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Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
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Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#202Meta note: please don't be shy to share links to what it is that's generating your income. I hate reading things like "I have this simple app that's making me $X/month" and not be able to see the context. Who knows, maybe I'll find it useful and pay for it too.
Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#203I make anywhere from $300 to $800/month on http://pizzacodes.com . About 3 or 4 months ago I switched domain names to make it more memorable, and I dropped out of search results for everything but my site name. Traffic has increased pretty substantially from other sources over the past few months, so I'm back just over $600/month again.
Hmm. Lovely concept, but when I put my address in, it says there are no results - mainly because it thinks my UK address is just between Tuvalu & Tokelau in the South Pacific (so technically, the results were correct - Papa John's are unlikely to deliver there).
Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#204I gross just under $10K per month from http://www.letscodejavascript.com , a subscription-based JavaScript screencast for professional developers [1]. It's a full-time job: I put out two new episodes every week, plus a "special" every month that takes quite a bit more effort. That leaves me with about half my time for developing the business. I'm bootstrapping this, so it's just me. I don't plan to hire any employees…
Your demo video is stuttering and unwatchable. I'm guessing it's getting hammered from this post. The site looks really nice, and appears to have really great content. Signup achieved.
Thanks! I have the videos on a geo-balanced CDN which is well overprovisioned, so it should be okay. I just tried it myself and everything seemed fine. Of course, because it's geo-balanced, there could be a problem I'm not seeing. If anybody else has problems, could you let me know?
Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#205In the UK I started and ran a site listing tech events: https://opentechcalendar.co.uk/index.php It's just had it's first birthday and is doing well.
This was done in a "maybe-a-bit-to-lean" fashion. There was a previous facility run by a local meetup that suddenly stopped, so I knew there was demand before I started. The first version was a MediaWiki site with a hacked open source calendar plugin that took 4 days from buying the domain to public launch. This was then later replaced with custom software.
This now picks up a small amount from direct sponsorship (as in, I directly approach ppl and don't use something like Google AdWords).
It took a bit to write, but I've realised the specific niche functionality could serve others and I'm currently working on turning this into a platform for any area. It's early days for that, but it works and it's up at http://ican.hasacalendar.co.uk/
(I also have some recurring income supporting a freelance contract I did which now takes a couple of days per month but I don't think that's what most ppl here are interested in.)
Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#206It 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.
It's not obscene to work in the adult industry! Good for you for being successful at what you do. €3,500/month isn't something to sneeze at.
Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#207I net roughly $230/month from a rental property I own. I have a realtor I trust manage it for a "first month + 5% of rent" fee. The property is located in a market where rent is much higher than the mortgage (about 150%), so I end up making a profit while building equity into a house at a low interest rate. Not exciting, but it is a viable model and management fees seem very reasonable for the amount of work the realtor does.
Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#208I just crossed 500$/mo with https://www.wisecashhq.com (cash flow forecasting for freelancers and small businesses, launched officially 2.5 months ago).
This is far away from passive income since I'm actively working on it (I'm bootstrapping it + consulting/freelancing the other days).
Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#209I make anywhere from $300 to $800/month on http://pizzacodes.com . About 3 or 4 months ago I switched domain names to make it more memorable, and I dropped out of search results for everything but my site name. Traffic has increased pretty substantially from other sources over the past few months, so I'm back just over $600/month again.
Hmm. Lovely concept, but when I put my address in, it says there are no results - mainly because it thinks my UK address is just between Tuvalu & Tokelau in the South Pacific (so technically, the results were correct - Papa John's are unlikely to deliver there).
Unfortunately it's US only right now. It appears to default to 'just between Tuvalu & Tokelau in the South Pacific' if no results are found - I'll fix that.
Thanks for the feedback.
Re: Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate, and from what?
#210I make about $30 a month running a small coupon code website focused on cell phones. Again it's almost nothing but the upshot is if the site takes off in any way, it can bring in some ok money on the site. A lot of it can be outsourced once you get the system down, but there is a good amount of manual labor. Site: http://www.newphonepromocodes.com
would you mind sharing the source of these coupon codes.
I am trying to come up something like this other niche area. But struck in getting the sources for these kinds of codes/deals. Thanks in advance.