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Well I tried with similar site year ago and Google rejected it. So I think answer is probably not possible.
did you try other display ad networks?
No, never thought about it. But good point, let me check.
Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
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Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
#462I created a series to help me learn about systems. I didn't tell anyone I knew I was working on this and just posted on HN (thanks for the support!) that first year. I put a paid option that I hid on a secondary page. Revenue is very small (in the hundreds) but soon I'll focus on building it into a business. Now that I talk about it with people, around 90% have encouraged me to monetize, but I am figuring out how.
https://unintendedconsequenc.es/
Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
#463Generally when I want to learn something new I'll build a new side project (or re-build an existing one) to support the learning process. This time I wanted to include my partner in the project so I built something that would require some manual moderation of content. I built a 'hookup' website and have monetized it with a single affiliate offer/link. It's made a few thousand in the last 18 months or so, with almost…
how did you manage the difficulty with payment processing? are you still able to put up ads (Google AdSense?)
I don't accept payments of any sort - the entire site is free. No premium options, no payment details.
Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
#464Generally when I want to learn something new I'll build a new side project (or re-build an existing one) to support the learning process. This time I wanted to include my partner in the project so I built something that would require some manual moderation of content. I built a 'hookup' website and have monetized it with a single affiliate offer/link. It's made a few thousand in the last 18 months or so, with almost…
I was curious about this, I suppose if you're taking direct payments vs. say adsense, if you separate your name from the business. So if someone tried to track who ads belong to, wouldn't find the owner/operator of the site. Maybe that's just standard practice. I've been thinking about that myself eg. privately registering domains and somehow not having my name tied to ssl certs, etc...
Even adsense is tough with adult content sites (last I checked, which was probably over a decade ago).
Specific affiliate offers that are relevent to the audience are far more profitable.
Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
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Dogs can't sweat, which makes it hard for them to cool down. They cool off by panting. In hot weather, I imagine a lot of dogs would go for something cold to consume if it was made available.
Hey, it's a bit of a head-scratcher why I made a note (well, username tag) of this, but according to it, it's your birthday today or tomorrow. Might as well put the info to good use, so if correct: happy birthday! (I suspect this was around the time a year or two ago that I was testing out my HN tagger extension/server)
Yes, yesterday was my birthday. I mostly laid low and did design work and the like on several reddits that I run.
Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
#466Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was curious about this, I suppose if you're taking direct payments vs. say adsense, if you separate your name from the business. So if someone tried to track who ads belong to, wouldn't find the owner/operator of the site. Maybe that's just standard practice. I've been thinking about that myself eg. privately registering domains and somehow not having my name tied to ssl certs, etc...
Even adsense is tough with adult content sites (last I checked, which was probably over a decade ago). Specific affiliate offers that are relevent to the audience are far more profitable.
Hmm that's a good idea(affiliate offers)
Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
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I guess I am dumb, but I can't understand how to use the tools :( Maybe an instructions page will help
The point is that these tools are not standalone. They're meant as an instruction aid for teachers and learning tools for students in the Montessori environment. These people will know immediately how to use them.
funny how both responses are exact opposite
Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
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I guess I am dumb, but I can't understand how to use the tools :( Maybe an instructions page will help
Part of the point of the Montessori method is that there aren't instructions. If you played with these items for hours (like a child) you would start to understand the fundamentals of addition, multiplication and even calculus without deliberately trying.
funny how both responses are exact opposite
Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
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> While my game has no other players, and the "money" you win doesn't save anywhere or get you anything, it was still gambly enough that I could no longer have it in the store as an individual developer. Uh oh. I am developing a single player game that's somewhat similar to yours and was planning to release it on iOS. It doesn't involve money, just points, but it is push your luck. Do you know what I should be lookin…
I'm not sure, the message I got didn't refer to any particular definition of gambling. "In order to reduce fraudulent activity on the App Store and comply with government requests to address illegal online gambling activity, we are no longer allowing gambling apps submitted by individual developers. This includes both real money gambling apps as well as apps that simulate a gambling experience."
Thanks. I think I'm okay. I'm not having players bet anything, or doing loot boxes or anything like that, so I think I'll be okay.
That being said, I do have a board game design where you do bet chips that I would have liked to make a software version of. Guess I'm not releasing that one on iOS.
Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?
#470Where do you host this site?