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

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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 leansensei »

galangalalgol wrote: post #197
_tom_ wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because Facebook is simple. Any one can update it, and it doesn't go down, and it doesn't cost anything. I've many times seen web presences fail for small organizations, when the only person that understands the web set up leaves. With Facebook, that doesn't happen. I'm sure there are services such as you describe, and probably many restaurants use them, and it's not obvious. But Facebook is the default.

I've seen that too. Or when the framework chosen goes away. If the person at a small restaurant or non profit who understood the page goes away you can at least find someone to come up to speed. But sometimes it relies on stuff that just isn't there anymore and you have to start over. I'm not in web dev, or whatever its called, but is there some technology in the space that is the equivalent ofba T-shirt and blue jea…

I've made excellent experiences with GravCMS across 5 different websites since 2015.

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Post by rrishi »

trungdq88 wrote: post #252

I built a screenshot app for macOS and made ~$3k/mo from it :) https://xnapper.com People like the app for its ability to turn a normal boring screenshot into a beautiful one that they can share on social media instantly.

I really like the design of your website. If you don't mind me asking, any tips on how did you create it?

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Post by kiru_io »

I have a collection of side-projects, all combined are making in the ballpark of $500/month:

https://mathlegame.com/ mostly via ads) - made this one when wordle got popular (

https://reversle.net/ (mostly via ads) - made a few weeks after mathle

https://slashdreamer.com/ (subscription) - wanted to do something with stable diffusion - this was the most useful one for me (since I am using Notion a lot)

Working on https://ogtester.com/ now.

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

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Post by xuki »

jerrygoyal wrote: post #280
trungdq88 wrote: post #252

I built a screenshot app for macOS and made ~$3k/mo from it :) https://xnapper.com People like the app for its ability to turn a normal boring screenshot into a beautiful one that they can share on social media instantly.

what a beautiful landing page. From where do you get most of your users?

GP has ten of thousand of followers on Twitter.

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Post by boppo1 »

lethologica wrote: post #198

I started selling NSFW stickers on Etsy. Originally it was a way for me to have a creative outlet but turns out a lot of people want this kind of product. Making just about $500 a month from it now. It’s great because all I have to do is draw the original art once and then I can just repeatedly print it and cut it out. It’s also a very relaxing hobby for me. I enjoy sending out envelopes with hand written notes. It’s…

Are you printing & shipping them yourself? I considered selling stickers at one point but print costs under 500 was too high, plus the hourly requirements of doing my own pick& pack. I thought about hiring the neighbor kid, but casual hiring seems to get messy/illegal fast.

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Post by tomaskafka »

sent-hil wrote: post #98

https://toolwallhq.com - Digital organizer for your physical tools. I used to have a hard time keeping my shop organized, so I jumped in and came up with a solution that has worked for me so far and perhaps might help you. The idea is you use the digital artboard to visualize your tools on the wall and then buy the holders to mount it on your workshop wall. There seems to be a growing overlap between programming and…

Very nice! I must admit that at first I thought it's a tool wall designer SAAS (and that $60 for ability to add a drill holder to a plan is pretty steep), it took me a bit of scrolling and reading to understand you are actually selling a physical tool wall elements :).

Also, the subtitle "Use the world's first and only digital artboard to organize your physical tools." - I'd probably put the physical tool wall elements first, and maybe only mention a digital planner next. Or maybe have an image on top?

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Post by tomcam »

mateuszbuda wrote: post #301
tomcam wrote: post #119

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Looks like great service. If I may ask, what do you mean by ethical?

It means that our IPs are ethically sourced. You can read more here: https://scrapingfish.com/how-ips-for-web-scraping-are-source...

Thank you! Fascinating. Love your thoughtfulness. Also more predictable.

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Post by dSebastien »

I've created the Obsidian Starter Kit [1] and make ~1K per month with it. I don't think it will last for a very long time, but I enjoy sharing my approach and helping others spare some time.

[1]: https://developassion.gumroad.com/l/obsidian-starter-kit

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Post by trungdq88 »

jerrygoyal wrote: post #280
trungdq88 wrote: post #252

I built a screenshot app for macOS and made ~$3k/mo from it :) https://xnapper.com People like the app for its ability to turn a normal boring screenshot into a beautiful one that they can share on social media instantly.

what a beautiful landing page. From where do you get most of your users?

Mostly from my Twitter. I grew my account to ~70K followers by building this app and other products in public over the last 2 years.
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