Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

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Post by djshah » Wed, Nov 19, 2014, 1:44 PM UTC

The same thread was started 2 years ago with a follow up last year. I think it's time for a refresh and updates from those who answered before. Previous threads: Last Year - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4467603 Year Before - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2567487

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

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Post by sdernley » Wed, Nov 19, 2014, 1:59 PM UTC

I have a small iPhone app that generates around 200 a month. Nothing spectacular but not bad for a bit extra.

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

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Post by wwarren » Wed, Nov 19, 2014, 2:06 PM UTC

I have a little Android app that makes about $60/mo. It's my burrito money for the month :)

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

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Post by drsintoma » Wed, Nov 19, 2014, 2:06 PM UTC

My German job board https://englishjobs.de started generating around $50 per month on some link referrals, but the site is still on dippers.

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

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Post by afoot » Wed, Nov 19, 2014, 2:06 PM UTC

sdernley wrote: post #2

I have a small iPhone app that generates around 200 a month. Nothing spectacular but not bad for a bit extra.

I always thought that building something like this might generate an initial income (and potentially a profit) but that consistent, longer-term revenue was much harder to come by. Any chance you'd expand on what your app does and what the revenue generation/ongoing promotion model is?

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

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Post by waterside81 » Wed, Nov 19, 2014, 2:07 PM UTC

Personalized kids books on the iPad (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/little-heroes/id477247738?ls...) ~ 2K / month

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

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Post by johntdyer » Wed, Nov 19, 2014, 2:08 PM UTC

I am a Google apps reseller and have a few customers. My customers get the accounts for a small discount then what they would direct and I make a small margin. Right now the total on that is about 1200 a year. I pretty much use that as a "toy slush fund" and use it to buy geeky stuff without getting in trouble from the boss ( wife ).

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

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Post by xerophyte12932 » Wed, Nov 19, 2014, 2:10 PM UTC

You mean apart from the day job?

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

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Post by zrail » Wed, Nov 19, 2014, 2:15 PM UTC

I wrote and self-publish a book named Mastering Modern Payments[1], with a fairly recent second edition. It's making about $2k/mo.

I am also selling paid support and add ons for my open-source Rails engine for Stripe named Payola[2][3], which very recently gained support for subscriptions[4].

[1]: https://www.masteringmodernpayments.com

[2]: https://www.payola.io

[3]: https://www.payola.io/pro

[4]: https://www.petekeen.net/payola-subscriptions

Edit: You can read a free preview here: https://www.masteringmodernpayments.com/read

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

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Post by stevenmays » Wed, Nov 19, 2014, 2:16 PM UTC

Stocks, depends on the month: 1000-2000 on average. Link: http://mays.co/i-made-6k-this-month-doing-nothing/

Webhosting: $20 (Mainly just pays for my VPS)

Launching soon: http://gymbrew.com (Subscription box service for protein goodies)