Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by hobo_mark » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:46 PM UTC

mjaques wrote: post #62

A friend and I made a repository for high-quality, affordable language learning flashcards around a year ago. https://deckmill.com Made using a mix of ML (translation and TTS) and human translators.

Cool, but I can't seem to find the pricing anywhere? Edit: there it is, I must have gone blind.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by typon » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:47 PM UTC

par wrote: post #68

I built Meta Meme, an iPhone meme making app. It nets approx $3-5k monthly. https://metameme.app/

A really good app and generally adding positivity to the world :)

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by agentdrtran » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:48 PM UTC

hansy wrote: post #60

Web comic newsletter: https://funnies.page Full disclosure - $500+/month in revenue, but not profit. The majority (95%) goes to the creators I work with.

Wow, you only take about 2%? (assuming 3% for processing?)

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by ryanyl » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:49 PM UTC

Working on a few projects, but the ones that actually took off and make money are:

Commotion (https://commotion.page), Forms + Mail Merge for Notion

Reslant (https://reslant.com), Discussion Boards for Customer Feedback

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by davidsawyer » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:50 PM UTC

konschubert wrote: post #10

I make this e-paper calendar: https://shop.invisible-computers.com/products/invisible-cale... It syncs with Google Calendar. To be fair, I currently does > 500$/month in revenue not earnings . If it doesn't count let me know and I will delete my comment. EDIT: I am currently out of stock sadly. If you want to be notified when I am back in stock, you can leave your email here: https://forms.gle/tNcCcYrNBu5nWKgJ9

Nice!! How big are those displays, and if you don't mind sharing, how much do those displays cost from your supplier? Last time I checked, e-paper displays were pretty pricey on their own.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by camgas » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:50 PM UTC

I retrofit old phone-based intercoms with software-only solution: https://www.DropBy.io

a bit above $500/month ARR, stable and sticky. Started a few years ago, now have 2 other partners.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by Melatonic » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:52 PM UTC

I used to have a decent side hustle making this much money but the tax changes this year have de-incentivized my work ethic

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by x13pixels » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:53 PM UTC

RemedyBG, a from-scratch Windows debugger. https://remedybg.itch.io/remedybg

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by UncleOxidant » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:54 PM UTC

Melatonic wrote: post #77

I used to have a decent side hustle making this much money but the tax changes this year have de-incentivized my work ethic

What tax changes?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by dheera » Wed, Jan 19, 2022, 5:54 PM UTC

I do a lot of landscape astrophotography which involves a TON of signal processing to get rid of various sources of noise.

https://instagram.com/dheeranet

People ask to buy prints from time to time. Not quite $500/month just yet but getting there.

Then there's this web-based function plotter I made in 2007:

http://fooplot.com/

It once made upto $900/month but since then, mobile apps have gotten better, and today it makes about $100-150/month in ad revenue.