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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 Benjamin_Dobell »

balls187 wrote: post #274
rcstank wrote: post #215

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

"For Dummies" is a registered trademark (https://search.ipaustralia.gov.au/trademarks/search/view/626...). "for Babies" is not, at least I can't find one.

Honestly, I don't see how "for babies" could be trademarked since it's a literal phrase describing the product. "For Dummies" is not used literally.

That's not to say generic words / phrases cannot be trademarked. Just look at Apple. However, trademarks for a generic term must be very limited in scope initially. If the brand obtains substantial recognition, then a broader trademark may be granted. These broader trademarks are typically reserved for household names. Even Apple had trademark issues when they entered the music industry due to Apple Records.

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

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Post by asdev »

yidaman wrote: post #69

Mine is a humble little personal finance app called GreenBooks ( https://greenbooks.app ). For the last few months, my proceeds from the App Store is ~$500. That is after Apple's 15% cut. Not bad for a side project.

did you market this at all?

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

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Post by Nexxxeh »

AussieWog93 wrote: post #195

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…

This literally made me say "WTF?!" when I went to the page.

I think you're burying the lede here. It's only $29 inc worldwide shipping! WTAF, that's awesome.

I'll be ordering one as soon as Christmas is out of the way.

Any plans to add an EU or UK distribution point? I'm prepared to wait the 2-3 weeks for free UK shipping tbh, but if you're adding more local distribution early next year I'd hold on.

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

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Post by atlgator »

_n7kw wrote: post #156

I earn more than $500 a month with [redacted], a phone contract comparison website for the UK market. [link redacted] Today, 90% of my time is spent on content marketing, followed by improvements to the website. Data is automatically pulled once a day. Parsing the data feeds can be frustrating, as there is no consistent format or documentation, therefore I need to code around many possible edge cases. I do all the we…

Sweet! Any particular resources that helped you with SEO and marketing?

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

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Post by rexreed »

AussieWog93 wrote: post #195

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…

So how did you solve your manufacturing and logistics challenges?

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Post by sneilan1 »

to1y wrote: post #334
sneilan1 wrote: post #252

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have finance and quant in your profile bio. Is quantitative finance not a form of technical analysis?

The difference is quantitative finance uses mathematical models where-as when 'technical analysis' is talked about in the (youtube)stock market it generally refers to opening up mspaint and using the line draw tool to 'find patterns.'

I see. Yeah I agree the technical analysis often presented in public forums and YouTube is not exactly rigorous.

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

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Post by yakshaving_jgt »

I have a B2B lead generation and marketing SaaS for the UK market. It's used mostly by accountancy firms and insurance brokers, but also by people in HR, venture capitalists, enterprise salespeople, and more. It gives you the ability to search and filter through the millions of records in Companies House and it's updated every day. It's all written in Haskell, and it's been running for a few years now.

https://newbusinessmonitor.co.uk/

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

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Post by Orenlone »

Cycl0ps wrote: post #175
throwaway0a5e wrote: post #155

No way I'm telling you people. The business I'm in is centuries old. Even still, I'd need to be a special kind of stupid to advertise that there's easy money niches of it to a bunch of people who have discretionary income. Edit: There's wood involved, but not that kind of wood.

Prostitution, got it.

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