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Re: Show HN: Profit Hunt - Get inspired by profitable online projects

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Post by fimoreth »

csallen wrote: post #38
martin_a wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If Indiehackers would not be such a bad website. It could be a really nice website, but somebody thought it should be an app and it sucks.

That was me. If I could go back in time 3.5 years and make a different decision, I would! Unfortunately I don't have time to do a full rewrite today. (I'm the only developer/designer on IH.) But I do try to make regular incremental improvements around performance.

Sure the tech isn't great, but you've made a really great community with great content. You shouldn't be ashamed of choices at all - tech doesn't have to be perfect to deliver on its goals.

Re: Show HN: Profit Hunt - Get inspired by profitable online projects

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Post by heliodor »

jkeuhlen wrote: post #40

I'm at a stage where I have a side project that works well for me. I'd like to open it up and allow other people to start using it, but I'm not really sure how to take it from fun project to side business. Do I need to hire a lawyer to draft a Privacy Policy and ToS? Do I need to incorporate an actual business in order to open an account with stripe to accept payments? Anyone have resources on the legal/operational p…

Go to https://IndieHackers.com, copy paste the story you explained here, give a brief description of your product, ask for a few people to try it out. The crowd there is helpful and is willing to spend the time with you.

Re: Show HN: Profit Hunt - Get inspired by profitable online projects

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Post by jamil7 »

csallen wrote: post #38
martin_a wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If Indiehackers would not be such a bad website. It could be a really nice website, but somebody thought it should be an app and it sucks.

That was me. If I could go back in time 3.5 years and make a different decision, I would! Unfortunately I don't have time to do a full rewrite today. (I'm the only developer/designer on IH.) But I do try to make regular incremental improvements around performance.

The community and content is great. Outsource some of the work?

Re: Show HN: Profit Hunt - Get inspired by profitable online projects

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Post by tryitnow »

I love this. In literally less than five minutes it's already given me some really valuable insights and inspiration.

Feedback: make the table sortable and filterable, everyone's going to want to sort by revenue and people might want to filter by source.

Re: Show HN: Profit Hunt - Get inspired by profitable online projects

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Post by zrobotics »

iudqnolq wrote: post #12
OJFord wrote: post #9

Good god, is this real? https://karmabot.chat/ Am I wearing enough pieces of flair?

Reward your high-karma team members with Amazon gift cards or a day off ... guess that could never be exploited?

Saddest part is that in their marketing, right next to that is dinner for one!

Re: Show HN: Profit Hunt - Get inspired by profitable online projects

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Post by andrewash »

turbostyler wrote: post #42

The mobile UI is horrible. It’s impossible to tell when one starts and another begins. You could solve this very easily by wrapping the list items in a card component and using different font weights and sizes for different pieces of information. Hint: business name should be the largest. Good luck.

Thank you! Really appreciate the suggestions and pointers. Will improve the mobile layout within the next 2 days

Re: Show HN: Profit Hunt - Get inspired by profitable online projects

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Post by gnicholas »

jkeuhlen wrote: post #40

I'm at a stage where I have a side project that works well for me. I'd like to open it up and allow other people to start using it, but I'm not really sure how to take it from fun project to side business. Do I need to hire a lawyer to draft a Privacy Policy and ToS? Do I need to incorporate an actual business in order to open an account with stripe to accept payments? Anyone have resources on the legal/operational p…

The good news about ToS and Privacy Policies is that every company you do business with makes theirs publicly available. So find a couple companies that are similar to yours in terms of business model and/or size, and read theirs. Then put together something of your own. If you have a friend who is a lawyer or has worked on these sorts of issues at a startup (as a non-lawyer), have him/her review it. But don't stress out about this part too much, since you're not much of a target for enforcement actions when you're very small.

Re: Show HN: Profit Hunt - Get inspired by profitable online projects

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Post by kumarm »

csallen wrote: post #38
martin_a wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If Indiehackers would not be such a bad website. It could be a really nice website, but somebody thought it should be an app and it sucks.

That was me. If I could go back in time 3.5 years and make a different decision, I would! Unfortunately I don't have time to do a full rewrite today. (I'm the only developer/designer on IH.) But I do try to make regular incremental improvements around performance.

IndieHackers is a great resource. It serves its purpose very well and built a great community. That is all that matters.

Re: Show HN: Profit Hunt - Get inspired by profitable online projects

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Post by jv22222 »

jkeuhlen wrote: post #40

I'm at a stage where I have a side project that works well for me. I'd like to open it up and allow other people to start using it, but I'm not really sure how to take it from fun project to side business. Do I need to hire a lawyer to draft a Privacy Policy and ToS? Do I need to incorporate an actual business in order to open an account with stripe to accept payments? Anyone have resources on the legal/operational p…

Hiya, I've written some stuff about this. Hope it's helpful.

Don’t Form a Company https://blog.nugget.one/upstart/dont-form-a-company/

Debunking Some Conventional Startup Wisdom https://blog.nugget.one/upstart/thanks-for-the-advice-grandp...

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