How did you make your first dollar online? • Hacker News Board

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by nosrepa » Tue, Apr 09, 2024, 10:25 PM UTC

runjake wrote: post #7

Helping people on Reddit with tough problems and getting tipped. They would send me whole bitcoins (long ago). I lost the hard drive with the wallet which had several bitcoins. No backups. So, I guess that doesn't count.

Same here, though I only had about three quarters of a bitcoin.

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by kylehotchkiss » Tue, Apr 09, 2024, 10:47 PM UTC

Mechanical Turk. It probably took me like 4 hours.

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by atleastoptimal » Tue, Apr 09, 2024, 11:22 PM UTC

Sold a prompt on promptbase

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by nicbou » Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 2:02 AM UTC

I made an app called Random Facts for PalmOS. I was 16 or 17 and got 50 USD mailed to me. That was before app stores mind you.

Recently, I found the app again - source code included - on a website. Apparently I had given it away on a forum years ago, and someone kept a copy.

The code was adorably simple. It was not clever or clean, just the digital equivalent of a kid's drawing you put on the fridge. Software made for pleasure, using whatever works.

https://nicolasbouliane.com/projects/random-facts

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by nicbou » Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 2:05 AM UTC

sivel123 wrote: post #10

Are there ways i can make even 20$ a day currently?I am a junior software developer with less than a year of experience.I have worked with, javascript,react.js and python.And the usual html and css

The commission rate for opening a bank account or getting almost any kind of insurance is about this much.

If you can build a tool that helps people choose these things, add some affiliate links and you are golden.

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by lakomen » Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 2:26 AM UTC

Adsense. I don't remember where I placed them. The internet was wild back in 2004

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 2:44 AM UTC

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Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by solardev » Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 2:55 AM UTC

sivel123 wrote: post #10

Are there ways i can make even 20$ a day currently?I am a junior software developer with less than a year of experience.I have worked with, javascript,react.js and python.And the usual html and css

Can you intern somewhere?

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by _kush » Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 5:08 AM UTC

I made a photoshop brush back in 2010 for a competition which awarded me $100 because it received the highest number of upvotes. I bought myself a guitar with the money :)

Re: How did you make your first dollar online?

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Post by thy77 » Wed, Apr 10, 2024, 6:48 AM UTC

I saw a scheme where you make domains and pages like "london best plumber .co.uk" or top london plumber. Then pick a guy to put on it. Put his phone there. Call in a few days and show him the page. He will say thank you and that you have already doubled his business. He will begin to pay you 100 a month to stay as your top pick. He will also pay for a redesign of his existing company website. You will also host the new site you just redesigned and generate recurring passive hosting revenue. You are welcome. My pleasure.