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Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by mysterydip »

barthom wrote: post #618

For the past 2 and a half years I've been running a YouTube channel with semi-automated content. The content in question is threads on AskReddit. I know a lot of people look down on content like that (tbh myself included) but to be fair most content on YouTube is very low-effort. It's not getting close to the views it used to, but now it makes an average of about $1k/month. Our content is a lot higher quality than mo…

I didn't realize this was a thing. Who is your audience? I assume people who want background stuff going on while doing something else (like a podcast etc). Otherwise why wouldn't they just read reddit?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by czue »

therealdrag0 wrote: post #374
czue wrote: post #289

I have two! An app for making wedding place cards that does about $1000/mo https://www.placecard.me/ A boilerplate for making SaaS apps with Python/Django that does $5k/month (highly variable) https://www.saaspegasus.com/ I also have a third that does around $150/mo. It's an app that adds analytics to GroupMe which is a WhatsApp alternative. https://chatstats.co/ I keep complete revenue and effort data here if you're…

How does chatstats make money?

The free tier only imports 1,000 messages and hides a couple features. There's a $10/year upgrade to import your full chat and unlock them.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by czue »

mytailorisrich wrote: post #556
czue wrote: post #289

I have two! An app for making wedding place cards that does about $1000/mo https://www.placecard.me/ A boilerplate for making SaaS apps with Python/Django that does $5k/month (highly variable) https://www.saaspegasus.com/ I also have a third that does around $150/mo. It's an app that adds analytics to GroupMe which is a WhatsApp alternative. https://chatstats.co/ I keep complete revenue and effort data here if you're…

"Rachel Green Table one" is a nice, funny touch!

Haha, thanks! Dates me I'm sure.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by sjg007 »

mysterydip wrote: post #621
barthom wrote: post #618

For the past 2 and a half years I've been running a YouTube channel with semi-automated content. The content in question is threads on AskReddit. I know a lot of people look down on content like that (tbh myself included) but to be fair most content on YouTube is very low-effort. It's not getting close to the views it used to, but now it makes an average of about $1k/month. Our content is a lot higher quality than mo…

I didn't realize this was a thing. Who is your audience? I assume people who want background stuff going on while doing something else (like a podcast etc). Otherwise why wouldn't they just read reddit?

Kids.. random kids.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by acallaghan »

I run Jammed - https://jammed.app - booking software for music rehearsal rooms. I only really started during the lockdowns in 2020, but now have over £400/m monthly income, looking expand and be my main source of income in the year ahead.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by bambax »

seangp wrote: post #235

Friend and I have recently launched a side project where we give away high quality, royalty-free music. Early days but we’re making ~$800 per month from YouTube’s content ID payments alone. https://bluefoxmusic.com

Nice. How do you police unauthorized uses ("no audiobooks" for example)?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by TheSalarian »

mysterydip wrote: post #621
barthom wrote: post #618

For the past 2 and a half years I've been running a YouTube channel with semi-automated content. The content in question is threads on AskReddit. I know a lot of people look down on content like that (tbh myself included) but to be fair most content on YouTube is very low-effort. It's not getting close to the views it used to, but now it makes an average of about $1k/month. Our content is a lot higher quality than mo…

I didn't realize this was a thing. Who is your audience? I assume people who want background stuff going on while doing something else (like a podcast etc). Otherwise why wouldn't they just read reddit?

It's exactly this. I know of a couple people who will throw on a reading of a thread from a popular subreddit (AskReddit, TIFU, etc.) and treat it like any other podcast.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by gambiting »

AussieWog93 wrote: post #486
blunte wrote: post #482

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It adds more complexity to relationships, but it can also keep families/friends closer because they have more shared goals. There are some cultures where family businesses, where most members of the family work and participate, are the norm. Quite a huge population of people operate that way.

I would be interested to hear other founders' first-hand experience with this. In my experience, hiring my younger cousin for occasional work during school/uni breaks has been great, but involving close friends looking for work has been disastrous 3 out of 3 times.

In my parents business it has been a disaster 100/100 times. All friendships all family relations have been completely destroyed by them trying to run a business together. I know it's just an anecdote, but yeah, I'd be careful.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Post by gionn »

tluyben2 wrote: post #343
artdigital wrote: post #95

I stake and lend cryptocurrency (stablecoins and blue-chip coins) on lending protocols and exchanges, and am at around $500 a week. Not really a side-project per-se, but I do quite a bit of calculation on ROI, where to move what share of my funds to, and occasional yield-farming strategies so it does take a up a good bit of time The goal is to have that stable enough so that I can quit and focus on my actual side pro…

On what site/service do you do this? I always am nervous it'll get hacked or something and the loan disappears?

that's one of the risks, indeed.
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