
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