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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 marvinblum »

I'm building Pirsch Analytics [0], a privacy-friendly web analytics tool. I think it took the two of us ~1.5 years to get to $2000 MRR. Currently we're setting just above $4000 MRR.

It started as an experiment for my personal website and I was in the same position as you're right now. We were already working on a Notion like app to take notes, but didn't make any money and probably went into the wrong direction. As my prototype seemed to work quite well, we decided to turn it into a product.

My initial goal was to do server-side analytics without the downsides of parsing access logs, but of course we now also have a "regular" JS snippet integration.

You can learn more about our journey here [1] and on our blog [2]. Let me know if you have any questions!

[0] https://pirsch.io

[1] https://pirsch.io/about-us

[2] https://pirsch.io/blog

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

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Post by Name_Chawps »

tomxor wrote: post #140
jb1991 wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In many places (most places), it would be hard for 2k/month be your full income.

> In many places (most places) You might benefit from looking more broadly (friendly suggestion).

Your "friendly suggestion" is extremely rude.

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

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Post by p3rls »

I built https://kpopping.com, a platform for international fans of Korean music. It's been six grueling years (what they say about b2c is completely true) but these days we bounce around from $3k-5k in monthly revenue.

I estimate we have another two-three years before we are finished... +_+

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

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Post by dom96 »

darthcloud wrote: post #200
dom96 wrote: post #196

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ahh, I see. So you are receiving donations. Royalties to me mean payments that are required not voluntary.

I consider donation what random user give me on patreon/gh sponsor/itch.io I talked with the makers or manufacturer and we reached an agreement. So to me (and them) it's royalties.

What you consider and your manufacturer considers doesn't matter. The definition of royalties is what matters, it doesn't fit in this case as far as I can see. They aren't paying you money so they can use your software, they are donating money because they are nice, they could stop paying at any time and continue to use your software.

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

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Post by 3dfan »

p3rls wrote: post #274

I built https://kpopping.com , a platform for international fans of Korean music. It's been six grueling years (what they say about b2c is completely true) but these days we bounce around from $3k-5k in monthly revenue. I estimate we have another two-three years before we are finished... +_+

Via ads?

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

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Post by DamnInteresting »

I launched DamnInteresting.com in 2005, and just last year it started consistently earning $2k/month. That's gross revenue, a goodly chunk of that goes out for hosting costs, research expenses, paying writers/editors, licensing fees, etc.

It's been interesting to see the changes in the audience over time. In 2005, 100% of our audience was desktop browser readers. Somewhere around 2011, mobile readers became the dominant group. Today, our biggest audience by far is podcast listeners. We'll probably need to start creating videos soon if we don't want to get left behind. And what comes next? AI-enhanced immersive binaural VR experiences? The future is weird.

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

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Post by thangngoc89 »

kouteiheika wrote: post #265
thangngoc89 wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have any plans providing a Mandarin version of this?

Maybe someday, but not at this point. I'd love to support other languages too, but at this point it isn't very feasible. I'm just a single man, and this is just a side project, so I simply don't have the resources to even do everything that I want to do with Japanese (and there's still so much more I want to add/improve!), never mind branching out into other languages.

I’m asking because I’m learning Mandarin at the moment and the features you listed are just so freaking cool. Wish to have that!

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

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Post by ggregoire »

klaaz0r wrote: post #56

I run two side projects atm but they are both becoming more and more the main job. I am building a Zillow for Europe [1]. The real estate market in Europe is a big mess and for the past 10 years not much has happend so far in proptech because it was easy to rent/sell properties. Now things are changing and I see a lot more supply coming on the platform. So far rented out 40 apartments doing around 3k in profit a mont…

Both projects look like they are run by a team of 10+ people! Congratz on making them by yourself, that's very inspiring!

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

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Post by 3dfan »

DamnInteresting wrote: post #277

I launched DamnInteresting.com in 2005, and just last year it started consistently earning $2k/month. That's gross revenue, a goodly chunk of that goes out for hosting costs, research expenses, paying writers/editors, licensing fees, etc. It's been interesting to see the changes in the audience over time. In 2005, 100% of our audience was desktop browser readers. Somewhere around 2011, mobile readers became the domin…

What's your business model?
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