Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?

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Post by withoutfriction » Fri, May 20, 2011, 1:14 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?

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Post by lutorm » Fri, May 20, 2011, 1:58 PM UTC

None. ;-)

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?

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Post by wccrawford » Fri, May 20, 2011, 2:05 PM UTC

lutorm wrote: post #2

None. ;-)

Here as well, but after hearing what some of my friends do, and seeing stuff online being done, I keep thinking there's got to be a way to get in on that.

Will people really give away the sources of their income? I'm guesses not, since it's possible they could end up with a ton of competitors from it. (Which is why I'm not mentioning what my friends do. It wouldn't be fair to them.)

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?

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Post by alexkearns » Fri, May 20, 2011, 2:05 PM UTC

I launched TikiToki Timeline Software (http://www.tiki-toki.com) in March. It is currently making about $250 a month from subscribers. This month I have also sold a $1500 single timeline license. Hopefully more of them in the future!

I am currently operating TikiToki as a side project from my main business as a freelance web developer. Aim to go full time with TikiToki at start of July.

This will be a bit of a gamble, given that what I earn from subscribers via TikiToki for a full month is less than what I would earn in half a day as a freelance developer!

We do it for love as much as the money!

Edit: If we want to go into detail, I should also add that I also earn about $80 a month from Adsense for a blog my wife and I run (http://www.casualgirlgamer.com) and about $25 a month via Big Fish's affiliates scheme. Peanuts really but it all adds up...

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?

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Post by gonepostal » Fri, May 20, 2011, 2:12 PM UTC

0 That is from rental properties I own.

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Post by justinchen » Fri, May 20, 2011, 2:13 PM UTC

wccrawford wrote: post #3

lutorm wrote: post #2

None. ;-)

Here as well, but after hearing what some of my friends do, and seeing stuff online being done, I keep thinking there's got to be a way to get in on that. Will people really give away the sources of their income? I'm guesses not, since it's possible they could end up with a ton of competitors from it. (Which is why I'm not mentioning what my friends do. It wouldn't be fair to them.)

maybe re-ask the question as a poll and put some ranges.

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?

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Post by aklemm » Fri, May 20, 2011, 2:14 PM UTC

alexkearns wrote: post #4

I launched TikiToki Timeline Software ( http://www.tiki-toki.com ) in March. It is currently making about $250 a month from subscribers. This month I have also sold a $1500 single timeline license. Hopefully more of them in the future! I am currently operating TikiToki as a side project from my main business as a freelance web developer. Aim to go full time with TikiToki at start of July. This will be a bit of a gamb…

Great looking site and good niche! Can TikiToki connect to Flickr or Facebook and create timelines from media in those sites?

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?

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Post by mfjordvald » Fri, May 20, 2011, 2:16 PM UTC

I started a ROM site when I was 14, it eventually got really popular and thus got quite a few youtube videos and good search engine rankings. These days the ROMs have been long removed so traffic has obviously fallen, however due to the links and still decent search engine rankings it gets roughly 100k page views per day. End result is that the ads give me around $2k to $3k a month. Pretty happy with that since I no longer work on it and it's basically just rotting away.

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Post by autalpha » Fri, May 20, 2011, 2:17 PM UTC

alexkearns wrote: post #4

I launched TikiToki Timeline Software ( http://www.tiki-toki.com ) in March. It is currently making about $250 a month from subscribers. This month I have also sold a $1500 single timeline license. Hopefully more of them in the future! I am currently operating TikiToki as a side project from my main business as a freelance web developer. Aim to go full time with TikiToki at start of July. This will be a bit of a gamb…

what blogging platform are you using for casualgirlgamer.com?

Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?

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Post by alexkearns » Fri, May 20, 2011, 2:17 PM UTC

aklemm wrote: post #7

alexkearns wrote: post #4

I launched TikiToki Timeline Software ( http://www.tiki-toki.com ) in March. It is currently making about $250 a month from subscribers. This month I have also sold a $1500 single timeline license. Hopefully more of them in the future! I am currently operating TikiToki as a side project from my main business as a freelance web developer. Aim to go full time with TikiToki at start of July. This will be a bit of a gamb…

Great looking site and good niche! Can TikiToki connect to Flickr or Facebook and create timelines from media in those sites?

Yes, we have Flickr integration. So you can add your Flickr images to your timeline. Facebook integration is in our roadmap, though not as yet a top priority.