6k-8k a month through small-time consulting. I've got one big customer, and two smaller ones. Good work, but it doesn't scale well.
What type of consulting?
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#162$0 per month for my one-hand keyboard layout software, blah. Recently switched from a 'branded' domain to a exact-match domain, looking forward to seeing how that improves my results. Blog + regular content is next on the list.
http://www.onehandkeyboard.org
It's based on the same muscle memory as two-hand typing, so any two-hand typist can learn to type with one hand in minutes. Good for a programmer with a broken arm, for example.
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#165About $10k a month from an old Facebook quiz app. I haven't touched the codebase or worked on said app in 8 months.
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#166I average $30 month on a fishing blog, I'm pretty passionate about it too so i don't really consider it work. All the revenue is via google adsense. I've been trying google affiliate but in 6 months have made zero on it.
The site is built on wordpress so i've been thinking about some kind of amazon affiliate plugin but i haven't pulled the trigger yet, haven't read any outstanding reviews on amazon plugins either.
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#167I co-own a web app which makes about $70k a year total, which I split 50/50 with my partner.
Living in a relatively expensive place, I'm satisfied with that for now as it enables a modest yet comfortable standard of living. The usual benefits - flexible hours, can work in any location with internet access, complete choice of technologies, etc. go a long way.
We could do a lot better, though and I'm aiming to do that. The current business I have can't grow due to the unique situation (it's based on another company's API, and that company is atrocious in every way imaginable - including developer hostility). It's been a blessing, though and I'm looking to build some great new stuff this year.
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#168$0 per month for my one-hand keyboard layout software, blah. Recently switched from a 'branded' domain to a exact-match domain, looking forward to seeing how that improves my results. Blog + regular content is next on the list. http://www.onehandkeyboard.org It's based on the same muscle memory as two-hand typing, so any two-hand typist can learn to type with one hand in minutes. Good for a programmer with a broken a…
I would love to see a live video example on your landing page. It took me a long time and several clicks to figure it out.
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#169SAAS company, 2 people, no funding. $6k/month after paying the support person. completely passive income, e.g. i don't check email any more.
Is the $6k/mo for you? Or the two of you? What's the product like, OOC?
We split it up based on how many hours/commits have been done in the project to date. It's a niche product sold to small and midsized financial services firms. We used salespeople to get to about $3k/month and from there everything was organic. About 5 months from starting line until we got our first customer.
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#170Around $350/month
$100-$200 a month selling virtual weapons in SecondLife (Used to be around $800 a month a few years ago)
$200 a month with my two iOS apps developed using Unity3D. Each took around 1 week to make! Seriously was worth the $300 license, I doubt anybody could match the development speed natively.