I created a few javascript card games, most of them in late 2011, but they really started earning this year. So far have made Spades, Hearts, Go Fish, Crazy Eights, Shithead and a couple of solitaires. Revenue has been steadily rising, and is a nice little side income now. http://www.spades-cardgame.com is one, the rest are linked from there.
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?
#132I created a few javascript card games, most of them in late 2011, but they really started earning this year. So far have made Spades, Hearts, Go Fish, Crazy Eights, Shithead and a couple of solitaires. Revenue has been steadily rising, and is a nice little side income now. http://www.spades-cardgame.com is one, the rest are linked from there.
"Hi there
You are here for one of two possible reasons:
1. You are creating a card game yourself and want to look at the source to see how it's done.
2. You're trying to figure out how you can cheat. . . . . "
http://www.spades-cardgame.com/scripts/spades.min.js?1338670...
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#133Developed an iOS photo editor ( http://proc.es ) which keeps me from starving. Though, come to think of it I am a little hungry.
It's hard not to be hungry with a 10 bucks app that has a landing page that says nothing about it and competes with Instagram, Camera+, Hipsmatic and such.
I will not spoil the surprise for others but I will say that I did not expect what I did not see.
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#134I started a WordPress Plugin ( http://wpadpress.com ) and it's now generating a close to a 4 figures monthly income. I'm working on lots of improvements and will be joining hands with Theme authors for promotion, so it might turn to something serious in the future.
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#135I 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 ;-)
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#136Number of users is slowly growing, and I just released its 3rd beta update; looking to formally launch very soon.
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#137I 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 ;-)
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#138I 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…
I took the opportunity to hack together a notification plugin for irssi.
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#139I created a few javascript card games, most of them in late 2011, but they really started earning this year. So far have made Spades, Hearts, Go Fish, Crazy Eights, Shithead and a couple of solitaires. Revenue has been steadily rising, and is a nice little side income now. http://www.spades-cardgame.com is one, the rest are linked from there.
Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?
#140I 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.