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Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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Post by darthcloud »

FloatArtifact wrote: post #164
darthcloud wrote: post #34

I've build BlueRetro [1] an universal Bluetooth controller adapter for nearly all pre-USB gaming console. I made a gross income of around 3K a month last year out of Royalties on the soft for each device sold. It's Apache 2.0 software so people can do whatever they want. I started making money when I decided to list on the GitHub README the list of manufacturers/makers that where sponsoring the project. (Only one per…

What controllers you would recommend for retro games with a great d-pad and buttons? I can't find anything that's even remotely close to native controllers especially for Super NES.

Nintendo Switch SNES controller?

Otherwise personally my daily driver is PS5 DualSense

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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Post by epolanski »

agotterer wrote: post #113
epolanski wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I “think” I understand what you’re trying to get at. But it’s an unfortunate and limited perspective. Sure, New York isnt Thailand and the restaurant didn’t source their ingredients from a Bangkok market at 4am that morning. But that doesn’t mean the chef didn’t cook, study, or live in the region previously. So does that mean the only thing that makes a dish authentic is its local ingredients and there’s no credit gi…

> But it’s an unfortunate and limited perspective.

Well, if something that is not prepared with authentic ingredients is authentic to you we have divergent opinions.

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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Post by abeppu »

outcoldman wrote: post #134

7 years ago I started a site project for forwarding logs and metrics from k8s, docker, openshift in Splunk. It is enterprise offering, and I started making money pretty quick. After 6 months I already made 40k, and quit my employer. Tight now this company generates 7 figures, and still run by me with one more person helping with accounting. https://www.outcoldsolutions.com Now I also started macOS development for the…

How do you get enterprise customers to feel comfortable depending on a project run by a very small shop? Like, how do you assure them that their operations will not be impacted if something were to prevent you from working for a while, etc?

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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Post by mcsniff »

My "side project" makes ~$5K/month but I am constantly worried about it not continuing to bring that in, so I keep my day job which is WFH and very easy.

I also never share it because I am concerned about a competitor coming in.

Took me about 6 months from publishing my app to hit $2k and another 3 months to hit $5k.

Edit: to clarify, I sell a physical product, so there are added costs in terms of manufacturing, shipping, stock keeping, etc...

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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Post by xcubic »

hambos22 wrote: post #89

I don't know if that counts, but I see it as a tech side project. Last year I've built for my gf, a custom D2C (direct to client) ecommerce webapp [0] for her handmade products. Then I started looking into PPC, tracking, social advertisement & marketing etc.. Now we are profitable avg ~8k / month only on retail. [0] https://yuma.gr

Why not use something like shopify?

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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Post by ffitch »

nghiatran_uit wrote: post #48

If you have iOS/Android development experience, you can look at the Developer sector, which is relatively niche IMO. I've developed the iOS/iPadOS app, Proxyman for iOS [0], which gains steadily ~2k recurring revenue every month. Basically, it's an iOS app that helps you to capture and decrypt HTTP/HTTPS traffic on your phone. The app is needed if you need to inspect traffic from your app. Because it's an iOS app, pu…

Proxyman (desktop) is a terrifyingly polished app, kudos!

Really curious, how does the revenue from macOS and iOS compare?

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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Post by phkahler »

dom96 wrote: post #154
darthcloud wrote: post #34

I've build BlueRetro [1] an universal Bluetooth controller adapter for nearly all pre-USB gaming console. I made a gross income of around 3K a month last year out of Royalties on the soft for each device sold. It's Apache 2.0 software so people can do whatever they want. I started making money when I decided to list on the GitHub README the list of manufacturers/makers that where sponsoring the project. (Only one per…

If it's Apache 2.0 how are you getting royalty payments from it?

>> If it's Apache 2.0 how are you getting royalty payments from it?

It sounds like acknowledging the sponsors is "the right thing", good Karma, or simply advertising for them. Not everyone wants to just rip off open source and not give back, they're willing to share the wealth if you make it easy and let people know they're doing it?

I need to set up github sponsors myself. We get the occasional request "how can I contribute money to you guys" and we always say stuff like "just spread the word". I keep telling myself I don't want to feel obligated by money, but I also know that I'd love to make enough to work on open source full time.

Re: Ask HN: Side project of more than $2k monthly revenue? what's your project?

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Post by pcthrowaway »

hambos22 wrote: post #89

I don't know if that counts, but I see it as a tech side project. Last year I've built for my gf, a custom D2C (direct to client) ecommerce webapp [0] for her handmade products. Then I started looking into PPC, tracking, social advertisement & marketing etc.. Now we are profitable avg ~8k / month only on retail. [0] https://yuma.gr

I always wonder who "owns" the property such as this in the event of a breakup
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