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Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#362I run getrhys.com
I productized myself and operate as an on-demand marketing consultant for SaaS businesses.
Currently do $5K+ per month working one day a week taking short 30 minute calls with my clients.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#363I'm not quite there yet, but I'm up to $300/mo iteratively building an uptime checker: https://onlineornot.com/ I started with literally just a Lambda function that checks if static websites were still online, added an email alert if it's offline, wrapped authentication around it, integrated Stripe, and shipped it. Eventually, I added Slack/Discord/SMS alerts, team invites, support for checking APIs for both uptime a…
Ok, this is really cool! (I also love the ruthlessly iterative mindset)
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#364I sell an game development tool on the Unity Asset store. Since the peak died down, it's now somewhat under $500/mo, but still does well in occasional sales.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#365I launched www.rtljobs.com in October and had my first month of $500 in revenue in December. It's a job board that caters to a very specific subset of electrical engineers - specifically, ones that work with FPGAs and logic design for chips. Need help hiring FPGA or RTL engineers? Let's talk. fpga.rtl.jobs@gmail.com
Please add Huntsville, AL to your board. I'm an FPGA engineer currently working there, and there are a lot of us, at a lot of companies.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#366Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just didn't find the time to do it :-) But you are right - I should do it!
Haha, I'm in the same boat. Have needed to set up a VAT number in the UK for almost a year, still haven't done it!
Your comment was a good reminder: I just translated the page into english as well :-) - Thank you for your comment!
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#367Earlier quoted context omitted.
What was your motivation for building it? As you said, there's a lot of competition, did you anticipate that it would be difficult to differentiate?
I didn't see any competitors in the space solving the problem the way I would solve it (good UX + a focus on developer-experience), I wanted an uptime monitor that didn't piss me off with my own freelance clients, and I figured if there was room for a 200th competitor, chances are there would be room for a 201st.
Nice. I am also interested in the consulting -> discover problem -> saas route. I reckon your customers really are buying for their existing trust in you.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#368My side project currently grosses close to $1,400 per month through Patreon. I run a modded Grand Theft Auto: V roleplaying server with around 1,500 members (around 300 really dedicated MAU.) If you're not familiar with GTA RP, it tries to emulate real life as closely as possible while still recognizing that GTA is an arcade game. Players live lives as if they were real people, buying cars and houses, holding jobs, o…
you should rebrand your server as a Metaverse and sell it to Microsoft for 1.4 million
I mean, yes, you're being flippant, but this is _not a bad idea_
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#369Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#370Earlier quoted context omitted.
Previously companies like eBay, Venmo, Paypal, etc were not required to officially report transfers to the IRS. A few years ago they changed that rule where if you appear to be making more than $20,000 dollars in a year period then they send forms to the IRS directly. If it is only for personal use (like say you are sending money via Venmo to a roomate) there is no tax to pay. But for actual sales you would be. This…
I agree with your point of it being a hassle, but I never understood the huge outcry about this. If I work part-time at Burger King and make $10,000/year, I would pay taxes on that. Why should the IRS not be taxing side-hustles that make 10k/year? The argument of them not taxing the rich is sad, but also irrelevant; they didn't add a new tax on side-hustles, just re-inforced an existing one. You technically should've…
$10,000 would still be reasonable - the point is $600 really is not.