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

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Post by aantix »

giarc wrote: post #216
aantix wrote: post #16

https://hauling.market/ Andrew is killing it. Already over one million in bids on his platform.

This is interesting. The copy on the page is pretty broad (beyond this single spot about horses and all small animals), suggesting they accept any type of shipment. However, when you look at the request they are almost 100% horses or other small animals. I wonder if the founder should niche down and focus on the animal market, seems like there is demand.

He runs at least 8 Facebook animal hauling groups, so he's well acquainted with the niche. His mom started the horse hauling group many years ago, and Andrew took over.

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Post by akudha »

vmception wrote: post #243
akudha wrote: post #242

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"just from transaction volume and earning your crypto." Could you please elaborate? Do you mean taking a cut from the transactions? Also, if I gave myself 6 months of part time study, will that be enough to get proficiency to start working on real world projects?

> Do you mean taking a cut from the transactions? Yes. > Also, if I gave myself 6 months of part time study, will that be enough to get proficiency to start working on real world projects? Yes. If you already know how to program it honestly won't take you that long. The bigger issue in DeFi and crypto in general is what to focus on. Here, all of your side projects can make money right out the gate without trying to l…

Thank you for taking the time to reply. Checking your course

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

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Post by kossTKR »

akudha wrote: post #253
vmception wrote: post #243

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Do you mean taking a cut from the transactions? Yes. > Also, if I gave myself 6 months of part time study, will that be enough to get proficiency to start working on real world projects? Yes. If you already know how to program it honestly won't take you that long. The bigger issue in DeFi and crypto in general is what to focus on. Here, all of your side projects can make money right out the gate without trying to l…

Thank you for taking the time to reply. Checking your course

You are not replying to the person with the course right?

Because if so i would be skeptical.

People selling courses are selling the dream and hyping "money making" through some new shiny tech.

I hope these two accounts are different persons.

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

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Post by fumfhklo »

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

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Post by loosetypes »

santah wrote: post #220
loosetypes wrote: post #190

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Are you able to do this full time to support yourself? Do you feel like you’re competing with the many other app options out there with larger teams? I’m currently building something in a similar space. I’d like to be able to devote myself to it but am worried about viability (both overall and as a solo developer). That is to say, inspired to see your post!

Yes - this business supports me and my family and I don't have or need another job. I'm lucky to have found something I'm passionate about and that I can be helpful to others with. That said - I haven't had a day without working on it (for at least 30minutes to handle support email) in more than 15 years. Also - I plan all vacations around it (well, those are really vacations for my wife, I try and keep working as mu…

Thanks so much for your reply - I will definitely reach out via Next Episode to continue the conversation. Any and all feedback would be much appreciated.

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Post by oceanghost »

makeee wrote: post #93
oceanghost wrote: post #86

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Oh, I'm a SW engineer. I just mostly worked in process control and consumer electronics. I've done a few websites. Thank you for the reply. :-)

Gotcha! Then it shouldn't be too hard to integrate Authorize. UI is mostly decoupled from payment logic. Always happy to hop on a call if you need some help understanding anything in the codebase.

As an addendum... Purchased a copy of your thing, looking forward to exploring it. I'm reasonably clever and I don't expect I'd need any help, but I super appreciate the offer.

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Post by jituc »

quelsolaar wrote: post #34

I license a fully automated UV unwrapping tool at MinistryOfFlat.com . UV mapping is the task of unwrapping a 3D model to a flat surface in order to put textures on it. Ive been at it for about 3 years, and last year I made 7 figures. I do sell directly to 3D artists. You probably know some VFX companies and game companies that have licensed my tool. I make a good amount from people coming to the web site, but the ma…

That's really cool. I have really hard time calculating the prospect price for commercial usage of software. can you share the average commercial license pricing range for a product? and how much does it differ from pricing for individuals? Thanks for sharing your stats.

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

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Post by jituc »

ratsimihah wrote: post #11

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, please.

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

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Post by lemming »

sushpop wrote: post #229
lemming wrote: post #47

I develop Cursive - https://cursive-ide.com , a plugin for Clojure development in IntelliJ. I started working on it seriously in 2014, started selling it in 2015 after about 2 years in beta (during which time I had a daughter) and it has provided all my income since then. The sales are more than my salary + bonus (but less than total comp) at my last job at Google. This year is the first year that sales have dipped s…

Thank you for making. It makes learning and writing Clojure fun !!!

My pleasure, I'm glad you enjoy it!
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