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Is it hard to build a web app that makes at least $1000 a month?

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Re: Is it hard to build a web app that makes at least $1000 a month?

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Post by zavulon »

naner wrote: post #22
dotBen wrote: post #11

Applying your startup skills to projects in the adult space will certainly help you wing your way to $1000/m v easily. Big data/machine learning of all the meta data associated on tube sites, repurposing content for tablets, recommendation engines, social layers that are delineated/firewalled from the mainstream social graph, hosting/live streaming services for adult content -- are all opportunity spaces that come to…

Legal - yes, but for a lot of us not really justifiable. I'd rather flip burgers.

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. You didn't pass any judgment on others, just saying that for you and others it's not justifiable. I 100% agree with you - I had many opportunities to go into that space, but had to decline all of them because I wouldn't feel right doing it, and would have a hard time explaining it to my parents.

Re: Is it hard to build a web app that makes at least $1000 a month?

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Post by chopsueyar »

patio11 wrote: post #59

Define "hard." It is an eminently achievable goal to build a business which makes $1,000 a month. That isn't a "get into the NFL then win the Superbowl" goal, that is a "get into college" goal on the relative-risk-of-total-failure continuum. The process of doing it is fairly well understood and focused application of effort towards it makes it quite likely that you will succeed. It does require a bit of a mindset cha…

since development skill leads to success in software businesses like the ability to cook amazing waffles leads to successfully running a bed and breakfast.

Well put.

Re: Is it hard to build a web app that makes at least $1000 a month?

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Post by chopsueyar »

fedd wrote: post #48
getsat wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been wanting to build a niche video/picture site for a while (to deal with all the CDN/scaling issues involved myself), and I've also been looking for a project I can use this Programming Collective Intelligence book on. Adult seems to be a good next project for me. The only initial unknown I can think of would be where content would come from unless it's user-supplied. Any other links/info/thoughts?

aren't all the niches filled?

Is this a play on words?

Re: Is it hard to build a web app that makes at least $1000 a month?

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Post by thenduks »

tjogin wrote: post #15

I would not take business advice from anyone attributing all of Apple's success to their image and none to their products.

Indeed. How does the poster figure Apple got their image? It was pretty bad, their image I mean, in the 90s. It surely couldn't be something crazy like they make great products :)

Re: Is it hard to build a web app that makes at least $1000 a month?

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Post by dotBen »

pdelgallego wrote: post #41
dotBen wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Affiliate deals with content sites - which are more than just advertising because they tend to have insane revenue sharing deals for the lifetime of the lead - often 50% split of membership fees for the life of the subscription. So from just a single user signing up for a $30/month subscription, you would make over $180/year. My partner enjoys a healthy secondary income (way way above the monthly figure mentioned in…

Hey Ben, I would like to read more on this topic. Have you written something about it? What are the needs and the problems that they are facing. How to identify the possible customers. Common affilate scheme in the industry, etc ...

I've not because I don't actually have any projects in this space - my partner (Violet Blue) does and I help her with the technical side of her sites and as someone with a media/tech background I find a lot of it quite interesting.

Re: Is it hard to build a web app that makes at least $1000 a month?

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Post by wan23 »

revorad wrote: post #57
yeahsure wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But that wouldn't be a web app. How about a web app? Anything else other than AppSumo?

Give my new store a try - http://laughingcomputer.com

Offtopic I know, but this comment is exactly the type where seeing points on comments would be really useful. As it stands, I won't click this link because I have no idea if it's worth it, or worse some kind of scam.

Re: Is it hard to build a web app that makes at least $1000 a month?

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Post by dotBen »

jamesbritt wrote: post #56
dotBen wrote: post #11

Applying your startup skills to projects in the adult space will certainly help you wing your way to $1000/m v easily. Big data/machine learning of all the meta data associated on tube sites, repurposing content for tablets, recommendation engines, social layers that are delineated/firewalled from the mainstream social graph, hosting/live streaming services for adult content -- are all opportunity spaces that come to…

Many of these projects can be kept on "life-support" and still bring in a healthy profit if set up correctly. How do you know this? I'm genuinely curious; is this reasonable speculation (but still speculation) or do you have some concrete evidence of this working for people? What I've read lately about porn sites suggests that the days of easy money are gone, modulo a few outliers.

What I've read lately about porn sites suggests that the days of easy money are gone

What has disappeared are the "gallery sites" that were easy to make - often by hand - or using basic CMS's like wordpress.

Most of the people who say it is over are the "old skool" industry folks who hate the Tube sites because they represent a level of technical expertise that they cannot match (but most HN'ers can)

What is happening is real technology is disrupting the space and those without skills are getting pushed out.

People are still paying for porn, and content sites need to find the distribution and new leads.

I know this because my partner has a lot of projects in this space. I also know many people - from owners of some of the biggest content houses here in SF thru to engineers who work on startups and supplement their income at night through this kinds of projects.

It's actually more common then you think, most people just don't want to put their names to it.

Re: Is it hard to build a web app that makes at least $1000 a month?

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Post by dotBen »

getsat wrote: post #20
dotBen wrote: post #11

Applying your startup skills to projects in the adult space will certainly help you wing your way to $1000/m v easily. Big data/machine learning of all the meta data associated on tube sites, repurposing content for tablets, recommendation engines, social layers that are delineated/firewalled from the mainstream social graph, hosting/live streaming services for adult content -- are all opportunity spaces that come to…

I've been wanting to build a niche video/picture site for a while (to deal with all the CDN/scaling issues involved myself), and I've also been looking for a project I can use this Programming Collective Intelligence book on. Adult seems to be a good next project for me. The only initial unknown I can think of would be where content would come from unless it's user-supplied. Any other links/info/thoughts?

Content is licensable. If you join affiliate programs you get sample content to use for free, too.

Don't get into user-generated - too many legal and ethical issues.

Re: Is it hard to build a web app that makes at least $1000 a month?

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Post by revorad »

wan23 wrote: post #66
revorad wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Give my new store a try - http://laughingcomputer.com

Offtopic I know, but this comment is exactly the type where seeing points on comments would be really useful. As it stands, I won't click this link because I have no idea if it's worth it, or worse some kind of scam.

You can look at my profile, other comments and submissions to know im not spamming.

Re: Is it hard to build a web app that makes at least $1000 a month?

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Post by revorad »

wan23 wrote: post #66
revorad wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Give my new store a try - http://laughingcomputer.com

Offtopic I know, but this comment is exactly the type where seeing points on comments would be really useful. As it stands, I won't click this link because I have no idea if it's worth it, or worse some kind of scam.

You can look at my profile, other comments and submissions to know im not spamming.
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