Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?

Post by philip1209 » Mon, Sep 03, 2012, 3:10 PM UTC

matznerd wrote: post #195

philip1209 wrote: post #186

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Fair enough! I'm writing a Stripe page to allow food truck owners to buy a 'priority listing.' It's currently set at $100/month and you are put in the top row. I'm thinking of dropping it to $20/mo. Any input on pricing?

Since you have 4 cities, you can test different prices in each. $100 sounds a bit steep for a food truck unless you can guarantee ROI for them. I think it would be smarter to just add more cities and keep the price lower. I would try something like $25 a spot and try to make them sign a 3-month advertising contract. If they balk, just remember you have 30 other food trucks and only 3 spots. This makes more sense if y…

Post by timurtamerlan » Mon, Sep 03, 2012, 3:17 PM UTC

rizz0 wrote: post #72

timurtamerlan wrote: post #39

$25k in revenue, ~$15k in net income (at 12-15% monthly growth) from http://jivosite.ru (English version http://jivosite.com is yet work in progress). This is online chat for e-commerce web sites sold primarily to russian-speaking audience, USA & Europe sales start in 2-3 months. Bootstrapped, no office, 2 co-founders (1 business+tech, 1 tech), 3 employees (1 marketing, 1 customer support, 1 programmer).

How long have you worked on that, and how long have you been in business in Russia?

Post by yudmiy » Mon, Sep 03, 2012, 3:30 PM UTC

timurtamerlan wrote: post #39

$25k in revenue, ~$15k in net income (at 12-15% monthly growth) from http://jivosite.ru (English version http://jivosite.com is yet work in progress). This is online chat for e-commerce web sites sold primarily to russian-speaking audience, USA & Europe sales start in 2-3 months. Bootstrapped, no office, 2 co-founders (1 business+tech, 1 tech), 3 employees (1 marketing, 1 customer support, 1 programmer).

Post by consultutah » Mon, Sep 03, 2012, 3:47 PM UTC

sherwin wrote: post #189

consultutah wrote: post #169

http://testplanmanagement.com = $2,000/month http://courtdatereminder.com = ~$100/month http://enigmatic.me = ~$200/month http://jobs.consultutah.com = ~$30/month http://rubytoolbox.com = ~$10/month

I'm assuming you mean https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/ ? Props! I use that site all the time... surprised that it only nets you $10/month

Post by highace » Mon, Sep 03, 2012, 4:23 PM UTC

anon_builder wrote: post #202

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Do you have any tips for squeezing the most out of adsense? Ad positioning, types, quantity, obtrusiveness?

Nothing that's not obvious. Surely, there are methods to squeeze more revenue out of Adsense, or any display ad for that matter, but you'll risk being banned. So that's not worth it, especially when you get bigger. I do recommend trying out different ad networks and having them compete with each other and with adsense in an ad server such as OpenX or DFP.