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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

#601

A tiny API for embedding weather forecasts as an image: https://weatherembed.com/ Makes around $500/month from various subscriptions through RapidAPI. Built on a whim during the pandemic. Uses Google Cloud Run + NodeJS.

FYI; The example image currently only shows its alt text.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

#602

I 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…

Cool, I made one called https://mixmatchdomains.com but it never really got much traffic (single digits per day). Maybe the AI thing makes it more marketable, or just being able to type in an open textbox for pure simplicity.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

#603
post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your pricing page seems to have no prices on it and your sign up page doesn't load for me.

We removed pricing, one reseller wanted that out. But good point, I think we should add it again and be transparent since his business is good but not good enough to do so. What happened when you git Sign up? Thanks a bunch for the feedback!

Your signup page still loads to a blank gray page for me in Chrome and Firefox.

uBlock Origin, which is installed by my IT department, seems to be blocking the load of a JavaScript file from fast.appcues.com, not sure if that's the cause or not.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

#605

My side project, FormTester 365 https://www.formtester365.com has been doing a little over $700/mo now. Many customers are agencies who want to be alerted if a client's web forms stop working. It tests website forms daily (currently as a Gravity Forms plugin add on) and confirms that they were successfully submitted. I'm working to add support for general web forms in the next few months. Feel free to send me an emai…

This is offered as a service? How do you find customers?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

#606

I have a side business that does payment processing. I clear an extra $2k-$3k a month. Currently looking for outside sales reps while I develop open source payment options that aren't available yet. If you are a developer, good at sales, or want to try it, let me know.

Isn't payment processing highly complex?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

#607

im an embedded software developer, and would love to get a side hustle going. does anyone on here do embedded development freelance? are there any embedded developers that have a side hustle going, that wouldnt mind sharing what they do?

if you can build a small watch circle like thing that vibrates every 30 mins if you haven't moved it'd be great

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

#608

I built an email forwarding service - not for your own domains, a lot of those exist already - instead you can choose an email at any of our 150+ domains and we forward it to your existing account, no migration required. You can even send from this address with many providers. https://www.mailbox.my

what do you need to learn to run your email servers, im assuming you run your email servers?

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

#610
post #16

Previously from 26 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29667095 That said, this seems to be the extent of my marketing desire. I screen scrape campground registration websites and alert you when someone cancels on a date you want to go camping. Fabulously successful. Now back to my day-job. https://wanderinglabs.com

the UI is just so nice, it's functional and simple. it's not trying win design awards to point of bein completely insufferable like some sites i see today.
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