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I launched http://ipinfo.io a few years ago. The API gets over 250 million requests a day, and is profitable. I left my job at CTO of calm.com at the end of last year to focus on it fulltime. There's more of the backstory here: https://getputpost.co/from-side-project-to-250-million-daily...
That's relevant to my interests! How does your geolocation accuracy compare to MaxMind? If it's more accurate I might be able to send some business in your direction...
I'll refer to my recent comment at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13267536 It's not quite single person, I have two remote virtual assistants handling various tasks like ordering, sourcing, etc, but you only really need that above a certain scale. Most of the business currently is drop shipping from US retailers to Amazon and eBay. I got started reselling a year ago with a specific stacking deal (discover had 1…
If you're drop shipping from US-based retailers, how are you able to make margins on Amazon & eBay? Aren't those retailers also listing on Amazon - with better branding than you - and getting all the sales? (Just spent a few hours reading on this based on another comment in this thread so trying to learn how the "sourcing things below Amazon price" piece works...)
And yes, most products won't have any profit to be made. The trick is to find the ones that sell well but are more expensive on Amazon, there are thousands of such products, probably even more.
If you're interested in actually doing this, feel free to email me and we can chat.
It's rotating proxy api. I built it from scratch to learn something new and was surprised when people started using it.
So far it gets me some beer money. All the traffic is organic.
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if I understand this correctly, ipinfo is basically a lookup in a db? What is the advantage of this over a local lookup, say with maxmind or similar? edit: also, when I press the back button from this page: http://ipinfo.io/AS6830 all I get is a json
Thanks for reporting the back button issue. I've also seen this occasionally, but haven't seriously looked into it. Is this Chrome, or another browser? > if I understand this correctly, ipinfo is basically a lookup in a db? What is the advantage of this over a local lookup, say with maxmind or similar? There are 2 parts to that. 1) What's the advantage of using an geolocation API over a local database? It's simpler.…
Im sorry but setting up a cronjob to download maxmind + include jars into project seems easier and faster than incorporating a third party web service.
edit: about speed, since you call such a database yourself most likely, you are not gonna be faster than local lookup
I run Pinboard, $257K in gross revenue for 2016. A ton of money for one person, not quite enough for two people.
Hi, I'm guesstimating 25'000 paying users? - Do you have a writeup on your marketing?
I launched JobTrack ( https://jobtrack.io ), a CRM for job seekers, about three months ago and have been seeing decent growth since then. I've predominantly relied on word of mouth and organic social media marketing but also launched a paid marketing campaign on Facebook a few days ago. The overall premise for the product is that when searching for a job, the job seeker will likely make a spreadsheet or notebook of t…
I think this can be a category of apps - automating the tracking of info of various kinds that people want to track.
Had thought of another one but in a different domain. Not done yet. But when I mentioned it to a friend they said it could be useful.
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This is true outside of tech as well. Work at a midcorp with about 50-100 offices worldwide, we have 21 year old juniors who don't know shit (like me) follow templates and flowcharts to do bulk legal or accounting work, slightly more complex than data-entry, we charge clients $250 an hour. Most of the kids do have plenty of critical thinking competencies, but knowledge wise it's a few days of on the job training, it…
The reason is "exposure". Big companies want someone whom they believe has experience, and whom they can hold liable if there are problems. It's not the company spending the money - it is a collection of corporate people spending a budget allotted to them, who want a promotion.
This barely counts, but I started a small premium handmade custom leather goods brand about 6 months ago: http://vulcancrafting.com . cash/card wallets, notebook/journal wallets, belts, etc... I didn't want to spend all my time after work sitting at a computer. I'm not in the positive yet; there's an equipment investment cost, I intentionally don't keep a huge order backlog, and I don't charge as much as I could for…
I had thought of doing something similar (some handmade product, I mean, not leather) as a side biz, but then thought it would not scale as a solo person, so have put it at least on hold, if not dropped.
I built and run SugarWOD ( https://www.sugarwod.com ). SugarWOD is a workout solution for CrossFit gyms including apps (iOS/Android), website, plug-ins, and TV support. Was a solo, free service for the first 3 years. Converted to a paid model 1.5 yrs ago, and as of a few months ago have part-time contractors helping with tech/ops, mktg, and support. I agree with novaleaf that a very broad skill set is needed, though…