I started a temporary email service called Air Mail which has processed over 2 million emails in the last 3 months and is already profitable. http://getairmail.com wish I had a cent for every email it processed ;-)
Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
21–30 of 201 posts
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#22Define profitable, it's extremely easy to build something that generates revenue. The difficult part is to build something that provides enough revenue to support 1+ employees, office space, etc
For some definition of "easy", I guess.
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#23Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#24I started a temporary email service called Air Mail which has processed over 2 million emails in the last 3 months and is already profitable. http://getairmail.com wish I had a cent for every email it processed ;-)
Great looking service and easy to use. Do you monetize just with the ads?
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#25Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#26I created a push notification service called Pushover ( https://pushover.net/ ) and wrote its iOS and Android apps. I started the project in January and launched it in March ( https://jcs.org/pushover ). In contrast to some competing free apps/services, the Pushover mobile apps are $3.99 which pays for the monthly hosting costs to keep the service running. Both apps are highly rated on both app stores and so far the…
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#27Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#28Define profitable, it's extremely easy to build something that generates revenue. The difficult part is to build something that provides enough revenue to support 1+ employees, office space, etc
"it's extremely easy to build something that generates revenue." For some definition of "easy", I guess.
I'd say it shouldn't be terribly difficult to find audience enough to generate enough revenue to cover costs with even just ad revenue on even mediocre projects.
Though I should also point out that the word 'revenue' doesn't necessarily equal profit.
Are you having a hard time generating even the first penny? What's the niche? Who's the audience? What are the revenue strategies tried?
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Very nice! So your target is an english-speaking person going for a (business) trip to Nigeria?
Target is actually nigerians who need a hotel at some location elsewhere within the country. Internet growth in Africa is off the charts atm...