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Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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I recently started http://simplyhire.in/ . I started working on this about month back ( may starting ). Couple of local startup has started using it. This looks good. But right now unable to push beyond these local startup, lack of networking etc. Let me know if guys can help.

The English on your site is bad enough that I would pass it up.

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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This is excellent timing for $work. We'll be needing push notifications for a mobile app we're building over the next couple months. How do we integrate Pushover in our app? Is there an SDK we include in the app, or would users have to purchase and install the Pushover app? Our app will be free, so we'd like to avoid pushing costs on to our users. But we would have no problem paying a monthly fee to you, in addition…

Users would have to purchase the Pushover app. It sounds like you want https://parse.com/ which would be an SDK you can integrate into your app to get push notifications.

Thank you for the tip. I'm looking over the Parse documentation now.

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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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 ;-)

Did anyone else use getairmail to download the 55 page ebook below by chance? : )

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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I launched a Mac utility app called DragonDrop ( https://shinyplasticbag.com/dragondrop/ ) that got a lot of pretty good press (including getting fireballed — here's the HN discussion http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3946404 ).

Wow, if only we had something like that on windows.

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Have worked out the math behind one-time purchases supporting unlimited perpetual service? I suspect it is possible if a substantial amount of users leave the service after the purchase, but I can't see how this is not a form of pyramid scheme - new users effectively cover obligations made to eariler users. How is this sustainable with a non-trivial volume? Or do you (plan to) charge API users?

It's hard to work out accurate numbers because users can have such drastically different usage patterns. Some users have signed up with one device and have only received a few notifications, others have many devices registered and receive dozens of notifications daily from chat plugins. The API is free, though applications are limited to a reasonable number of messages per month. That was put into place out of fear t…

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Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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Wedding planning app for Mac - Weddinglan( http://weddinglan.com ) About $800 per month, but hope for more profit after next version which will include also iPad version

Looks great and i'm sure enjoy using it aswell! How did you came up with Weddinplan? Do you come from the industry or was it just brainstorming?

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I launched a web site about alternative fuel LPG, mostly about fuel stations in Europe ( http://www.mylpg.eu ). At first it was a test to feel the market, but now I found out it has potential.

Wow, does it take a lot of (crowdsourced) manpower to keep the database up-to-date?

Re: Ask HN: who started something in 2012 which is already profitable?

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I started building http://www.splatsearch.com A comparison engine with big plans to compare everything in the world. One online marketer and 2 developers building it. Currently the live version is a very different snapshop from the dev version which we roll out soon and just has 14 million sample products. We bootstrapped it and it probably just about profitable even though its barely live.

Wow, i think the most difficult part is the parsing, isn't it? Are you using any open-source solutions or is everything custom-built?
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