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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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Post by plasticbugs »

starik36 wrote: post #105
plasticbugs wrote: post #2

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…

> grossed about $20000 What was the net?

Probably somewhere around 13,000 I would guess. I haven’t been keeping track as it is still just a fun hobby-ish venture. I enjoy the thrill-of-the-hunt more than the money-making aspect. Though if the tax situation makes it complicated I may have to reconsider. It did net me a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pinball machine!

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

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Post by canadaduane »

me_me_mu_mu wrote: post #120
canadaduane wrote: post #92

I built an in-browser 3D world for life coaches so they can create better experiences for their communities. Audio & video chat in a game-like world, where exploration and socializing is for health, happiness, and personal growth. We're averaging about $400/mo right now through customizing worlds and building features as requested. https://www.relm.us

That’s really cool. Good luck.

Thanks!

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

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Post by fellellor »

niftylettuce wrote: post #9

Forward Email is doing several thousand per month now just one year in. Site: https://forwardemail.net Open Startup: https://forwardemail.net/open-startup

Safari cannot open the page.

The error was “could not decode raw data”

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

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Post by balls187 »

rcstank wrote: post #215
balls187 wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Curious if you were aware of the Baby University books from Chris Ferrie, and if so, worried about potential lawsuits?

Lawsuit for what?

IANAL, but trademark infringement?

I mean, can anyone write a "For Dummies" book?

To clarify there is a series called XXXX For Babies.

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

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Post by vneur »

throwaway2037 wrote: post #143
vneur wrote: post #22

I built a board game in 2021 that has been just breaking the cutoff for this post, all I do is mail out a few games a week as we get orders. We do all our own fulfillment to save money. Currently trying to design a real video game. I got lucky with the board game because it targeted a really niche audience (rock climbers) and so we weren't really competing with the full board game market, which is honestly super satu…

On a discussion thread like this one, I think there is no shame in providing the homepage URL. Here it is after using your Google hint: https://five15game.com/ Keep up the good work!

wasn't sure if it broke the rules to post, thanks!

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Post by vneur »

sshine wrote: post #37
vneur wrote: post #22

I built a board game in 2021 that has been just breaking the cutoff for this post, all I do is mail out a few games a week as we get orders. We do all our own fulfillment to save money. Currently trying to design a real video game. I got lucky with the board game because it targeted a really niche audience (rock climbers) and so we weren't really competing with the full board game market, which is honestly super satu…

Awesome project. I initially youtube'd you, and there was no mention of your card game. I then startpage'd you and found a kickstarter page with a pretty well-made video... why don't you crosspost your video to youtube? and why don't you get someone to review it?

good point... I'm not sure why we never made the youtube video public. Thanks for bringing it up! This is why I feel like making that first game was good practice, I won't make these mistakes for the second one.

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Post by nabakin »

vegesm wrote: post #10

I have an android app ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.algeo.alge... ). It brings in right around $500 a month. It is fun to develop, especially that I can dabble into frontend and UI design which is quite far away from what I'm doing daily. Interestingly, it used to bring in much more but the heydays of apps are over.

Oh that's so cool, I used this app a few years ago! Amazing work!

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

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Post by dehrmann »

adossi wrote: post #193
IAmGraydon wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s a $30,000 rig at least. So 300 days of mining before you just break even. I’m sure that in 300 days it will only be able to mine a fraction of what it does now due to increasing difficulty. I’m not seeing how this truly works out.

You are grossly overestimating the depreciation of mining hardware. It’s pretty common to have well maintained mining rigs and farms that last several years. Also, it’s a common strategy to sell mining hardware at or near ROI time to essentially double your initial investment. Coincidentally my GPUs have not only paid for themselves and then some, but I could sell them used now for more than I bought them for. I’m lu…

This is a tricky time to try to read the tea leaves on GPU depreciation.

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Post by is0tope »

crobertsbmw wrote: post #25

My little hardware book, Computer Engineering for Babies launched on Kickstarter a few months ago and blew my mind by raising almost $250k. It’s a simple book with buttons and LEDs to demonstrate different logic gates. I just shipped out the first batch of books a week ago and now waiting for the next batch of books. It’s gotten pretty demanding pretty quickly but I’m really excited about it. I’m hoping I can soon em…

Love it. Pre-ordered one, though sounds like the next batch will only be ready in March :(
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