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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

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Post by em1sar »

avinoth wrote: post #29

Running https://rosterbird.com on the side for 2 years now. It's oscillating between $800-$900 mrr for the past 3 months. I originally wanted it to be a passive income project but it has grown in scope before I even realized. Building and maintaining a B2B SaaS on the side is pretty draining. There's always more features, support requests, etc. Wouldn't recommend unless it takes off immediately or it is within a nice…

I want to come up with such an idea and do the same but I always think "wow my idea is amazing" but then after a few days I realize that it's not really what the market needs. Do you have any tips on how to improve this ideation process?

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

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Post by em1sar »

mxstbr wrote: post #34

I make https://bedrock.mxstbr.com , selling a full-stack Next.js & GraphQL boilerplate for building SaaS products, which comes with: * A complete TypeScript toolchain with end-to-end typesafety from the database to the client * User authentication * Subscription payments * Teams * Invitations It's also completely unstyled, which is somewhat unusual in this space. I've found that most of the time, people would just de…

Hi, big fan of Rebass, Theme UI..although sometimes Theme UI with Next.js doesn't work right out of the box, are you still the maintainer of these libraries?

And how did you get the word out for your boilerplate product, just on Twitter? Do you have any tips on how to find a niche where a good, well maintained boilerplate is missing and how to make it profitable? Thanks

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

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Post by em1sar »

jsncbt wrote: post #47

Last month was the first time I got to $500/month with an app I have built for sports teams to manage their player of the season voting. https://getcontendo.com

How did you get the word out? Did you approach different sports teams?

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

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Post by outcoldman »

My main project was a side project 4-5 years ago. Now it pays as well as I would have salary+stock in FFANG at Principal+ levels. https://www.outcoldsolutions.com

My current side project is Mac apps at https://loshadki.app making about $1,200 a month.

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

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Post by em1sar »

wolftickets wrote: post #75

https://wolftickets.ai/ , right now 1600ish MRR, started as a way to really dig into machine learning on a problem I found super interesting. Has evolved into me learning more and more about making products. Lots of work to do still!

do you place bets on your own predictions?

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

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Post by smsm42 »

number6 wrote: post #21
nakamura88 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You started investing a couple of years ago and now you're retired? If that is the case, you would make millions from selling courses and sharing your secrets. Also, if we're talking about side projects that net $500 a month, I think the monopolization theory is a little dramatic.

The secret of making money in the stock market is: 1) to really know the stock you are investing in 2) keep your nerves 3) buy for less then you sell; add the fees too 4) luck

The 4) covers about 95% of it :).

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

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Post by butz »

andersthue wrote: post #19

For 12 years my windows watermarking software has been making >500$ a month (lately just barely) https://www.watermark-image.com/

Have you considered upgrading to web based solution? New users from other platforms, especially considering mobile devices support.

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

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Post by justsomeuser »

pokpokpok wrote: post #11

Adsense revenue on a simulation based web game, https://sandspiel.club , Investing all of that money back into development though, it's a passion project.

How do you get your Adsense account approved for a SPA?

I have similar apps, and the Adsense rejection is quite vague.

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

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Post by jsncbt »

em1sar wrote: post #73
jsncbt wrote: post #47

Last month was the first time I got to $500/month with an app I have built for sports teams to manage their player of the season voting. https://getcontendo.com

How did you get the word out? Did you approach different sports teams?

Yep, mainly focused on two sports soccer and rugby league (#1 sport in my country) which both have a culture of 3, 2, 1 voting system used in my app. I emailed the presidents or coaching staff of hundreds of clubs introducing the product.
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