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Gumroad - http://gumroad.com/ - right now I'm trying to turn it from a million dollar business (current valuation) to a billion dollar one. :)
Made a wireless stumbler for iOS in about two days that sold a bit over $100k total. Admittedly, I spent probably another day in random debugging for version 3-ish of it (just went walkabout in Chicago with a debug build, logging AP details when it had bad behavior). And then ungodly amounts of time answering e-mails and on the phone with the iOS app review team, but that was long after the "weekend project" phase.
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are you the guy who makes battery meter? because that is seriously the best $7 i have ever spent.
If you're referring to BatteryBar, then, yes, I do. I'd love any way you could help get the word out. If anyone has thoughts on how to get it reviewed by tech blogs, I'd appreciate it.
http://www.delibarapp.com/ http://www.potionfactory.com/thehitlist/ http://culturedcode.com/things/ http://sophiestication.com/coversutra/
If a new website isn't possible or you want some other ideas here are a bunch: 1. Mess with your pricing a bit I was comfortable paying $7 would i have preferred $5 and would not buy at $10 which is where it is now. I think with some A/B testing you could find a better price point.
2. Your checkout makes me want to cry So as a potential customer i click upgrade to pro and get taken to this http://screensnapr.com/e/Rrn828.png . Why has the price double? Why are you trying to up sell me stuff? Why am i on an external website that i have never heard of before? Maybe spend some time/money setting up a more user friendly checkout system that wont cause potential customers to give up half way through the sale.
3. On your website sell benefits rather than features, to get you started "It a bloody million times more accurate than the inbuilt one"
Marketing Ideas (preferable once you have fixed your website) 1. Make a battery app for the iphone (there are tons of free ones) and you would be a small fish in a big market but if people do get your app you can cross sell plus if you get mentioned on any blogs you can try and get them to link to BatteryBar as well.
2. Are you actively talking to blogs and app review sites or are you hoping they stumble across you?
Hopefully that helps, its a mess of ideas but and comments but hopefully that is useful. If you need some more input ill try, just send me a message on twitter @nico_kunz
getmetricmail.com creates simple Google Analytics reports and sends them to you as a PDF. Currently 3000 free users. A handfull pays, so it makes about $100 per month. A good example of Freemium gone wrong.
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.
The OP asked about profitable side/weekend projects. This is a project I worked on on the side, and it made money. So why did my comment get downvoted?
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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 :)
