Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2018 – Show and tell

Post by duxup » Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 2:27 AM UTC

roybarberuk wrote: post #93

I’m a full time developer but own a gym. By accident! I went to take over a building as office space that was a liquidated gym. Signed the lease and the day before we moved in the owner called and said we can’t remove the equipment as it was all put in before the stairs. I asked a lot of questions about why the gym didn’t work, had already seen the equipment in there and did some negotiating on purchasing the kit, kn…

Post by duxup » Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 3:22 AM UTC

roybarberuk wrote: post #112

duxup wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>the day before we moved in the owner called and said we can’t remove the equipment as it was all put in before the stairs Kinda weird to take over a building and the owner then says you can't ... use some of it / move stuff... You certainly made a great choice in the long run though. Do you have someone come in and clean each day? Can't imagine you can automate that (roombas aren't that good yet...), granted as far…

Exactly. It was a bank holiday weekend here in the U.K. we moved out of our previous office on the Friday and had the call on the Sunday when the removal work was scheduled. We have a cleaner that comes in twice a week. Members keep the place tidy surprisingly.

Post by roybarberuk » Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 3:25 AM UTC

jimmydddd wrote: post #94

roybarberuk wrote: post #93

I’m a full time developer but own a gym. By accident! I went to take over a building as office space that was a liquidated gym. Signed the lease and the day before we moved in the owner called and said we can’t remove the equipment as it was all put in before the stairs. I asked a lot of questions about why the gym didn’t work, had already seen the equipment in there and did some negotiating on purchasing the kit, kn…

Congrats. I generally understand that you made lemons from lemonade. But am confused about the machines problem. Was it a misunderstanding by the owner, who thought you wanted to run a gym? Was he trying to scam you? Does that mean you can't bring equipement into the building also? So you can never, say, replace an outdated treadmill with a newer treadmill?

Post by bwb » Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 8:36 AM UTC

gutopro wrote: post #116

bwb wrote: post #102

Down For Everyone Or Just Me https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ Makes ~$1,000 a month gross, lot less after AWS costs. I've had it for a long time, but haven't done much with it because of my primary business. After I sold that I spent the last year playing with some ideas and testing. I am working to get a new design up and just partnered with a friend to redo the arch and let him see what ideas he has to better m…

What is the source of the income ? I mean what is the business model.

Post by jasdeepsingh » Mon, Aug 20, 2018, 3:11 PM UTC

nautical wrote: post #80

jasdeepsingh wrote: post #65

https://servicehq.ca Built this over about 2-3 months with the help from a Beta customer satisfying their requirements slowly, but still ensuring that the platform is generic and modular enough. It’s now averaging about $1000/month with 2 customers. I’m now planning to slowly rebuild the mobile app (need to improve UX and add offline functionality). Once ready, I can start selling to more customers, Also thinking of…

Hey Jasdeep, How did you went about doing marketing for your product? Direct mails ? Adwords ?