I make a little under $500 selling sunglasses for Dogs and Cats.
Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#372I run a B2B lead generation SaaS for the UK market. It provides up-to-date data from Companies House, but also allows you to sort and filter businesses by: - where they are located - when they registered - what SIC (standard industrial classification) code they use - their operational status - their accounts category Businesses typically use this to find new businesses to try and market/sell their services to. It’s w…
That's really interesting - Do you do all the letter-sending yourself or outsource that?
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#373I start tons of projects, and it's always a bother naming them. I didn't find existing domain generators at all useful, and since my background is in AI, I made my own. → https://www.namy.ai It currently has a modest but pretty consistent 200-300 users daily, almost all of it direct traffic (my SEO skills are very lacking). I'm assuming people recommend it to their friends, and that's where the traffic is coming from…
This is fantastic! If I may be crass, how does this make money? Just through referral links?
Not crass, I like sharing! We're all here to learn from each other.
The monetization model is just referral links to Namecheap, where I get a 10% commission. I want to make that a bit more elegant (especially for people with uBlock Origin, which it doesn't track), and also add a few other referrals (logo makers and maybe hosting).
Couldn't think of other ways to monetize this without making it obnoxious (I hate ads, and making it pay-to-use also seems restrictive to me). If you have any ideas, I'd be open to hear them!
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#374Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just a heads up: my company blocks this site as malware
shop.invisible-computers.com? Any idea what could be causing this? I am at a loss.
I have an extension called FakeSpot that I use to detect fake Amazon reviews. To my surprise, it flagged your site as well with the following note: "Please research the seller because:
* Limited Internet presence
* Website is missing common professional website attributes
* Limited Internet presence and history"
It doesn't expand on any of those points, that's all it says.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#375I make around $500 per month running a gaming VPN service - [link redacted]
I initially built it to route PUBG players in Australia (myself included!) onto the fastest links to overseas servers as the Australian servers did not have enough players. It was strung together with OpenVPN and a Discord bot as I never expected more than around 20 people would use it... mostly figured it would be me and my squad mates. Within three months I had around 350 users by word of mouth paying $5 per month. Most of my users came from established competitors as my service was a lot simpler to use. The user numbers died down over the following year mostly due to competitors offering an aggressive referral system and I was focused on other projects.
Last year I decided to expand to other games and regions. I rebuilt it as a standalone Electron based Windows app using a kernel network driver that can route individual Windows apps through my WireGuard VPN servers. I built everything except the network driver which was done by a Windows networking specialist - https://ntkernel.com
I currently support PUBG, DOTA 2, iRacing, Apex Legends, Rocket League, Final Fantasy XIV, Super People in Australia/New Zealand and PUBG and Rocket League in North America.
The service is stable and relatively scalable so this year I'm hoping to focus on the marketing in between other projects. Part of that will probably include a name change as I figure it doesn't make a lot of sense to people outside Australia
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#376Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just curious, why sell your model if it's working so well for you?
I've thought about this a lot, and to answer 100% honestly, I'm not sure I always will, but for now: 1. These are not HFT models. They trade once every 2-4 weeks on average. They scale to billions in capital, so selling them does not inhibit my own returns. 2. There's a lot of demand. Part of the reason I decided to launch is I had some friends IRL begging me to let them use my models as well. Seeking Alpha has over…
Who would you describe as your target audience? For example, would someone with some software and mathematics skills but limited financial knowledge (but growing interest) be able to turn the signals into a trading system?
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#377I run Dictanote ( https://dictanote.co ) and Voice In ( https://dictanote.co/voicein/ ) Dictanote is a note-taking app with built-in voice-to-text integration. Writers use it to write their books, students use it to take notes, etc. Dictanote automatically syncs your notes to the cloud and makes them available on all your devices. Voice In is a chrome extension that lets you use dictation to type on any website in Ch…
What does your stack look like? Curious how you don’t go broke while offering a free plan.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#378I made two LinkedIn courses. One has paid off its royalties; the other is on its way there. Should be >$500/month combined soon! I'm also working on an app that allows you to set a universal status across multiple platforms. I use it to automate my Slack statuses from my TripIt trips, but I want to add integrations for Google Calendar and WhatsApp. It's really rough right now but my future intent is to find a way to…
What does it mean that one has "paid off its royalties"? Do you have any description or advice for the general process for teaching a LinkedIn course?
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#379We launched this last year: https://kbee.app Kbee turns a Google Drive folder into a searchable wiki for you and your team. We're currently doing ~$1500/month in MRR
What is MRR?
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#380I created Video Hub App - browse, search, and organize your videos - "like YouTube for videos on your computer". It's a commercial project / charityware that is turning 4 years old next month. I sell it for $5 per copy and give $3.50 to a cost-effective charity. If you go to the blog you'll see the history of sales. As of now I donated almost $13,000 to charity thanks to this project. It's averaging around 100 sales…
I recently purchased VHA -- thank you so much for making this!