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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 achillesheels »

klaaz0r wrote: post #340
ggregoire wrote: post #279

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Both projects look like they are run by a team of 10+ people! Congratz on making them by yourself, that's very inspiring!

Thanks! I am teaming up with friends that are in marketing/sales, I learned the hard way that the whole romanticising of solo indiehackers is fun but you end up running in circles and never really have the time to do things perfectly. Now I have fun projects that are growing and working with amazing people

I agree, talent is triumphant. May I kindly ask where did you and your friends first meet?

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

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Post by sogen »

bmalicoat wrote: post #331

I'm slowly building some success in Android and iOS games (most revenue comes from iOS!). I've got a paid game that is a yahtzee-inspired poker game with just a touch of cosmic horror [1] and a free-to-play word game [2]. I've been fortunate to get some featuring by Apple which has driven most of my sales. I'm hopeful the daily word game, Well Word, will start to take off because it's the best game I've made and I'm…

Do you have a lengthier description of what Pine Tar poker is about?

I like Yahtzee so it interests me.

Thanks

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

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Post by Abishek_Muthian »

agotterer wrote: post #21

A friend and I host a monthly dinner club for people interested in ethnic cuisine. We work with a single restaurant each month to create an 8-12 course all inclusive price fixe menu. The food is served family style and is authentic to the region we are hosting. We typically host the dinners on a Tues or Wed when the restaurants in our region aren’t too busy and could use the extra business. So far we’ve hosted 12 din…

> For now is just a passion project that makes a few bucks, allows us meet interesting people, and provides the opportunity to discover new foods and restaurants.

What an unique side project, I'm very impressed.

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

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Post by Aulig »

3dfan wrote: post #378
Aulig wrote: post #372

I've been working on https://webtoapp.design since December 2019. I cracked $2k/month after around 2 years. Could've probably done it quicker if I did more things that don't scale (as people often say). Should've focused less on SEO and more on outreach or other growth channels. I've since got my CS degree and I'm working on it full time now :)

How does it work? Do you upload an SPA and then you download something that can be uploaded to the appstore? How can your customers be sure you do not inject any faulty or malicious stuff into their apps?

The apps work similar to a browser, so we don't need access to the website's source code. And yes, for Android you get the aab file you can upload to Google Play. For iOS, we upload the app to your developer account for you, since that's the easiest way there.

We obviously don't inject malicious stuff since that'd ruin our reputation immediately (& open us up to lawsuits). I could see that happening with free app builders, but we make our money from subscription fees, so we have no need to turn to such illegal stuff to monetize the apps.

Even going open source wouldn't solve the issue, since most customers wouldn't be able (due to lack of technical knowledge) to compile the app themselves.

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

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Post by nagyf »

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.

This seems very similar to Notion. I am currently a Notion user, how does this compare to Notion?

What would make me switch from Notion to Outline?

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

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Post by b20000 »

darthcloud wrote: post #34

I've build BlueRetro [1] an universal Bluetooth controller adapter for nearly all pre-USB gaming console. I made a gross income of around 3K a month last year out of Royalties on the soft for each device sold. It's Apache 2.0 software so people can do whatever they want. I started making money when I decided to list on the GitHub README the list of manufacturers/makers that where sponsoring the project. (Only one per…

sponsoring is not licensing and royalty income

great that you got this result, btw

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

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Post by jodrellblank »

dffdsa432 wrote: post #114
epolanski wrote: post #77

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It's strange how you are being downvoted when my foreign friends say the exact same thing. They say that the food at the restaurants we go to have a different smell from the food back home.

Your friends say "the Chinese food in America doesn't taste the same as the food back at home"?

Or your friend interrupts a restaurant owner - a restaurant they've never eaten at - and says "you call that 'authentic' food? I doubt it."

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

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Post by bmalicoat »

sogen wrote: post #462
bmalicoat wrote: post #331

I'm slowly building some success in Android and iOS games (most revenue comes from iOS!). I've got a paid game that is a yahtzee-inspired poker game with just a touch of cosmic horror [1] and a free-to-play word game [2]. I've been fortunate to get some featuring by Apple which has driven most of my sales. I'm hopeful the daily word game, Well Word, will start to take off because it's the best game I've made and I'm…

Do you have a lengthier description of what Pine Tar poker is about? I like Yahtzee so it interests me. Thanks

At its core, Pine Tar is about making poker hands (two pair, full house, etc) with five cards using up to two extra deals. You can choose to keep cards around and replace other cards on each deal. There are usually ~12 hand types you can score, if you can't score anything the game is over.

As you play, you can use your winnings to buy items that give you an edge and transition your play from pure luck to more skill based. Along the way, you can have your fortune read to unlock puzzles that reward you with magick runes that can transform cards to allow you to score hands that at first glance are impossible.

Here's the trailer which shows some gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuLh8Ft4Uhg

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

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Post by bmalicoat »

m3at wrote: post #440
bmalicoat wrote: post #331

I'm slowly building some success in Android and iOS games (most revenue comes from iOS!). I've got a paid game that is a yahtzee-inspired poker game with just a touch of cosmic horror [1] and a free-to-play word game [2]. I've been fortunate to get some featuring by Apple which has driven most of my sales. I'm hopeful the daily word game, Well Word, will start to take off because it's the best game I've made and I'm…

I just tried well word, unlike a sibling comment I think it's fun :) Though I have to agree that it's a bit unclear how to proceed at first. Maybe make a link to the tutorial more easily accessible, or even auto-suggested on first visit?

Thanks for giving it a shot! I used to automatically show the tutorial but then some folks would play on a phone versus their computer and have to see the tutorial again and skip it. I probably swung too far in accommodating that scenario and left new players confused when I removed that feature. I'll try to improve it, thanks for the feedback.

I mentioned it in another comment, but the mobile version (also free) is where I put most of my energy. If you liked the web version, please give it a try and let me know what you think. Appreciate the support!

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

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Post by sachinjain »

HermanMartinus wrote: post #145

I run Bear Blog [1] an opinionated, simple, and speedy blogging platform. It runs as a freemium SaaS and is turning a healthy profit. There area about 15k blogs running on the platform right now. I ran it completely free for about 2 and a half years. When I added the "upgrade" with some add-ons it jumped to $2k a month in a matter of weeks. [1] https://bearblog.dev

How do you compare it with superblog? It is run by a Linkedin connection and I keep hearing about it.
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