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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

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Post by pxue »

luismmolina wrote: post #300
pxue wrote: post #293

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ok I can be wrong. Mexico is a big place. How would you typically find a place to rent where you live?

Mexican living in México, ~95% of the population use Facebook, word of mouth or driving around where you want to find a place to rent. Of course there are many sites that you can use to find a place to rent, but the best deals and more options are available on Facebook.

Yeah. My experience been this too.

Facebook doesn't act as the central trust authority. So as an expat, most realtor is telling me to avoid FB and use them because scams. But as a user it's inefficient to talk to 20 Realtors for 20 listings.

I just want something in between that doesn't inflate the actual price by 40%

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

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Post by [deleted] »

culiao wrote: post #212
joshmn wrote: post #3

During COVID I was in Mexico. At some point I wanted to go horseback riding. I was researching places to go horseback riding and I was not at all surprised to see I would have to make some calls to book. Fast-forward a few weeks, I become pretty good friends with the owner at the ranch I went to. We grab tacos one night and he shares his concerns: They're not doing so well financially and are worried about whether or…

Did you use a 3rd party for handling booking?

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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell

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Post by goenning »

piyush_soni wrote: post #304
goenning wrote: post #274

I have two projects, combined doing ~€1500/mo https://fider.io - an open source alternative to UserVoice. I started this one 6 years ago to learn Go and React. I’ve seen thousands of instances out there being self hosted, so I started a cloud hosting to those who don’t want to manage it themselves. https://aptakube.com - Desktop Client for Kubernetes. This is very recent, launch was 2 weeks ago, so it’s only starting…

Good luck! How do you make money from an Open Source alternative to UserVoice? Is it only through cloud hosting, or you get paid when they self-host as well?

It's mostly through cloud hosting, but there's a bit of recurring donations as well https://opencollective.com/fider

I'm also thinking of introducing a "Support Package" for those who self-host and need a bit of help.

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Post by jspash »

Swizec wrote: post #26

https://seniormindset.com/ – book and workshop helping people with the shift in mindset that goes into being a senior [software] engineer. You can tldr my philosophy as “business results trump technical excellence” No MRR but made about $40k in sales last year. Biggest challenge is figuring out how to turn that into stable revenue. Biggest opportunity is that unlike my previous (technical) infoproducts, this one does…

I might be alone in this thinking but the "price goes up every 100 purchases" really gives off the wrong vibe. I understand you are trying to convey scarcity and value, but it comes off like some sort of used car salesman pitch.

Maybe I just too cynical these days, but when I hear certain phrases from salespeople, I immediately shut down the conversation and move on. Am I being too critical? Or is there an angle that I'm just not getting?

I love the product by the way! And the price is very reasonable. So I'm just a little bewildered by the hard sales pitch.

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Post by jurgenwerk »

jspash wrote: post #305
jurgenwerk wrote: post #2

I sell handmade sculptures of influential people and famous monuments on Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/shop/jurgenstudio . Revenue is 2-6k USD depending on the season. I hired someone part time who took over production and shipping. it's mostly passive revenue for me apart from growing the business by developing new products when I feel like it. The profit margin is around 50% after all material and labor costs are pai…

The description says these are made from "concrete & cement". Is that to help out with Etsy SEO? I'm curious because I have an Etsy shop and love to talk all things about optimising the shop front. The competition is steep nowadays over there!

It's intended to immediately differentiate from shops who sell cheap plastic sculptures. My customers appreciate heavy brutalist material I use. I spend zero time optimizing SEO, my product images and descriptions are pretty crappy, so I currently don't have much advice to give in that area! What's your shop?

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Post by bwb »

I am building a book discovery website. I want to introduce more serendipity into the book discovery and exploration process -> https://shepherd.com/

Working to add genres and age-groups now :)

Been super fun! I've asked 7,000 authors to share 5 books around a topic, theme, and mood. :)

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Post by holgersindbaek »

kennyalami wrote: post #142
holgersindbaek wrote: post #77

I started a solitaire website 5+ years ago. When Covid hit, I ended up finally putting ads on it. Since then it's been growing steadily and about half a year back I made it my full-time gig. You can check out the game here: https://online-solitaire.com/ . I wrote a post about my journey on Indie Hackers if someone is curious about it: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/how-i-grew-a-simple-solita... .

Looks super good indeed! Great story on IH. Did you start having only the game at first above the fold and then added more content below? How did it evolve over time? It looks like SEO drives most of your traffic.

I improved the game and functionality over time. The game has always been above the fold, but the content was greatly revise this past year. I've been doing a lot of optimizations on the game, but nothing big. After all, it's limited how much innovation can be done a game like that .

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Post by holgersindbaek »

hamburglar wrote: post #285
holgersindbaek wrote: post #77

I started a solitaire website 5+ years ago. When Covid hit, I ended up finally putting ads on it. Since then it's been growing steadily and about half a year back I made it my full-time gig. You can check out the game here: https://online-solitaire.com/ . I wrote a post about my journey on Indie Hackers if someone is curious about it: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/how-i-grew-a-simple-solita... .

Good site. I just gave you at least an hour of ad views because I can't ever stop until I win one. :) Note that on chrome on linux, the ads get quite heavy and slow everything down after 5 or so games, and I have to reload the page or it's too unresponsive to play.

Thanks for the feedback. Optimizing the ads are on my todo-list.

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Post by readonthegoapp »

dmundhra wrote: post #203

Last year recruitment was a pain. This year, it's slightly better, still the process hasn't changed much. After spending an inordinate amount of time interviewing, I brainstormed and launched nitrohire.co last month after a few months of alpha usage. Nitrohire helps hiring managers get quick and useful information about candidates without any effort. Currently doing on and off in the vicinity of a grand a month.

Referral automation saas? Makes sense.
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