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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 havblue » Fri, Apr 14, 2023, 12:26 PM UTC

rubymamis wrote: post #4

I'm the founder of the open-source and cross-platform note-taking app https://www.get-notes.com (written in Qt C++). I earn about $2000 a month from ads on the landing page (organic SEO), but very soon plan to add a subscription for pro features (while people could still compile it from source and get the full experience without paying, if they wish). I started the project 8 years ago to create a slick looking note-t…

What are your opinions about QT? Do you use the open source version or the paid version? (I like it myself but mostly because I like their wysiwyg and the debugger support is intuitive relative to other ides)

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

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Post by rubymamis » Fri, Apr 14, 2023, 12:27 PM UTC

codersfocus wrote: post #14

rubymamis wrote: post #4

I'm the founder of the open-source and cross-platform note-taking app https://www.get-notes.com (written in Qt C++). I earn about $2000 a month from ads on the landing page (organic SEO), but very soon plan to add a subscription for pro features (while people could still compile it from source and get the full experience without paying, if they wish). I started the project 8 years ago to create a slick looking note-t…

What’s your RPM? That much income for a software download page seems impressive

$25.8

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

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Post by mysterydip » Fri, Apr 14, 2023, 12:27 PM UTC

vapidness_is wrote: post #17

I run Afterplay ( https://afterplay.io ). It's a game emulation platform where you bring your own games. It took 18 months from first line of code to 2K. It's now my full time job :)

Clever way to offer gaming without copyright issues. Congrats!

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

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Post by quickthrower2 » Fri, Apr 14, 2023, 12:27 PM UTC

vapidness_is wrote: post #17

I run Afterplay ( https://afterplay.io ). It's a game emulation platform where you bring your own games. It took 18 months from first line of code to 2K. It's now my full time job :)

I read that as afterpay at first. Was thinking why is a billionaire posting in this thread :-)

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

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Post by nghiatran_uit » Fri, Apr 14, 2023, 12:27 PM UTC

klaaz0r wrote: post #58

nghiatran_uit wrote: post #48

If you have iOS/Android development experience, you can look at the Developer sector, which is relatively niche IMO. I've developed the iOS/iPadOS app, Proxyman for iOS [0], which gains steadily ~2k recurring revenue every month. Basically, it's an iOS app that helps you to capture and decrypt HTTP/HTTPS traffic on your phone. The app is needed if you need to inspect traffic from your app. Because it's an iOS app, pu…

I use proxyman a lot, you did an amazing job, it's a super slick and well working app

Thanks. I assume you're using the macOS version. You might check out the iOS app too : ]

Don't forget to activate the Premium for iOS with your Mac License Key. No need to purchase the Subscription.

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

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Post by jb1991 » Fri, Apr 14, 2023, 12:28 PM UTC

richrichardsson wrote: post #8

If I got my side project to generate $2k/month it would no longer be my side project!

In many places (most places), it would be hard for 2k/month be your full income.

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

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Apr 14, 2023, 12:29 PM UTC

rubymamis wrote: post #4

I'm the founder of the open-source and cross-platform note-taking app https://www.get-notes.com (written in Qt C++). I earn about $2000 a month from ads on the landing page (organic SEO), but very soon plan to add a subscription for pro features (while people could still compile it from source and get the full experience without paying, if they wish). I started the project 8 years ago to create a slick looking note-t…

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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 synergy20 » Fri, Apr 14, 2023, 12:30 PM UTC

pimterry wrote: post #15

I run HTTP Toolkit ( https://httptoolkit.com ) which passed $2k a couple of years back. No longer a side project, as it's made enough money for me to work on it full time for a fair while now, but it certainly started that way, and it's still a one-man show (plus many wonderful open-source contributors). I suspect that'll be a common theme in answers here though: if you have a side project making $2k a month, in most…

how is this different from devtools? is the main selling point easy of use, or more extra features on top of devtools?

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

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Post by ericb » Fri, Apr 14, 2023, 12:31 PM UTC

pimterry wrote: post #15

I run HTTP Toolkit ( https://httptoolkit.com ) which passed $2k a couple of years back. No longer a side project, as it's made enough money for me to work on it full time for a fair while now, but it certainly started that way, and it's still a one-man show (plus many wonderful open-source contributors). I suspect that'll be a common theme in answers here though: if you have a side project making $2k a month, in most…

Any tips on making a nice animated gif like your homepage?

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

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Post by melias » Fri, Apr 14, 2023, 12:31 PM UTC

I run Loopz Gift Cards (https://www.loopz.io). First line of code in 2012, pivoted in 2016, launched in 2019 and took about a year and half to get to $2k/month. At $18k atm. Switched to full-time a year ago.