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Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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I have three: https://pikaso.me which lets people post their tweets on Instagram https://postsheet.com for sending emails / SMS from data in Google Sheets or Airtable https://volt.fm for viewing Spotify stats and discovering new music

volt.fm is really cool thanks for that!

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My 'side project' is pretty conventional, but it surprises people to learn how much I've earned from it with very little effort. At least once or twice a week, I use my lunch break to walk to the local thrift store. I look up items on eBay as I browse and buy anything that would net me $20+ (basically to cover my lunch). I stick to the 'hard goods' section (things like electronics, games, DVDs, home appliances, books…

This is a really cool idea. I don’t live close enough to a thrift shop to justify this on more than a once-a-week basis unfortunately. I might have to start trying this though!

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My 'side project' is pretty conventional, but it surprises people to learn how much I've earned from it with very little effort. At least once or twice a week, I use my lunch break to walk to the local thrift store. I look up items on eBay as I browse and buy anything that would net me $20+ (basically to cover my lunch). I stick to the 'hard goods' section (things like electronics, games, DVDs, home appliances, books…

Do you know of any discount places to get the packing material you use? Would be funny if you found a thermal printer at the thrift shop.

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Made a Rubik's cube kind of game for phones ( http://eclidus.com ) with my buddy and sales were at that level for a while. Then they died down, I couldn't be bothered to market it so I made it available for free. :) I'll probably try something similar again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Is there a pattern similar to an actual rubik's cube that allows for "speed" solves?

Yes sir. You can YouTube it as some people have posted the algos they discovered. :)

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

#237

Made a Rubik's cube kind of game for phones ( http://eclidus.com ) with my buddy and sales were at that level for a while. Then they died down, I couldn't be bothered to market it so I made it available for free. :) I'll probably try something similar again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oh and we got featured by Apple. That's what drove the initial sales.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

#238

Open Source Hardware! Specifically a USB Oscilloscope: https://espotek.com/labrador Sell maybe $1k/mo of these through the website and another $3k through Amazon at a margin of around 50%. The biggest things that I see a lot of people get wrong in the hardware business is the importance of manufacturing and logistics. It doesn't matter that you're constantly producing new and improved revisions of your board if you'r…

Woah, small world. I bought two of these as Christmas presents only days ago.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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I run an e-commerce store as a side-hustle: https://drinkyourdailywater.com/ We sell glass water jugs targeted at desk workers, to help remind you to drink enough water. I created it because I wasn't drinking enough water. Running paid ads has been very hit or miss, and I don't have a knack for the marketing. But word-of-mouth has been good for us and we get the odd corporate sale here or there.

Been looking for something like this. Just ordered one!

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell

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post #113

I run an e-commerce store as a side-hustle: https://drinkyourdailywater.com/ We sell glass water jugs targeted at desk workers, to help remind you to drink enough water. I created it because I wasn't drinking enough water. Running paid ads has been very hit or miss, and I don't have a knack for the marketing. But word-of-mouth has been good for us and we get the odd corporate sale here or there.

Been looking for something like this. Just ordered one!

Thank you for your order! :D
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