Live data from Hacker News

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

news.ycombinator.com

151–160 of 285 posts

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

#151
I started Niceboard (https://niceboard.co) last summer and while the recurring revenue is not enough to entirely live on yet, I've been running a lifetime deal on Appsumo which has consistently brought in >$5k / month over the past few months and live off of that (for how long is the million dollar question).

Now I have to fully transition from fixed revenue to recurring!

(I was thinking of writing a quick note about all of this but idk if anyone cares/is interested)

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

#152
post #10

Lunch Money ( https://lunchmoney.app/ ) is run by one person. It is a personal budgeting app that is very well-designed and easy to use. The founder's journey is also quite interesting as she has been traveling as a digital nomad while building Lunch Money.

Jen here– thank you so much for the mention!

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

#154

I'll be starting a Youtube channel shortly about solo bootstrapping a tech business around a mobile app and everything that's involved, from idea validation to implementation, launch and marketing. Let me know if that's everything you're interested in

Yes pls

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

#156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Some sites have already been approved prior. We generally discourage our users to apply for AdSense initially (most likely it'll get rejected anyway) - so instead we recommend using other ad platforms (there are plenty).

I couldn't PM you via your contact details on HN. I can help you with this. Is there a way I can message you?

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

#157
post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where do I find your service? I am planning on moving soon.

https://allaboutberlin.com - I don't offer any services, only free content. However I do have a small network of trusted people I work with, if you need extra help.

I'm not planning to move but I enjoyed the writing style. Thanks for sharing and great stuff!

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

#158

I hope it’s not off topic but it seems to show that one person businesses are probably not the way to go for most people- you will have a much more predictable income in a larger organisation and on average you will be better off financially too. Anyone telling you otherwise is probably a VC trying to make you work for them (or fail competing against them)

Agency and independence are priceless to some people, myself included.
Post reply on HN