Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?

Post by saralily » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 4:12 PM UTC

uptown wrote: post #149

WA wrote: post #47

I have a consumer app with a subscription model. I'm a single developer with no employees. I work between 10-30 hours per week. Last year, my EBIT was close to 300,000€. This year, it's going to be around 370,000€ (and since I live in Germany, my income is in the top 0,5% or so). In the first year, my EBIT was merely 30,000€. It's been going up steadily since then and my product has been around quite a while. Please…

Curious what in app purchase plugin you use for Cordova. The one I'd been using has been abandoned.

Post by Matticus_Rex » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 4:12 PM UTC

ryanlol wrote: post #320

ticmasta wrote: post #317

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But if you get paid to do what you personally value, isn't that the ultimate win?

This might sound harsh, but if the best thing in life is IT administration for some company then you haven’t looked very far. But hey, who knows, maybe they work for a charity or something?

Post by sct202 » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 4:15 PM UTC

bekman wrote: post #147

jfoster wrote: post #133

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If your job is less than 10% of your income, why keep it?

Good question, my career is very important to me. It gives me an identity. I just can’t sit at home all day. I’m gonna die with boredom.

Post by bashmydotfiles » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 4:16 PM UTC

fbelzile wrote: post #251

I sell freemium software that blocks distractions on your computer so that you can focus on doing work. Unlike my competitors, it's a one-time payment business model. The idea for my product first came to me when a friend in university had trouble staying focused on writing papers. He was constantly playing World of Warcraft and needed a way to temporarily block himself from playing the game. So I quickly made a litt…

Post by inkeddev » Wed, Oct 23, 2019, 4:17 PM UTC