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Re: Ask HN: What are your profitable side projects?

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Post by mmesh »

sgslo wrote: post #27

I've published many courses on Udemy.com ( http://udemy.com/user/sgslo ). Creating the courses is fun, and exchanging correspondence with students is fantastic - they tend to be super motivated and have many ideas for different apps that they want to build.

What are you doing to market your courses? Given Udemy's generous split when you drive outside traffic to your courses, it seems like that's super important to make money on the platform.

Re: Ask HN: What are your profitable side projects?

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Post by dividuum »

hahamrfunnyguy wrote: post #33
dividuum wrote: post #30

https://info-beamer.com/ - Digital signage for the Raspberry Pi. Powered by Lua/OpenGl/OpenMax, so it doesn't depend on a sluggish browser. It started as a for-fun project for a hacker conference and since then I turned it into a profitable business.

Cool project. The digital signage market is huge. What's your yearly revenue?

Almost enough to make a living so I can basically work on it full-time. I guess there's lots of unused potential if I find the right marketing partner. That's the goal for this year.

Re: Ask HN: What are your profitable side projects?

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Post by barleymash »

jasonswett wrote: post #12
jshawl wrote: post #8

https://updog.co host a website from your Dropbox or google drive account. Add password protection, render markdown, and more to come!

Sorry, I don't understand. What's UpDog?

Gotcha! Hahah..... crap. Nothin... How are you doin?

Re: Ask HN: What are your profitable side projects?

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Post by snappyTertle »

http://speedeoapp.com/ - Speed up almost any video on the web using a custom player.

This was made to scratch my own itch of wanting to watch videos at faster speeds. At first I had ads, but that wasn't making much. When I made it not free, it started pulling in about $500 a month.

Re: Ask HN: What are your profitable side projects?

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Post by CrossEye »

braythwayt wrote: post #38

My books on LeanPub: https://leanpub.com/u/raganwald I had been approached many times by tech publishers to write books from scratch, but I never found the process and economics attractive. Then I spotted LeanPub--quite possibly on HN--and I thought, "Hmmm, there is nearly zero barrier to entry." They accepted Markdown, and I already had my entire blog in Markdown on GitHub. So I published a collection of essays ( ht…

And many of us have gained a great deal by having you publish on the side.

Thanks, raganwald!

Re: Ask HN: What are your profitable side projects?

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Post by uhtred »

AlexMuir wrote: post #26

How a Car Works: http://www.howacarworks.com Revenue from Adsense and iOS app salse. Profits around $2,000 per month. I'm now working on a video series about how cars work which I hope will be a good seller.

Nice site. But I don't see any advertising?

Re: Ask HN: What are your profitable side projects?

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Post by pryelluw »

dividuum wrote: post #30

https://info-beamer.com/ - Digital signage for the Raspberry Pi. Powered by Lua/OpenGl/OpenMax, so it doesn't depend on a sluggish browser. It started as a for-fun project for a hacker conference and since then I turned it into a profitable business.

I sell something similar for brick & mortar shops. Sells itself and has option to provide add-ons such as maintenance and graphic design (for ads). Mind if we exchange numbera through email? Im looking to adjust pricing but have nothing to compare to.
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