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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 yesthisiswes »

wesvance wrote: post #205

I built https://explorehere.app to help you learn about the history of the world around you by sending a push notification whenever you pass a new historical marker on your travels! It’s a freemium app with a pro subscription for advanced features; our revenue is just under $1k/month. We’re working towards ExploreHere being a passive adventure guide. As you go about your travels ExploreHere will nudge you about inter…

My neighbor and I were talking a few months back and he had the same idea. He said he drove by the historical markers all the time it would be cool to know what they all said. Cool idea just sent him this app!

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

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Post by RevertBusload »

funksta wrote: post #132

I've built a custom planner/calendar generator targeting e-ink tablets like the reMarkable, Supernote, and Kindle Scribe. Revenue is highly seasonal, but now consistently over the $500/mo threshold :) https://hyperpaper.me/

lol I bought this back in 2022 !

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

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Post by saltcod »

ipaddr wrote: post #295
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…

After seeing your landing page I finally understand what a landing page should be.

Agreed. Fantastic landing page.

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

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Post by vidyesh »

wtf242 wrote: post #354

The Greatest Books https://thegreatestbooks.org I created it in 2008 and have maintained and improved it over the years. I am trying to figure out how to monetize it more. I currently make around $2k a month. I just use adsense and have a paid membership feature through buymeacoffee. I get massive traffic and I'm pretty much the #1 result for anything related to best/greatest books. It's built with Rails and Postgres…

Can you go into more details, when was it built and how much time have you spent (approx) on creating the content? or is it all generated? And the traffic's gradual organic increase?

Interesting to see Adsense revenue still being so high, I imagined this category being so competitive and diluted the CPM would be very low!

I noticed your purchase modal only shows Amazon pricing, are you using their API to get prices or its scraped data. If its scraped/stale data, I would look into the pricing display guidelines for affiliates.

And why is it just Amazon and not other online bookstores too?

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

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Post by martyz »

nicksergeant wrote: post #310

I started designing and building websites for locally-owned small businesses in my town, and have grown it to 45+ clients with a current MRR around $11k. I still work full-time and have built an awesome team over the years! https://flxwebsites.com

Cool! Kudos for finding success in a competitive market. How do you promote yourself?

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

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Post by brianbreslin »

johnjungles wrote: post #340

I built https://check.supply with a friend - it’s an iOS app that is like a cash app experience for mailing a check. Old school landlords, paying gardeners, or other people still only accepting checks. We use plaid to connect your account, then press send, then track the printing, mailing and delivery of the check. Only iOS App here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/check-supply/id6475490646

are you using lob to print/mail everything?

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

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Post by munificent »

booleandilemma wrote: post #297
danpad wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Shame on you.

I could see why'd you say that, but I think it's a case of hate the game, not the player. We have crafted a society that has a dearth of compassion and companionship, that's the unfortunate reality. There are lots of sad, lonely guys out there and that's not GaryNumanVevo's fault, he's just catering to them.

Willing players are what create the game.

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

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Post by vidyesh »

palsecam wrote: post #124

https://FreeSolitaire.win brings around $500/mo in advertising revenue. It’s a Klondike Solitaire PWA (progressive web application). I started making it in 2016 and I’ve been slowly iterating on it over time. It has stayed minimal & lightweight, on purpose. No framework, no cruft, no obtrusive ads. Fun fact: because it’s so lightweight, it was included in 2020 in Moya ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=n…

Impressive! Its well made and such a simple idea making $$$ with some innovative thinking!

How does reverse-billing work in case of data usage?

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

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Post by jmacd »

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…

You site is insane! I clicked the keyboard as a lark and it totally got me intrigued about the entire rest of the site. I was smiling as I read the explainations.

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Post by webprofusion »

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…

Love it, and I very much understand the level of work that went into making it (beyond your initial landing page). Good way to test the water then build the full product.
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