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Re: Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable

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Post by guynamedloren » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 4:31 AM UTC

mrchess wrote: post #14

What if your orders go viral. How can you possibly fulfill them?

What's the saying - desperation drives innovation? Maybe I'm thinking of "necessity is the mother of invention".. either way, i'll figure it out.

Absolute worst case scenario is that I refund everybody's money and end up exactly where I am now. But I don't see that happening.

Re: Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable

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Post by naithemilkman » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 4:32 AM UTC

DTrejo wrote: post #32

guynamedloren wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In 8 hours I earned enough to pay for 3 months rent. How's that?

You should write a book and call it 4 Hour Work-Month

lol

Re: Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable

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Post by guynamedloren » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 4:34 AM UTC

naithemilkman wrote: post #50

what stack did you build it on? Really impressive from conceptual to live site in 8 hours. Your profile says you're currently learning RoR. Is that the stack you built on?

Nope, this one was just straight up css and html. Nothing fancy here - no reason to, its only a single page :) oh and its hosted on whatever my cheap web hosting is. Is it sad that I don't even know the tech specs? Maybe that's s reason for the success - only focusing on what matters.. now there's a good takeaway point

Re: Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable

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Post by kalpeshjoshi » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 4:49 AM UTC

I love online shirt designs / prints / creativity. I'm a regular fan of shirt woot, threadless, design by humans, etc. etc. Great job capitalizing on a fast trend, you can use the income to reinvest into other ideas and fast trend products.

Re: Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable

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Post by komlenic » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 4:54 AM UTC

Wow on the idea, wow on the execution, and wow on the design! Out of curiosity:

Domain Name: SNOWDAY2012.COM Created Date: 03-Feb-2011 Expiry Date: 03-Feb-2012 Registrant Name: Paul Jefferiesr

Re: Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable

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Post by jjcm » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 4:54 AM UTC

guynamedloren wrote: post #4

zoowar wrote: post #2

When you earn enough to eat, let us know.

In 8 hours I earned enough to pay for 3 months rent. How's that?

I'd love to see a write-up on your final takeaway on this. I know it's a bit personal, but it'd be inspiring to see.

Re: Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable

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Post by bigiain » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 5:00 AM UTC

You might want to keep an eye on that Pay Pal account - the "pay me now and I'll send you $stuff in a few weeks" pattern is exactly the sort of thing that trips their "might be fraud, lock the account and keep all the money for 6 months" response.

Re: Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable

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Post by bhudman » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 5:00 AM UTC

jim_h wrote: post #11

guynamedloren wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In 8 hours I earned enough to pay for 3 months rent. How's that?

That's pretty cool. I assume you have prior experience with the industry? Clothing and prints, I mean. Definitely a great way to capitalize on the moment. I wonder if anybody have a business that visits with a truck to melt all the snow. So much snow I don't know where to put it anymore.

He runs http://beetnikaesthetics.com/ so this is an off shoot of what he does already.

Nice site for sure..

Re: Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable

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Post by hartror » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 5:01 AM UTC

Could you post a follow up statistics in a week or so? As this is a one shot sort of deal I wouldn't imagine you feel the need to keep the numbers under wraps.

Re: Show HN: My 4-hour project, already profitable

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Post by parkq » Thu, Feb 03, 2011, 5:03 AM UTC

It might be a sensitive question for you. If you use PayPal as a payment platform, do they charge you income tax or will you have to claim income tax by yourself?