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I was afraid of posting this because it will seem like an advert. But its not. However, I do apologize if it violates an unwritten HN rule. I help developers market themselves effectively. Its not a huge product, but has a fair amount of demand. Feels good to help people move forward in their carreers. Even helped one land a job that got him a visa. Not crazy profitable, though. I charge less than $500 for something…
Desktop utilities: http://www.rlvision.com I've been making freeware and shareware for a long time. Some are shareware and still make some (not much) money. Edit: You might be interested in this retrospective I wrote about my personal favorite utilities: http://www.rlvision.com/blog/16-years-with-flash-renamer-a-d...
I recall using Flash Renamer back in the day. Amazing tool! It's great to finally meet the author haha
We allow you to do small/startup business banking all through our application rather than through your bank. We gained a few clients, but I am hoping once we release our own bank account and card products it will help us expand into a bigger project.
https://autoplaylists.simon.codes: iTunes-style smart playlists for Google Music.
https://gchat.simon.codes: autoreplies for Google Chat/Hangouts. Particularly useful for people with multiple accounts that forward email.
https://simon.codes/2017/01/09/side-project-income-2016-0-to... has more details on why I chose these and how I got started.
NuBank: https://www.Nubank.io We allow you to do small/startup business banking all through our application rather than through your bank. We gained a few clients, but I am hoping once we release our own bank account and card products it will help us expand into a bigger project.
IndieHackers.com will break $3-4k in monthly revenue this month or next, mostly from advertising. It costs me <$200/mo to run. It features all sorts of interviews with developers running profitable side projects themselves, so check it out if you're looking for ideas or inspiration!
How did you market this to get that many visitors?
I was afraid of posting this because it will seem like an advert. But its not. However, I do apologize if it violates an unwritten HN rule. I help developers market themselves effectively. Its not a huge product, but has a fair amount of demand. Feels good to help people move forward in their carreers. Even helped one land a job that got him a visa. Not crazy profitable, though. I charge less than $500 for something…
Can you provide more information? How exactly do you help developers?
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Can you provide more information? How exactly do you help developers?
Well, turns out the average dev doesnt really know much about marketing. Some are even against learning it. I simply work with them to establish an online presence, a core brand (based on their skills and goals), a content strategy (what to write about in order to get the markets attention), visual branding (logo and website design), and time based plans to help them take action. Its like a sort of marketing makeover…
It took about 4-6 weeks to build (fairly significant hours during that time). It currently only has 1 paying customer, but they pay about 10% more than it costs to host, so it technicaly makes profit month to month, but is unlikely to ever make back the costs I sunk into it.
(Main problem is that although it was intended to be able to be used to build lots of sites, I think in the end it was too closely tied to what the first customer wanted, so although they love it, I've never been able to sell it to anyone else, I've more or less given up on it now)
IndieHackers.com will break $3-4k in monthly revenue this month or next, mostly from advertising. It costs me <$200/mo to run. It features all sorts of interviews with developers running profitable side projects themselves, so check it out if you're looking for ideas or inspiration!
How did you market this to get that many visitors?