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https://www.findlectures.com , though not expecting to make money either. I've had a lot of interesting side-conversations from it though. E.g. lot of people email me speakers they like, and I got a conference talk out of it.
http://clickrouter.com I built it because of a need and it's worked fabulously. It's hands down doubled my monthly affiliate revenue (i.e. to be clear, that's in the 4 figures). I think where it failed however is that it's really hard to explain and I sure haven't cracked it. I get a few signups a day, few use it at all. It's not for everyone - but it definitely works for me and it would work for anyone in the same b…
I optimize my spending heavily around cashback credit cards. I wanted a way to make it easier for me and my wife to keep track of which cards we should be using, so I built CashbackOptimizer[0] and iOS[1] and Android[2] apps for it. I've had lots of side projects fail like this one, and I am starting to realize they are all for similar reasons: 1) Too specific of an idea. After I built this, I found that not many peo…
Have you tried posting somewhere like https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/ - you might have some luck in finding users there given the audience
I thought probably Hands Free for Chrome would see some donations given how much it could help someone who was disabled, and given how many donations I've seen more ordinary & simple extensions receive, but I only got $10 the past 3 years, and that was a single donation from a friend who felt bad seeing it at $0. https://www.handsfreechrome.com/ Barely any users, just around 400 or so.
Awesome job with the extension! I think the idea has great potential. Judging from my five minute test drive, you could probably increase adoption if you made it 'discoverable'. It's hard to determine what to do once it's installed. Turns out, you have to click the browser action to start listening for user input. After that, you have to refer to the website to find out what commands are available. It would be great…
I think adding an instructions page + video would be great, I agree.
I'm surprised you couldn't get dictation to work. That distresses me. Much time went into that. The link placement is rather tricky, and I'm not sure what type of styling would be less obtrusive and equally readable.