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Yes just with ads, but trying to keep the UX good and not fill it with lots of ads.
do you sell ads directly? might be interested in running some ads :)
yes, why not ? contact me through my HN profile (twitter).
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?
#72Launched https://planscope.io late February. Netting about $1100/mo profit after server costs.
What language was this built with?
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How'd you register the .ng domain? Is it possible to get a straight .ng domain with out the '.com'? All the sites that offer .ng seem very sketchy and I'm skeptical of trying.
101domain.com offers it (along with practically every TLD): http://www.101domain.com/ng.htm
Yea, at 50k a year! Maybe that's just the market, but seems a bit high ;0
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#74I created fruji.com, a simple Twitter Analytics service and offered $5 and $25 accounts. People just keep buying accounts! It's fascinating!!!
This was a weekend project and it performs already way better (a few weeks in) than my 1.5 year startup (which is something completely different).
That's some scary shit right there. Purely fascinating.
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"it's extremely easy to build something that generates revenue." For some definition of "easy", I guess.
If you assume costs as follows: - $1 a month for domain - $20 a month for hosting 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…
I've launched a few web apps and a mobile app but have yet to make a single penny. I've a few more as well 'in development', which I may get around to releasing some day...
Basically everything I have built is because I found it interesting rather than trying to make money, so I'm not too bothered. However if it is so easy, where are all the "Hello World" tutorials for bringing in revenue?
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#76Not quite 2012, but I started work on CircleCI (https://circleci.com) in September 2011 and it's a real business now.
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#77Developed an iOS photo editor ( http://proc.es ) which keeps me from starving. Though, come to think of it I am a little hungry.
Buying your app right now. Go grab yourself a burger.
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#78I released a service called http://www.formactivate.com where I convert form fills and web based leads to phone calls. It decreased the time between initial lead submission to when a you can get the prospect on the phone.
We started to get a ton of activity after I integrated with Wufoo.com via the webhook API.
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#79I released a service called http://www.formactivate.com where I convert form fills and web based leads to phone calls. It decreased the time between initial lead submission to when a you can get the prospect on the phone. We started to get a ton of activity after I integrated with Wufoo.com via the webhook API.
We are looking for CRM or Form vendors to integrate with. We will be announcing a few more integrations in the next few weeks.
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Very nice! So your target is an english-speaking person going for a (business) trip to Nigeria?
You do realize Nigeria IS an English speaking country, don't you?
For very marginal definitions of 'English speaking' only. By any such definition, Germany, all Scandinavian countries, Belgium and the Netherlands would be 'English speaking countries'.