Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend project to date?

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Post by riskish » Sat, Jul 23, 2011, 12:47 AM UTC

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Post by dpcan » Sat, Jul 23, 2011, 2:15 AM UTC

My android games, hands down.

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Post by riskish » Sat, Jul 23, 2011, 2:19 AM UTC

dpcan wrote: post #2

My android games, hands down.

Cool, what kind of games/how much did they bring in?

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Post by Osiris » Sat, Jul 23, 2011, 2:20 AM UTC

I only have 1 side project, which is a utility for Windows laptops (a battery meter). It does about $1500 to $2k per month in sales. I've been thinking about expanding it to have a Enterprise (B2B) product.

I'm trying to get another idea I have into a startup, but I haven't been able to get that off the ground.

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Post by mvkel » Sat, Jul 23, 2011, 2:20 AM UTC

I made a very simple iOS gym log app for my own needs and decided to sell it in the App Store. I think I've generated almost $5k in revenue. So, not a 'business', but it certainly paid for my developer account! :)

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Post by riskish » Sat, Jul 23, 2011, 2:23 AM UTC

mvkel wrote: post #5

I made a very simple iOS gym log app for my own needs and decided to sell it in the App Store. I think I've generated almost $5k in revenue. So, not a 'business', but it certainly paid for my developer account! :)

Cool, do you have a home page?

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jul 23, 2011, 2:24 AM UTC

Osiris wrote: post #4

I only have 1 side project, which is a utility for Windows laptops (a battery meter). It does about $1500 to $2k per month in sales. I've been thinking about expanding it to have a Enterprise (B2B) product. I'm trying to get another idea I have into a startup, but I haven't been able to get that off the ground.

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Post by csomar » Sat, Jul 23, 2011, 2:29 AM UTC

I made a few JavaScript scripts that I'm selling on CodeCanyon and the last month I made around $200. I'm thinking of expanding the business, but this time in ThemeForest building WordPress Themes.

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Post by albertogh » Sat, Jul 23, 2011, 2:35 AM UTC

I made an iOS application for reading comics in literally 6 hours. I released it back in May and it's currently earning me ~$1000 a month via ads. Impressions are still increasing by ~25K each day, so profits are likely to increase in the coming months.

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Post by sahillavingia » Sat, Jul 23, 2011, 2:44 AM UTC

Gumroad - http://gumroad.com/ - right now I'm trying to turn it from a million dollar business (current valuation) to a billion dollar one. :)