It seems this question hasn't been asked for some time, so I'd be interested hear what new (and old) ideas have come up.
Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2017 – Show and tell
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#2Check out https://www.indiehackers.com. Lots of side projects (and bigger) there with full interviews.
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#3I co-founded a childcare management software business here in Canada. We now have customers in both US and Canada. We were on IndieHackers a few months ago.[0]
Our main product is KidGenius[1] that helps childcare centres run their day to day operations as well as connect with parents. Becoming a bit of a crowded space but we are doing what we can to rise to the top.
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#5Started https://dotlayer.com like 2 years ago, it was initially called wpzoan, I started it when my friends would message me about issues they were facing with WordPress, at that time I totally hated WordPress, I guess that was the developer in me. But I later saw all the issues people were facing and it's worked out well.
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#6I screen scrape camping reservations and send out notifications when a campsite becomes available.
http://reserve.wanderinglabs.com/
Currently working on integrating the new CA reserve website. It is a shit show.
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#7I screen scrape camping reservations and send out notifications when a campsite becomes available. http://reserve.wanderinglabs.com/ Currently working on integrating the new CA reserve website. It is a shit show.
I can see this being a nice little side project. I work with a bunch of people that camp and in my province (Alberta) we have a rolling reserve window. People will book a campsite for a week prior to their intended trip just so they can get a spot. Provincial parks have since put an end to it by forcing someone to occupy the site within the first 24hrs or they cancel your entire reservation. It's cut throat here.
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#8I made ~500 euro a month by running ads on my a visualization website[1] I made a few years back (in a weekend). I've earned that until a month ago, when I changed the Google AdSense ads to a static ad (which I don't get commission for).
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#9Looking for a voice actor, look no further than https://www.castingcall.club
Strong network effect so far, about 65k users
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#10I offer web publishers a stack that enables client-side removal of programmatic ads when users pay a small subscription fee. Lots of law blogs, economics blogs, etc., are using this now. [1]