Reading such stories just pumps me up, please share.
Ask HN: How did you make your first internet dollar?
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Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first internet dollar?
#2A friend of mine introduced me to affiliate marketing and SEO in 2012. After learning the ropes I challenged him on who could make the first dollar with a brand new site. I made a site about Bluetooth speakers, made my first affiliate sale a month later and won the challenge :-D
My affiliate career wasn't very long lasting though. Right now I am trying to make my internet dollars with SaaS instead.
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#3I made tee shirts on RedBubble when I was 14 or 15. Really low quality designs from a non-artist for niche communities. One really caught on. Another two or so got a bit of traction. The other 30 never sold. Ended up making probably around $1,000 total in the end which is great for a kid who can't legally get a traditional job yet.
The market is super saturated now, and there are a lot of people with actual talent now too, which is a big win for the market as a whole so I'm glad!
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first internet dollar?
#4Been using Internet since 1996, never made any money directly from it. But it sure has been helpful when pursuing a career in tech.
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#5I made my first dollar on internet by putting ads on my blog
And also someone ended up sending me money since they found my content really helpful
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first internet dollar?
#6A friend of mine introduced me to affiliate marketing and SEO in 2012. After learning the ropes I challenged him on who could make the first dollar with a brand new site. I made a site about Bluetooth speakers, made my first affiliate sale a month later and won the challenge :-D My affiliate career wasn't very long lasting though. Right now I am trying to make my internet dollars with SaaS instead.
Funny you say this because we are having a challenge with a friend to make an affiliate site, and see who wins
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first internet dollar?
#7I made my first dollar on internet by putting ads on my blog And also someone ended up sending me money since they found my content really helpful
Awesome, what year was that?
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first internet dollar?
#81999, created a Magic: the Gathering fansite on Geocities. Pretty sure I made a solid $13 or so with display ads, and would one day go on to make many dozens of dollars with my next Age of Empires II strategy fan site.
Good times.
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first internet dollar?
#9Selling shoes on ebay, new ones I'd bought online that didn't fit.
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first internet dollar?
#10Most of my internet dollars in the past have come from ads and affilates on various blogs I run.
My first real "somebody paying me for my product" dollar, came in January of this year. I launched IndexGuru - solves a super common issue I had been dealing with on my blogs. Posted it to show HN, and had two separate people sign up and pay me money :)
Pretty great a-ha moment. Business is doing well, but nothing to write home about, I unfortunately do not have yacht money yet.