https://parkplatzsuche.at/
Local small advert pages for parking spots and garages in the cities of Austria. More or less a online portal for parking, similar to traditional online rental websites.
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#22I think it's getting harder, now the world is getting more developers and more fully funded startups.
Over the past year I've grown my own software company from 0 - $1250/mo in revenue in a highly competitive space (lots of VC-funded startups).
It's not enough to do full-time yet, but there are distinct advantages I have that VC-funded startups don't. For example, I can serve SMBs/smaller companies, but for a VC-backed company these organizations aren't worth their time.
Clearly they have advantages I don't have either (time, headcount, etc), but the presence of a market is a great thing, because I don't have to guess if companies are willing to pay for it.
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#23Developer of Mac apps, selling via the Mac App Store. Started several years ago as a "let's see if I can make this work" project.
Do they sell well?
Would you say it's harder or easier to sell on the Mac app store than on the iOs/Android app stores?
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#24I've been running https://www.candyjapan.com for about five years. It has (just barely) made enough to support my life in Japan. I'm currently writing a "year in review", will probably post it next week.
I saw your site in the old thread, how would you compare it 3 years ago to now?
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#25https://parkplatzsuche.at/ Local small advert pages for parking spots and garages in the cities of Austria. More or less a online portal for parking, similar to traditional online rental websites.
Translate to english,slovak,hungarian. Profit ?
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why people share their revenues? Every product can be copied. If you know revenue, you know what product you should copy.
Because transparency is good. Also competition is good, stop being afraid of competition or people "stealing" ideas.
Good for customers but not for business. Competition tends to minimize margins and profits. While main business goal is to make money, competition is against business goals.
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#27Developer of Mac apps, selling via the Mac App Store. Started several years ago as a "let's see if I can make this work" project.
Do they sell well? Would you say it's harder or easier to sell on the Mac app store than on the iOs/Android app stores?
Enough to sustain my modest lifestyle and put some aside for the future. But people with Silicon Valley salaries would probably laugh at my income. I have no boss, no investors, no employees to worry about. Just me and my ideas, on my own schedule.
I don't develop for iOS/Android, but from reading about others' experiences with phone apps, I think it's easier to find a small but steady market on the Mac. People will pay for useful Mac apps. And the Mac user market is more passionate and engaged with 3rd party software than phone users are.
But conversely, you are never going to strike it rich on the Mac with an "Angry Birds" type megasuccess. Mac app aren't sexy like that. (It's good, because the more developers are attracted to the glitz of iOS, the more they leave the Mac market for people like me...)
Numbers-wise, consider that there are are 1.9million apps in the iPhone App Store and 31,000 on the Mac App Store.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why people share their revenues? Every product can be copied. If you know revenue, you know what product you should copy.
Because transparency is good. Also competition is good, stop being afraid of competition or people "stealing" ideas.
Exactly. An idea is just that, an idea. It takes months and years of hard work to turn an idea into an income stream.
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#29Buildwith.com was a 1 person businesses I guess.
i think that's https://builtwith.com/
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#30I think it's getting harder, now the world is getting more developers and more fully funded startups.
Over the past year I've grown my own software company from 0 - $1250/mo in revenue in a highly competitive space (lots of VC-funded startups). It's not enough to do full-time yet, but there are distinct advantages I have that VC-funded startups don't. For example, I can serve SMBs/smaller companies, but for a VC-backed company these organizations aren't worth their time. Clearly they have advantages I don't have eith…
Do you have a link for your product/service/offering? I'm very keen to learn more about the sorts of products that work out and also how you happened to work on that idea.