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Re: Show HN: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension

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post #82

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Well noted, thanks!

There's [Tell HN] for posts like these. This post got engagement /despite/ the wrong tag, try not letting the unnecessarily negative tone of the original comment get to you (I'm sorry). And thanks for the great share.

Thank you for the support! I definite should have used Tell HN.

Re: Show HN: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension

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post #126

Hello HN, I see another post sharing their success micro startups today on HN so I thought I should share mine. I started working on this browser extension for Twitter 8 months ago. It took 3 months to reach $60/mo, 3 more to reach $400/mo, and 2 more to reach $3K/mo – where I am now. When I start, I had 0 followers on Twitter. When it reaches $400/mo, I quit my job. I now live freely from corporate drama and travel…

How did you build the follower base in such a short time?

I spent 3 hours/day everyday for a few months straight. I'll write about it in more details in my next newsletter issue :)

Re: Show HN: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension

#154
post #59

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Plumbers are a bad example: Its hard to find one thats even available around here. Some just say “sorry booked for 3 months”

There’s one not far from me that has taken a more modern approach and now has 20 employees.

Good for them. But thats 20 people who are not working elsewhere and the macro supply/demand ratios are the same.

Re: Show HN: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension

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The whole marketing post was a bit TL;DR for me.

How long have you been making $3K/month? How much time (man-hours) did you invest in developing the product and were other costs involved? How much time/money does it currently cost to keep things running (e.g. updates, support, hosting)?

A decent developer can easily make $100K/yr, which is quite a lot of months of making $3000

Re: Show HN: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension

#156
post #115

Great job. Love the value provided, design and landing page too. Also its great you made a mobile app as well. I don't care what others tell you. All it takes is 1 more click to check out your whole product. You are providing value to those who use twitter heavily and don't get enough data from twitter to take meaningful action. Similarly I find Instagram to provide very basic analytics / data, do you want to collab…

Thank you for the kind words! As of now I don't have enough capacity to take on another project, but let's keep in touch!

Fair enough. Thanks. Keep up the great work.

Re: Show HN: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension

#157
post #126

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How did you build the follower base in such a short time?

I spent 3 hours/day everyday for a few months straight. I'll write about it in more details in my next newsletter issue :)

...writing on twitter? wow! It seems hard work is paying off, congrats!
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