We (littleheroes.com) launched an iPad app to read kids books purchased on our site. We were fortunate in that we already had a customer base to market to.
Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
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Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#32Hi, I've launched a website in January to find all your bills in one place sponsored by big french brands and it became profitable in may http://greenbureau.fr
Very good! So it's a sort of dashboard for a customer to see all his bills due?
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#33I 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…
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Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#34Hi, I've launched a website in January to find all your bills in one place sponsored by big french brands and it became profitable in may http://greenbureau.fr
Very good! So it's a sort of dashboard for a customer to see all his bills due?
Absolutely, no need to crawl 10+ websites to see your expenses anymore. Thanks for feedback
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#35Launched http://www.TrickedOutTimeline.com on HN in february (see http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3522255) and have made ~$2500 on around $100 costs from advertising and hosting on google app engine. Nothing huge, but good for a weekends work with a friend!
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#36Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Very good! So it's a sort of dashboard for a customer to see all his bills due?
Absolutely, no need to crawl 10+ websites to see your expenses anymore. Thanks for feedback
how about a mobile app for your service?!
i would certainly go with it first, if i had such kind of service running myself.
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#38I 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…
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Seems a rogue bot/spider was causing some trouble, it should work now.
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#39Beware of posts like this from what is basically a new account with only as much karma as this post has received. Sharks and all that: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4017843 (Am I paranoid much?)
What's the worst thing that could happen? It's only on the frontpage because there are obviously a lot of people interested in this, including me.
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Absolutely, no need to crawl 10+ websites to see your expenses anymore. Thanks for feedback
how about a mobile app for your service?! i would certainly go with it first, if i had such kind of service running myself.
Work in progress :) App coming soon