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Re: Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend project to date?

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Post by optimus »

albertogh wrote: post #9

I made an iOS application for reading comics in literally 6 hours. I released it back in May and it's currently earning me ~$1000 a month via ads. Impressions are still increasing by ~25K each day, so profits are likely to increase in the coming months.

What kind of comics?

Re: Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend project to date?

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Post by optimus »

Osiris wrote: post #4

I only have 1 side project, which is a utility for Windows laptops (a battery meter). It does about $1500 to $2k per month in sales. I've been thinking about expanding it to have a Enterprise (B2B) product. I'm trying to get another idea I have into a startup, but I haven't been able to get that off the ground.

Where do you sell such apps?

Re: Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend project to date?

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Post by ForrestN »

sahillavingia wrote: post #10

Gumroad - http://gumroad.com/ - right now I'm trying to turn it from a million dollar business (current valuation) to a billion dollar one. :)

Cool! Just out of curiosity, what's the justification for the million dollar valuation?

Re: Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend project to date?

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Post by sahillavingia »

ForrestN wrote: post #14
sahillavingia wrote: post #10

Gumroad - http://gumroad.com/ - right now I'm trying to turn it from a million dollar business (current valuation) to a billion dollar one. :)

Cool! Just out of curiosity, what's the justification for the million dollar valuation?

The valuation of the last round was greater than that. A combination of potential and % chance of reaching that potential. So really, plucked out of thin air by those with money :)

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Post by nonrecursive »

Clean Up Your Mess (http://www.visualmess.com/) is just a mini visual design tutorial and not a product, but it was a side project and it's made a few hundred bucks from amazon ads. I did not intend to make money from it, so it was nice surprise that I did.

Re: Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend project to date?

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Post by nonrecursive »

sahillavingia wrote: post #16
ForrestN wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cool! Just out of curiosity, what's the justification for the million dollar valuation?

The valuation of the last round was greater than that. A combination of potential and % chance of reaching that potential. So really, plucked out of thin air by those with money :)

I remember when you first posted that here. I thought it was a cool idea, and I'm happy for you and your prospects with it.

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Post by Birejji »

Birejji - http://birejji.com Was earning $100/day with adsense as a normal chat site (with 2M+ impressions per Month), but adsense banned the site due to "fraudulent clicks" (I've always had a consistent CTR so no idea what happened there). Since then it's turned into a Paid to Chat site.
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