I plan on starting a side project but don't really have a niche yet.
I am interested in knowing what business you run is it a mobile app, website, Saas?
And how long it took you to reach $2k monthly revenue?
Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?
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Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?
#2I run Buttondown (buttondown.email) full-time now, but until this past year it was a side project for me alongside my day job as an IC (later EM).
It took...around two and a half years, I think, to hit $2k/mo MRR. It was definitely not the stereotypical "launch → iterate a bit → boom, PMF" story that you often hear, which was fine because it was 'just' a side project and I didn't have to worry about running out of money or time.
Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?
#3I run Buttondown (buttondown.email) full-time now, but until this past year it was a side project for me alongside my day job as an IC (later EM). It took...around two and a half years, I think, to hit $2k/mo MRR. It was definitely not the stereotypical "launch → iterate a bit → boom, PMF" story that you often hear, which was fine because it was 'just' a side project and I didn't have to worry about running out of mo…
Looks nice! Congrats :)
Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?
#4I'm the founder of the open-source and cross-platform note-taking app https://www.get-notes.com (written in Qt C++).
I earn about $2000 a month from ads on the landing page (organic SEO), but very soon plan to add a subscription for pro features (while people could still compile it from source and get the full experience without paying, if they wish).
I started the project 8 years ago to create a slick looking note-taking app for myself on Linux. Then I open-sourced and published it, and it just took off and got popular (more than 1.2 Million downloads).
Took around 2 years to get a high rank on Google. Then it was just a matter of putting ads (which I don't like but my income relies on) and ever since it's been quite stable.
Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?
#5I run Buttondown (buttondown.email) full-time now, but until this past year it was a side project for me alongside my day job as an IC (later EM). It took...around two and a half years, I think, to hit $2k/mo MRR. It was definitely not the stereotypical "launch → iterate a bit → boom, PMF" story that you often hear, which was fine because it was 'just' a side project and I didn't have to worry about running out of mo…
I never hear that story. But I hear the 2 year one alot. The advantage of getting older is time is at warp speed so 2 years is nothing ha ha!
Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?
#6https://www.monoclesecurity.com
High performance AI video streaming server and clients for a variety of platforms.
Took several years before the product was in an acceptable state to begin selling, it's been about 10 years since I began.
Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?
#7I run Buttondown (buttondown.email) full-time now, but until this past year it was a side project for me alongside my day job as an IC (later EM). It took...around two and a half years, I think, to hit $2k/mo MRR. It was definitely not the stereotypical "launch → iterate a bit → boom, PMF" story that you often hear, which was fine because it was 'just' a side project and I didn't have to worry about running out of mo…
Looks amazing, good job man :) I'm actually way more motivated by seeing a post like this where you specifically say it took effort and time to build something meaningful, than seeing "10k$ MRR in a week, no-code" crap that we get bombarded with lately. Keep up the good work!
Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?
#8If I got my side project to generate $2k/month it would no longer be my side project!
Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?
#9I run Buttondown (buttondown.email) full-time now, but until this past year it was a side project for me alongside my day job as an IC (later EM). It took...around two and a half years, I think, to hit $2k/mo MRR. It was definitely not the stereotypical "launch → iterate a bit → boom, PMF" story that you often hear, which was fine because it was 'just' a side project and I didn't have to worry about running out of mo…
Really nice!
Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?
#10For https://scrapingfish.com/ it took us about 5-6 months from idea to $2k/month. It’s still not our main source of income. It was fun to build especially that it involved working with hardware.