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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 klaaz0r »

akudha wrote: post #411
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…

What kind of startup costs do you have for webtastic? Do you pay for data or scrape it?

We do everything manually, looks like most companies just buy data from each other and often it's not really complete. I had experience running large indexing services so that came in handy. Main costs come from storing large amounts of data, multiple databases etc.

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Post by klaaz0r »

tultra wrote: post #390
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…

That's super interesting! I actually started developing 'Zillow for Brazil' a couple of years ago for the same reason (Brazil realstate websites are a total mess - there's no option to show locations on a map!), but dropped the project due to lack of knowledge (I was just starting my journey in computer science) and also because I thought that tackling such a project would require a gargantuan amount of work (externa…

Yeah domain knowledge/network is definitely needed, I am working with a friend who has that, it's a must in this field because it's almost set in the stone age.

Google maps was crazy expensive I went with Mapbox[1] for now which seems to have enough features and is less expensive.

[1] https://mapbox.com/

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

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Post by openplatypus »

* Wide Angle Analytics https://wideangle.co – to go beyond simple web analytics alternatives to Google Analytics (paid); SaaS; web with mobile-friendly dashboards

* Not Robot https://notrobot.eu – online CAPTCHA; beta live; GA coming soon :) (free); SaaS;

We support open start-ups https://wideangle.co/open, but we are not publishing our numbers :)

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

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Post by lma21 »

openplatypus wrote: post #453

* Wide Angle Analytics https://wideangle.co – to go beyond simple web analytics alternatives to Google Analytics (paid); SaaS; web with mobile-friendly dashboards * Not Robot https://notrobot.eu – online CAPTCHA; beta live; GA coming soon :) (free); SaaS; We support open start-ups https://wideangle.co/open , but we are not publishing our numbers :)

thanks for sharing. How does Not Robot generate revenue?

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

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Post by PUSH_AX »

IAmGraydon wrote: post #418

Threads like this one always baffle me. You have to think of the competitive landscape like a jungle. All of the creatures in the jungle are looking for food, and some have far more competitive advantages than you. If you find a food source that no one else has happened to stumble upon, would you scream out that you've found it? No. If someone is asking you, it's because they want to know how they can get what you ha…

I’m really unsure it works like this. It sounds logical but in practice stealing an idea is hard.

I’d actually love to read a thread about people making 2k per month on a stolen sass idea.

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Post by tiborsaas »

detuur wrote: post #296
tiborsaas wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was much more successful in creating a SaaS product, I've reached almost 3 digits of profits. But I still wouldn't suggest someone to do consulting because it's a different mindset. You can only earn money if you decide to work, while having a working SaaS project has great scaling potential, but I totally agree that it's far more riskier when you factor in opportunity costs.

>almost 3 digits of profits I hope this is a typo, because $99/mo is nice to have, but I'd honestly consider the SaaS I'm building a failure if it made less than 4 digits a month.

Not a typo, just a snarky joke on the project's total income :)

I guess it depends what level someone considers a failure. It it keeps making money and trends are improving I wouldn't consider it a failure. For example 500 EUR would pay my rent so the bar is lower for me, but sure anything more than 1000 is already nice, especially if it doesn't require constant attention.

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Post by victorbjorklund »

parrot987 wrote: post #244

I built prop_odds [1]. It's an API offering live (and historical) sports betting odds from different sites. I've been working on it for about 2 months. While not quite at 2k/month yet, it's nearly there and progressing in that direction. Revenue is coming from several customers who are using the data to build Discord bots that alert them (and their own paying users) about good odds, arbitrage opportunities, etc. [1]…

Nice! I been looking for this last week actually. But would help if you list which sites you actually have. I have no idea if you have the sites im looking for and would love to know that before signing up.

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Post by atari800 »

gremlinsinc wrote: post #416
atari800 wrote: post #384

I created a SaaS CRM/DMS for manufactured housing retailers ("mobile home" dealerships.) Monthly gross is about $4,000. Expenses other than my own time are $400 per month for the server. So about $3,600 a month net. The MH industry contracted drastically after the 2008/2009 financial crisis, and the handful of dealership software companies still in the industry went under. So I basically have the market to myself rig…

how did you even find this niche?

My father owned a successful mobile home dealership for about 40 years. As a teenager, and later in college, I did grunt work (mostly manual labor) at the business in the summers.

Later, in my mid-thirties, I left corporate software development for six or seven years, and managed the business for my dad. While I was there I wrote software to help me manage things, which, after I left the business to return to software development, I turned into the SaaS product which I've sold to other dealerships.

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Post by tommoor »

DANmode wrote: post #222
tommoor wrote: post #132

https://getoutline.com – A team knowledge base, hit $2k MRR a couple of months after turning on paid plans, has always been steady growth since then. A few years in and almost reached what I'd consider v1 feature complete.

Very happy paid user, after testing many other offerings. You're really onto something.

Thanks! Really appreciate the positivity

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

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Post by openplatypus »

lma21 wrote: post #454
openplatypus wrote: post #453

* Wide Angle Analytics https://wideangle.co – to go beyond simple web analytics alternatives to Google Analytics (paid); SaaS; web with mobile-friendly dashboards * Not Robot https://notrobot.eu – online CAPTCHA; beta live; GA coming soon :) (free); SaaS; We support open start-ups https://wideangle.co/open , but we are not publishing our numbers :)

thanks for sharing. How does Not Robot generate revenue?

It does not.

It is a project I use for other projects of mine. Furthermore, it has very little overhead, i.e.: it is cheap to operate to the point I am happy to do it and make a dent in reCAPTCHA land grab.

It is still backed by real business with SLA and operational support. It is free, but it is not a toy.

I am considering adding analytics (hit/miss) for a symbolic fee. But time will show if there is interest.

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