$80,000 a Month in App Sales by Outsourcing Everything

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Post by gatsby » Thu, Nov 04, 2010, 9:49 PM UTC

$80,000 a Month in App Sales by Outsourcing Everything
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Re: $80,000 a Month in App Sales by Outsourcing Everything

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Post by stevenwei » Thu, Nov 04, 2010, 10:01 PM UTC

$80k a month in ad revenue by making the following apps for $2k a pop on Elance?

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I know people are saying the gold rush is over, but that is ridiculous.

Re: $80,000 a Month in App Sales by Outsourcing Everything

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Post by AndrewWarner » Thu, Nov 04, 2010, 10:13 PM UTC

stevenwei wrote: post #2

$80k a month in ad revenue by making the following apps for $2k a pop on Elance? Record Video for Free 911 Police Radio Free! Battery Box 3-in-1 Find Sex Offenders Free! Dash of Color FREE MovieFX for Free Convert Units for Free FilterFX HDR Fisheye in 1 Fisheye for Free FilterFX for Free Flash for Free HDR for Free Convert Units Free HD I know people are saying the gold rush is over, but that is ridiculous .

For me, this interview wasn't about creating another "iPhone gold rush" story. It was about understanding how they could build an app business without coding or designing. They even hire someone to write their descriptions for a few hundred bucks.

Re: $80,000 a Month in App Sales by Outsourcing Everything

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Post by gatsby » Thu, Nov 04, 2010, 10:14 PM UTC

stevenwei wrote: post #2

$80k a month in ad revenue by making the following apps for $2k a pop on Elance? Record Video for Free 911 Police Radio Free! Battery Box 3-in-1 Find Sex Offenders Free! Dash of Color FREE MovieFX for Free Convert Units for Free FilterFX HDR Fisheye in 1 Fisheye for Free FilterFX for Free Flash for Free HDR for Free Convert Units Free HD I know people are saying the gold rush is over, but that is ridiculous .

It is. One of the reasons I posted this interview is that on top of doing $80k in monthly revenue, the founders are big Tim Ferriss fans and only spend an average of five hours per week on this project - one of the founders still works a full time job.

Re: $80,000 a Month in App Sales by Outsourcing Everything

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Post by jbail » Thu, Nov 04, 2010, 10:16 PM UTC

That guy who was wondering how to spend $3,000 a month to generate income should talk to these guys.

Re: $80,000 a Month in App Sales by Outsourcing Everything

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Post by AndrewWarner » Thu, Nov 04, 2010, 10:20 PM UTC

jbail wrote: post #5

That guy who was wondering how to spend $3,000 a month to generate income should talk to these guys.

I'm actually getting a lot of requests for intros to these guys and I posted the interview less than an hour ago.

Re: $80,000 a Month in App Sales by Outsourcing Everything

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Post by AndrewWarner » Thu, Nov 04, 2010, 10:22 PM UTC

After posting the interview I realized that the guy I was emailing about an interview was probably a virtual assistant. I assumed he was working in their office because he responded to my interview request so quickly.

I wish I asked them about it.

Re: $80,000 a Month in App Sales by Outsourcing Everything

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Post by colinplamondon » Thu, Nov 04, 2010, 10:26 PM UTC

AndrewWarner wrote: post #3

stevenwei wrote: post #2

$80k a month in ad revenue by making the following apps for $2k a pop on Elance? Record Video for Free 911 Police Radio Free! Battery Box 3-in-1 Find Sex Offenders Free! Dash of Color FREE MovieFX for Free Convert Units for Free FilterFX HDR Fisheye in 1 Fisheye for Free FilterFX for Free Flash for Free HDR for Free Convert Units Free HD I know people are saying the gold rush is over, but that is ridiculous .

For me, this interview wasn't about creating another "iPhone gold rush" story. It was about understanding how they could build an app business without coding or designing. They even hire someone to write their descriptions for a few hundred bucks.

And they weren't afraid to make a slutty business. For every startupy person trying to 'change the world' and 'make a dent in the universe' with a me-too social network, there's five with a slutty free app business banking it each month.

Re: $80,000 a Month in App Sales by Outsourcing Everything

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Post by stevenwei » Thu, Nov 04, 2010, 10:29 PM UTC

AndrewWarner wrote: post #3

stevenwei wrote: post #2

$80k a month in ad revenue by making the following apps for $2k a pop on Elance? Record Video for Free 911 Police Radio Free! Battery Box 3-in-1 Find Sex Offenders Free! Dash of Color FREE MovieFX for Free Convert Units for Free FilterFX HDR Fisheye in 1 Fisheye for Free FilterFX for Free Flash for Free HDR for Free Convert Units Free HD I know people are saying the gold rush is over, but that is ridiculous .

For me, this interview wasn't about creating another "iPhone gold rush" story. It was about understanding how they could build an app business without coding or designing. They even hire someone to write their descriptions for a few hundred bucks.

Yeah, the most interesting takeaway for me is how far these guys got with a relatively small amount of effort by picking the right apps to work on. For example, there are literally hundreds of unit converters in the App Store right now, and they shipped another one anyway to great success, because the demand for such apps are still so high.

It does illustrate that there is still tons of money to be made in the App Store for building the right apps.

(Thanks for posting this interview by the way.)

Re: $80,000 a Month in App Sales by Outsourcing Everything

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 04, 2010, 10:31 PM UTC

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