http://askjud.com — I made it when I was 15. It’s pretty terrible, but has made $30k+ over its lifetime.
Lots of fun was had on this site back in the day. Thanks for making it.
Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
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#352Earlier quoted context omitted.
why not an S-corp over an LLC?
I'm not an expert and will need to double check, but I believe an S-corp is more complex, and since it's just me it's not really any better. And from the tax side as an LLC you can elect to be taxed as an S-corp so no benefit there.
Phantom income from my s-corp excluded my family and I from healthcare subsidies when I really couldn't afford to pay full price for healthcare.
Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
#353I copied an app from the App Store. Their business model was free desktop application but $20 for the iOS client and I really wanted it so I made a 'clean-room' implementation with CloudKit and charged $0.99 for a one-off cross platform sale. Bit brazen, but the idea isn't entirely unique. Edit: P.s email me at adam@adamfallon.com if you would like a promo code to get the app for free :). * https://apps.apple.com/us/…
What kind of revenue did you get from it?
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#354Skincare for men. Business was OK pre covid, but with Google Merchant screwing me with no explanation as to why Google Shopping is banned from my account, business dried up.
I don’t like talking about it with friends anymore because it sucks to talk about failing. I wish I could learn from this failure... but covid + Google Shopping really aren’t things in my control.
www.mendskin.co
Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
#355I sell prints of public domain artwork on Etsy [0]. I’ve automated the print production and fulfillment, so all I need to do is set up the artwork and maintain the product listings. It consistently brings in around £100-300 per month and if I put any time at all into marketing it could probably do a lot better. I also maintain a directory of UX tools, resources and information [1]. It currently doesn’t bring in anyth…
I've often thought about doing this or something similar. Can I ask, how long have you been at it? How did you pick your initial round of public domain pictures? What was your growth curve like?
And did you automate the print/production initially or do it only after you'd been around for a while? If you don't mind me asking, what print/production company are you using, how did you find them and why did you settle on them (vs. someone else, say)?
Any more information would be welcome.
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#356I’ve been doing a lot of eBay reselling and it’s been quite profitable despite minimal effort. Forces me away from the computer so that’s a plus. I also like shopping and spending money so it fills that need while making money.
Guess that counts as a side project? I’ve got some scripts to manage my eBay store like auto relisting to help boost the items once the fall off of the eBay algorithm. Been thinking about packaging the scripts up as a product but I don’t really want to support it.
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#357Earlier quoted context omitted.
I had a look and this might be a completely ignorant suggestion (I don’t have a dog) but to me it was very surprising that dogs would like frozen food, so maybe you should explain that/why they do. Just seemed counterintuitive, I’ve never seen anybody give anything frozen to their dog.
Anecdata: many dogs I know of really enjoy ice cubes. A meat flavored ice cube would probably make them quite excited.
Anecdata: my cat loves ice cubes too. You can roll them all over the floor, lick them, carry them around - super fun.
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#358Earlier quoted context omitted.
I really like the UI - is this an Electron app, or what is the stack you use?
Indeed. The original version was C#/WPF and worked on windows only. I got so many requests for a Mac version and knew it was decent demand. So I switched to electron: 1 code base works for Mac and windows plus has automatic updates for when bug fixes are released etc. And sure enough Mac users account for 30% for the revenue today. Another advantage is that it runs completely on the user's computer. So I have no data…
how does a license server work? did you build it yourself?
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#359Algotrading options. Some initial investment is needed in order to open margin account, but otherwise it's basically passive income.
Without going into any more detail than you’re comfortable sharing, I’m just curious as to what kind of percentage return are you seeing from this?
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#360My side project at the moment is day/swing trading. I started sometime in early March when I pulled my money out from the stock market and cashed in on some capital gains. Things went to hell shortly after that but I was safe waiting in cash waiting to buy back in. Because I was sitting on about 220k in cash I decided to look into other ways to put my money to use. I realized I could probably buy massive positions in…
how did you accumulate 220k cash?!