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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 tmaly »

clxxx wrote: post #698

It’s hard to call it a side project because it became my highest revenue stream now after a year of building it, but I started a youtube channel with a friend. However, given that I put in less than 6 hours a week on it (working less and taking a smaller cut of profits), it still feels like a side project. We started in January and are now at ~30k a month and growing steadily. Our revenue streams are split by ad reve…

I am curious to know how you use ffmpeg for editing?

I have used it to slice up videos I recorded in batch.

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

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Post by marginalia_nu »

tpoacher wrote: post #768
marginalia_nu wrote: post #748

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, the memex straddles both protocols, and the urls are the same save for the protocol. It's essentially a single user wiki based on git and gemtext. The search engine is available on Gemini, just not at that address. Try gemini://marginalia.nu/search

Thank you! Maybe put a link to this search url somewhere on the main page, specifically for gemini visitors? There's no indication at all that this url exists when browsing your pages.

I think I used to have it on the front page, must have fallen off. That, or I removed it because it would confuse HTTP visitors.

I'm planning a bit of a navigation overhaul soon. Right now it's very hard to find all the various projects I'm running anywhere other than at https://www.marginalia.nu/

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

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Post by inerg »

deandotwork wrote: post #54

I have an Etsy store where I sell my illustrations. It doesn't make $500 every single month, but averaged over a year it is around that mark. I think I could grow the sales if I spent more time on it :-) https://www.etsy.com/shop/rithmdesignco/

Assuming your store location is your current location just wanted to say its cool seeing another Bow Valley resident on HN!

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Post by tmaly »

lmiller1990 wrote: post #710

I made around $500 / month from selling courses on Udemy [0]. I have two courses, both about Vue.js. I do a ton of marketing by various blog posts I write, my YT channel (2k subs) and Twitter. [0] https://www.udemy.com/user/lachlan-miller-4/

What would your best advice/tips to someone considering creating their first udemy course?

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

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Post by chess_buster »

tpoacher wrote: post #728
nitramm wrote: post #647

When I have realised how often I am searching for converting between timestamp and date I have created this website - https://timestamp.online/ . It's earning around $100/month. The most interesting thing is how valuable are people from US - overall profit depends almost entirely on clicks from US.

How does this actually generate income? It looks like a plain website to me, I don't see any ads or donation links? (browsing on my mobile if it makes a difference)

Maybe you block ads? When I deactivate my blocker for the site, ads appear...

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

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Post by dansult »

espadagroup wrote: post #60

I designed a healthier men's dress shoe and was able to gain close to $100K in preorders in a Kickstarter this past September; https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oaka/oaka-the-worlds-he... . Hopefully it doesn't stay a side project for too much longer, fingers crossed.

As someone who wears vivo's all day everyday these fill that gap when I have to wear a dress shoe. They look amazing.

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Post by core-utility »

crobertsbmw wrote: post #25

My little hardware book, Computer Engineering for Babies launched on Kickstarter a few months ago and blew my mind by raising almost $250k. It’s a simple book with buttons and LEDs to demonstrate different logic gates. I just shipped out the first batch of books a week ago and now waiting for the next batch of books. It’s gotten pretty demanding pretty quickly but I’m really excited about it. I’m hoping I can soon em…

I think I just got an ad on Instagram for this the other day and thought it was amazing

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

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Post by clxxx »

tmaly wrote: post #771
clxxx wrote: post #698

It’s hard to call it a side project because it became my highest revenue stream now after a year of building it, but I started a youtube channel with a friend. However, given that I put in less than 6 hours a week on it (working less and taking a smaller cut of profits), it still feels like a side project. We started in January and are now at ~30k a month and growing steadily. Our revenue streams are split by ad reve…

I am curious to know how you use ffmpeg for editing? I have used it to slice up videos I recorded in batch.

I use it extensively in a program I wrote out. I have it automatically trim out silence in front and end of clips and combine it with an algorithm to detect mistakes and take them out. Then it zooms in and out of clips and attaches pictures to create slideshows and adds transitions and cover pages etc based on a text file that gives instructions. Here’s the channel if you’re curious: https://m.youtube.com/c/rareliquid. All the transitions, photos, backgrounds, zooms, etc are automated.

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Post by ncr100 »

deanmoriarty wrote: post #554
GeoAtreides wrote: post #549

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You sacrificed much for your money. What's your exit strategy?

I don’t have a clear plan for the future, right now I’m just accumulating assets until I get to a point where I can feel financially unbreakable. I might be getting there in ~5 years with some substantial luck, or never if shit hits the fan. I decided a long time ago that I won’t have kids (not for financial reasons), so there is not much urgency in my life beside the itch to get back more personal time. Current drea…

Good luck - does your financial planning team say you can retire now? The one at your bank? They can help define the details, if you've not done that yet.

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

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Post by anderspitman »

clxxx wrote: post #778
tmaly wrote: post #771

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am curious to know how you use ffmpeg for editing? I have used it to slice up videos I recorded in batch.

I use it extensively in a program I wrote out. I have it automatically trim out silence in front and end of clips and combine it with an algorithm to detect mistakes and take them out. Then it zooms in and out of clips and attaches pictures to create slideshows and adds transitions and cover pages etc based on a text file that gives instructions. Here’s the channel if you’re curious: https://m.youtube.com/c/rareliqui…

Cool. Do you have something specific you do to flag a mistake for the algorithm, like clapping?
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