$1k-$3k/m (depending on season) mostly passive income from my design online niche sign related websites. I've done a lot in design online software so I made my own and farm out the production side. I've automated most of it and it provides a nice steady income when I'm between clients. I also license the same platform to clients when it fits their needs.
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Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#132TL;DR: The top of our funnel is fine, and our app is making money, but it's not "easy money" and our trial to paying customer sign up needs some serious attention. I run a HR app for SMEs called http://www.staffsquared.com . We're making a comfortable 5 figures each month. We're reinvesting this income back in the product either in the form of new functionality (paying programmers) or advertising (paying Google Adwor…
Thanks for the info! Just a heads up: seems like your Twitter account is suspended.
Yeah we know, happened yesterday. Thanks for the heads up..
To explain: I was experimenting with an app that it turns out breaks the twitter rules and so they've suspended us. I'm talking to Twitter now about getting us unsuspended.
Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#133Around 0-300 USD from stuff I've developed for jailbroken iOS devices.
Note that that's a couple of months after release, and most of the revenue comes during the first two to three days.
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#134Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#135It might sound kind of obscene here on HN, but I'm making about 3500 euros per month, semi-passive from adult related site/community. It's subscription based and the content is user submitted (that's why it's semi-passive). Some moderation is necessary, as well basic user support, but overall - not so much hustle.
Which payment provider are you using? AFAIK most of them are very picky on the subject.
Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#136Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please do blog about it. Freelancing while traveling is a concept that a lot of us are really drawn to, but most of the current blogs focus on the travel and only briefly mention the freelancing aspect. Maybe if you focused a bit more on the business side of things you could find a niche within the blogosphere.
Having just traveled around the world over 7 months but NOT freelancing, I would have to say that: * net connections are very very spotty, prepare to work offline * supplies are rare (usb devices, upgrades, etc), expect to pay more for less * desk conditions are poor, rarely did we find a place where I could get into the flow. Checking email and noodling on the net was fine, but getting real quality work done require…
Pretty accurate. But you can mitigate this by 1) sticking to the kinds of locations where you know you'll find a decent connection, e.g. Thailand, and 2) pausing when you find a good setup and working for extended periods to make up for poor conditions later on.
Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#137I'm making roughly $300/month from three iPhone apps. They're all quite simple and I'd estimate that I've put in less than a month's actual work building them; although as a disclaimer, this is my day job so I can put these together relatively quickly. My fourth app was a larger time investment and gets quite a lot more downloads. It makes no income now, but I'll add In-App Purchases soon. I'm freelancing for ~45 hou…
Would you mind sharing some more info about your apps (i.e. an overview of the concepts)?
As someone who has tried (and struggled) to monetize personal projects, I'm always interested in hearing stories about independent apps that are financially successful.
Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#138A better question I'd like to read is "Good ideas for recurring income".
Sort all the answers to this topic by revenue and your question will be answered.
Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#139Run a consulting firm. Make about $250,000 per month.
That's not 250k in profit is it? How many employees do you have?
Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#140It might sound kind of obscene here on HN, but I'm making about 3500 euros per month, semi-passive from adult related site/community. It's subscription based and the content is user submitted (that's why it's semi-passive). Some moderation is necessary, as well basic user support, but overall - not so much hustle.
Which payment provider are you using? AFAIK most of them are very picky on the subject.
Most adult sites use CCBill.