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Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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Post by ipince »

xhfloz wrote: post #220

I built mmm.page [1] originally for personal websites, or "internet canvases." They're meant to be pages for very easy combinations of text, mixed media, embeds, etc. — let more people create fun/interesting places on the internet. [2] I started working on mmm.page in Feb 2021, and launched it that May on Hacker News [3], then it hit $2k/mo last year, and has been growing steadily since. There are roughly 30,000+ use…

> I also found the conversion rate increased significantly after I made the homepage itself editable — thereby demo'ing the product without a login.

I just visited your homepage to check it out, but was greeted with a page that said "You can't edit this page" with a grayed out Edit button. And I'm not sure why, or what I should do so I am able to edit it (maybe sign up? but I wanted to see the demo before signing up).

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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Post by ayewo »

duck wrote: post #253

I started Hacker Newsletter [1] almost 14 years ago and sent out the 647th issue today [2] to 58k folks. It took over a year to break 1k subscribers and a few more years to get to that type of revenue. I could do a lot more with it and plan to one day, but really only focus on it a couple hours each week when I build the issue and talk to sponsors. 1: https://hackernewsletter.com 2: https://mailchi.mp/hackernewslette…

Thanks for starting it and keeping it going.

It is one of the few newsletters I look forward to so I can “catch up” with topics that were popular during the course of a week on HN.

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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Post by biztos »

duck wrote: post #253

I started Hacker Newsletter [1] almost 14 years ago and sent out the 647th issue today [2] to 58k folks. It took over a year to break 1k subscribers and a few more years to get to that type of revenue. I could do a lot more with it and plan to one day, but really only focus on it a couple hours each week when I build the issue and talk to sponsors. 1: https://hackernewsletter.com 2: https://mailchi.mp/hackernewslette…

I'm a happy subscriber! Funny thing is, I ignore it most weeks because I'm checking HN a lot anyway; but if I have so much as a long weekend offline then your newsletter is the answer to my FOMO.

I love the simplicity and I don't mind the ads.

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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Post by outcoldman »

GordonS wrote: post #214
outcoldman wrote: post #134

7 years ago I started a site project for forwarding logs and metrics from k8s, docker, openshift in Splunk. It is enterprise offering, and I started making money pretty quick. After 6 months I already made 40k, and quit my employer. Tight now this company generates 7 figures, and still run by me with one more person helping with accounting. https://www.outcoldsolutions.com Now I also started macOS development for the…

I have a B2B micro-ISV, and getting our infosec product in front of the right people is tricky. Would love to hear something about your approach to marketing and advertising?

See my other reply. Basically just a right moment in a right time. We participated as Splunk technical partner in a lot of conferences in beginning and that definitely helped. And focused on making our partners wanting to sell our software by offering them good discounts.

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Post by bbayer »

es7 wrote: post #292

I built a few mobile games for iOS and Android. I launched my first game in 2015 which took 6 months to even reach $100/month. From there it earned around $500/month for the last 7 years. It required a huge upfront investment, ongoing updates to keep relevant and a significant fraction of revenue going into advertising. I launched a few additional games that were low quality and ended up removing them. I started anot…

Do you mind to share genre?

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Post by ronyfadel »

I make around that with each of my side projects:

- VidCap [1]

- AI Profile Pic [2]

- Mission Control Plus [3]

- Batteries [4]

- Kay [5] (makes less, currently at $600 MRR)

[1] https://vidcap.app/

[2] https://aiprofilepic.app/

[3] https://fadel.io/missioncontrolplus

[4] https://fadel.io/batteries

[5] https://usekay.xyz/

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Post by thedangler »

Payment processing [1]

Website builder / development [2]

Both are side and I'm currently ramping them both up now that they are self sustaining and I can focus on hiring sales agents and app devs.

[1] https://clearpayments.ca or US https://clearmerchantsol.com

[2] https://sytescope.com

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Post by y-curious »

rwilinski wrote: post #84

I made Dynobase [1], an alternative GUI for DynamoDB. Passed 2k/mo few years ago. Runs 100% automatically now, I spend ~2h/week mostly responding to customer inquiries. I could leave my full time job but I just like it (and money) too much. [1] https://dynobase.dev

Please! Give me some breadcrumbs here. Do you just hook into the AWS API/CLI?

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Post by Jemaclus »

swah wrote: post #238
pdksam wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this an on demand platform like uber?

You have a good idea here.. Even though I feel it already exists even on my local market.

Don't let "already exists in my local market" stop you. Look at how many pizza places exist in your local market! In almost any market, there's room for competition, especially with an eye toward lifestyle business (as opposed to dominating a market).

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Post by y-curious »

tommoor wrote: post #132

https://getoutline.com – A team knowledge base, hit $2k MRR a couple of months after turning on paid plans, has always been steady growth since then. A few years in and almost reached what I'd consider v1 feature complete.

Your website is also really pretty, what did you use to make it?
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