Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses in 2021?

Post by vmception » Sun, Jan 03, 2021, 12:30 AM UTC

zenyc wrote: post #56

vmception wrote: post #53

Yes, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has been very lucrative Basically its great because everything is client side so all you have to is make frontend websites for people to interact with, and even that isn't really necessary. You just need people, with wallets, to be able to interact with your smart contract easily. The smart contract you deploy has to address a pain point for existing users, typically by consolidating…

Is there a way I can contact you? Interested in learning more.

Post by tomcam » Sun, Jan 03, 2021, 12:59 AM UTC

mandeepj wrote: post #140

tomcam wrote: post #110

I am in my 21st year of running a service that places bids the last few seconds on eBay. I am the sole employee and I outsource all of the heavy lifting. I have been doing the four hour work week since Tim Ferriss was in middle school. My house and farm in the Seattle area are both fully paid for. It allowed me to enjoy my children as they grew up and to afford serious medical bills (two of them are handicapped). It…

so, I can blame your service whenever I can't buy something via a bid at ebay for lower price

Post by damechen » Sun, Jan 03, 2021, 1:17 AM UTC

bluehatbrit wrote: post #137

damechen wrote: post #106

I solely started https://testimonial.to 2 weeks ago, and it generated over $5k revenue for me since its launch. I wouldn't say success, but at least it's my best launch ever. Well, the website is an app to help collect video testimonials for your businesses. I offered a lifetime deal, all my revenue is from the lifetime deal. Now the deal is gone. In 2021, I will be only focus on recurring revenue. Start all over aga…

May I ask what you did to promote it adn get that initial traffic?

Post by sideproject » Sun, Jan 03, 2021, 1:27 AM UTC

pythonbase wrote: post #92

sideproject wrote: post #50

I had many un-used domains I've purchased over the years (>40) and I wanted to make use of them without having to spend time, so I built Newsy - launched 9 months ago. https://www.newsy.co It turns your un-used domain into a Reddit-like content aggregator with all sorts of features - membership, voting, comments, newsletters and monetization. The best thing for me is that it is completely automated and all of my doma…

How you got these approved from Adsense? Heard that usually have issues with content aggregators claiming such sites do not have original content.

Post by sideproject » Sun, Jan 03, 2021, 1:29 AM UTC

rajacombinator wrote: post #138

sideproject wrote: post #50

I had many un-used domains I've purchased over the years (>40) and I wanted to make use of them without having to spend time, so I built Newsy - launched 9 months ago. https://www.newsy.co It turns your un-used domain into a Reddit-like content aggregator with all sorts of features - membership, voting, comments, newsletters and monetization. The best thing for me is that it is completely automated and all of my doma…

This looks really cool. Will be considering for some future projects. One thing that immediately occurs to me is that I’d be concerned about vendor lock in. I wonder if you could offer a fixed fee “eject” option if I want the ability to go off and do my own development on top of what you give me.