How I Made $19,000 on the App Store While Learning to Code
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How I Made $19,000 on the App Store While Learning to Code
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Re: How I Made $19,000 on the App Store While Learning to Code
#2This storey shows its not necessary to sell a million to make an app worthwhile.
How many other niche apps are out there? Anything where you carry a computer or clipboard around is eligible. Specific to a task, or a general fill-in-a-spreadsheet-and-email-it app would fit the bill.
Re: How I Made $19,000 on the App Store While Learning to Code
#3This storey shows its not necessary to sell a million to make an app worthwhile. How many other niche apps are out there? Anything where you carry a computer or clipboard around is eligible. Specific to a task, or a general fill-in-a-spreadsheet-and-email-it app would fit the bill.
Exactly. Not a huge amount of money or customers, but a few people find what I made very valuable which makes it worth my time to create.
I'm sure plenty of people have a moderate success story like mine.
Re: How I Made $19,000 on the App Store While Learning to Code
#4Money aside, it's great you've created an awesome product for a group that really could use more assistance. Thanks for building something to better the human condition, and showing others they don't need to sacrifice everything to do it!
Re: How I Made $19,000 on the App Store While Learning to Code
#5Money aside, it's great you've created an awesome product for a group that really could use more assistance. Thanks for building something to better the human condition, and showing others they don't need to sacrifice everything to do it!
Thanks for the kind words! You really can build a lot in your spare time.
Re: How I Made $19,000 on the App Store While Learning to Code
#6Whoa, Nathan Barry was my first boss. He was 19 and designing websites—I was 14-15 writing PHP CMSs. We worked in an incredibly hot 2nd story office above a bike shop in Boise Idaho. Good times.
Glad to see you've found success in the iOS realm, while helping improve people's lives in a real tangible way.
Re: How I Made $19,000 on the App Store While Learning to Code
#7Good job. I think one of the most important things you did is you knew who your customer was before you started your application. It seems obvious, but most apps in the app store have no target customer.
Re: How I Made $19,000 on the App Store While Learning to Code
#8Whoa, Nathan Barry was my first boss. He was 19 and designing websites—I was 14-15 writing PHP CMSs. We worked in an incredibly hot 2nd story office above a bike shop in Boise Idaho. Good times. Glad to see you've found success in the iOS realm, while helping improve people's lives in a real tangible way.
Dustin, those were good times. Glad to see you frequent HN. Hope everything is going well for you now.
Re: How I Made $19,000 on the App Store While Learning to Code
#9I have a similar non-technical background (UX/design) and was curious how you were able to not get frustrated and outsource the development work rather than doing it yourself. If I was in the same position, I would get too restless and want it built right away.
Any advice on how you got through that situation? Thanks.
Re: How I Made $19,000 on the App Store While Learning to Code
#10What made you decide on the $199 price point?
Additionally, do you think the $199 price point might it out of reach for a lot of people who would benefit from the app but who have tights budgets?