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Re: Ask HN: What is your passive income 2019?

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Post by lethologica »

dglass wrote: post #27

I run https://bannerjs.com which is a configurable banner announcement service for websites that currently brings in $220 MRR. I also run https://www.junior-to-senior.com which is a career advice newsletter for programmers that currently brings in $0 MRR, mainly because I'm focusing on content and growing the audience right now and haven't looked into sponsorships or paid subscriptions yet. I'd like to get it to a po…

I've always been interested din how people monetize email lists. What's your plan? I see from the site at the moment it's just a sign up box. IS that what you intend on it being forever, or do you eventually plan to have other content like a blog on the site to pull organic traffic?

Re: Ask HN: What is your passive income 2019?

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Post by gkoberger »

yellowapple wrote: post #219
gkoberger wrote: post #31

I built an escape room! Startup Escape ( https://startupescape.com ), a parody of startups where you have "$1M to launch your startup" (1 hour to escape). It's a physical game in San Francisco, but it's run day-to-day by a manager. Overall it makes about $15k/mo, and after rent/labor/etc I just make a few thousand dollars a month.

Looks fun. Might have to recommend it for a team offsite. But, um... > Startup Escape is in the Tenderloin North SOMA! The address is 447 O'Farrell St, San Francisco CA That's... literally the Tenderloin. Or is this (and the oxymoron that is "North SOMA") a joke that just went over my head? Haha.

A joke, of course!

Re: Ask HN: What is your passive income 2019?

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Post by hrez »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #202
anonu wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think retail guys love div stocks because they don't realize that when a div gets paid the stock price drops by the same amount. You wont't believe how many people think its just "free money". You even see strategies where people buy the stock before ex-date and sell after. Bonkers. I would agree with you that div stocks are more expensive on a Price-to-Earnings basis. Check this comparison: https://pages.etflogic.…

Could you make money by buying a div stock a bit of time before the dividends are distributed, but then sell BEFORE dividends, then short it until after dividends and people sell?

If you short on div.date you are paying the dividend.

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Post by Nadge »

ImpressiveWebs wrote: post #182

My primary frontend blog/website ( https://www.impressivewebs.com/ ) is mostly passive, I post maybe one article per month, usually not even that much. The blog has been active for about 10 years, so I get lots of SEO traffic, which brings in about $400-500 per month. I also sell ebooks that are compilations of articles and tips from my newsletter (see below) on Leanpub and Amazon. ( https://leanpub.com/b/javascriptd…

Spent an hour on impressivewebs.com before I realised! Great blog, thanks for sharing.

Re: Ask HN: What is your passive income 2019?

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Post by edanm »

jawns wrote: post #207
edanm wrote: post #175

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh awesome, I really enjoyed your book! Now I'm wondering if I first heard about it on HN, or through some other means. If you don't mind answering - what made you decide to write this book in particular?

I had a baby who wouldn't sleep, and at 3 a.m. one night, while in a rocking chair with him, my sleep-deprived brain thought it would be funny to write a book of science experiments you can perform on your baby. Woke up the next morning, still thought it was a good idea, and decided to pursue it.

That's awesome! Is that the first time you decided to write a book? Or was this something you were planning on pursuing regardless?

Re: Ask HN: What is your passive income 2019?

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Post by unixhero »

dbetteridge wrote: post #197
unixhero wrote: post #69

I was selling computer chips, old but still valuable for resale in my local market. Had to stop due to new restrictions on imports, namely elimination of tax floor for imports. Now everything is getting taxed, and that means my margins are gone. It was fun while it lasted, I had about 10k USD Per year in profits , used it for beer and travel money. I would do personal deliveries in bakeries, and only bakeries. My ala…

Lemme guess , Aussie GST changes?

Umm, not quite. But let's say just say it's the same OECD bracket.

Re: Ask HN: What is your passive income 2019?

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Post by [deleted] »

melenaos wrote: post #229
Jleagle wrote: post #13

Game DB ( https://gamedb.online/ ) - I take data from Steam APIs and show it in a friendly format. I am currently losing money, but hope to change that soon.

It would be great if it could help to find the next game, something like the most popular games or the trending games etc

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Re: Ask HN: What is your passive income 2019?

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Post by Jleagle »

melenaos wrote: post #229
Jleagle wrote: post #13

Game DB ( https://gamedb.online/ ) - I take data from Steam APIs and show it in a friendly format. I am currently losing money, but hope to change that soon.

It would be great if it could help to find the next game, something like the most popular games or the trending games etc

@melenaos

Hi, I think the page you are looking for is here: https://gamedb.online/apps/trending. It could be more accurate with a higher sample rate, but would cost more.

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