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

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Post by contingencies »

n1c wrote: post #75

I'm not sure if my project counts; 'cause it's running at a loss? http://dressed.so I made it because it seemed like /r/malefashionadvice needed somewhere to host their fits with a little extra functionality. Every now and then I build a feature or two but mostly it just ticks over. For revenue I make a little via adsense but mostly try and focus on the affiliate products, for example on this page http://drsd.so/15Yx…

Feedback: Great domain, crap photography.

There are some killer fashion sites out there, the ladies have been driving them for ages. You know, search by anything, real time refresh, change the colors, suggest a match, SAVE SAVE SAVE SALE DISCOUNT FINAL STOCK 3 LEFT!

The area is good, execution can be improved. Refine.

(Alternatively, punch out and sell me the domain ;)

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

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Post by NovemberWest »

emhart wrote: post #314
NovemberWest wrote: post #294

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am a lot like you temperamentally and currently homeless, though the two things are not really directly related. I have thought a lot about it over the years. For me, part of it is that I was one of the smart kids in high school and got a lot of not subtle messages about how I owed the world benefit for my gifts and would be evil incarnate to try to, gasp, get rewarded for them. For me, I think gender also plays a…

It's worth a lot, and while I am not female, and can't fully empathize, I would like to say that I at least sympathize and that I see and try to speak against what you are describing. Women in particular seem to be taught not to profit. In fact, I think on the other side of the equation it is part of what has been awkward for me. Many of my closest male friends see profit as part of their self-identity and it wasn't…

My situation is complicated. I am not making much money but I am "saving" millions kind of by not being sick. Long story. So can't really be too terribly unhappy about it. At some point, the dough will role in but I will know I am doing stuff I am okay with...etc...

((hugs)) & take care.

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

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Post by jdlshore »

kabisote wrote: post #327
jdlshore wrote: post #188

I 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…

Congrats and thanks for sharing details about your business. I'm currently building a subscription based medical training video streaming site. May I also ask for details about the technical aspects? Do you use a media streaming service like Wistia? How do you protect your videos from unauthorized access? Do you serve different formats to different devices? Thanks in advance for answers.

Sure, send me an email (james@letscodejavascript.com) and we can discuss it.

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

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Post by mhartl »

emilioolivares wrote: post #330
mhartl wrote: post #304

The Ruby on Rails Tutorial ( http://railstutorial.org/ ), conceived as a 4-Hour Workweek –style product business, makes low five figures per month, requiring just about the proverbial four hours of work per week (mostly minor book updates and customer service emails). New editions are a lot of work (e.g., ~2 months full-time to redo the screencasts), but the new sales cycle typically yields a mid-five-figure income s…

Super interested in what you're building, huge fan (but not a customer) of your tutorial and story. If you could offer a SquareSpace type of solution for selling screencasts including international billing, account management, it would be killer! Where do I sign up for the mail list? :)

Glad to hear it. :-) I'm working on a publishing platform that makes it easy to produce and sell Rails Tutorial–style products. If you'd like to get involved, just send me an email (address in profile) and I'll add you to the notification list for the private beta.

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

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Post by vldx »

rprus wrote: post #324
vldx wrote: post #236

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True, but behind these tube sites stays [1] Fabian Thylmann and his [2] company. He is considered as the biggest disruptor who revolutionised the business. The whole story is something like Napster and the record labels, but slightly different. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_Thylmann [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manwin

Do you work with Manwin at all?

No - I don't have any points of contact with Manwin.

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

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Post by vldx »

clu3 wrote: post #323
vldx wrote: post #31

It 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.

Congrats. What hosts are you running at? I haven't been able to find one that allows adult content

Thank you.

I'm using Webair at the moment, but you can check also Amerinoc and Leaseweb.

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

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Post by reginaldjcooper »

jdlshore wrote: post #188

I 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…

In [3] you wrote that you already had traction from the agile community. Was that just from the book?

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

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Post by timhargis »

veb wrote: post #251

I run a Facebook fan page for a TV show, and use Teespring ( http://www.teespring.com ) to monetize the page. Every few months I do a sale, which nets around $4,000 USD.

I just got Don Wilsons "FB Ads Cracked" program. Have you seen this?

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

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Post by cubsink »

RokStdy wrote: post #276
simonswords82 wrote: post #26

TL;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…

I think you might consider changing some of your cartoons so that a Woman is running the business. I think it's a bit strange[1] that it's the male character all the time. I don't know if that's something that might turn off a woman, but it did sort of jump out at me. [1]Full Disclosure:I only browsed through a few pages, I did not to a page by page gender analysis.

> but it did sort of jump out at me

wtf? This is the kind of shit we're tired of in Sweden. There is a woman talking and why would anyone care when they're out looking to buy HR-software?

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

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Post by emhart »

soneca wrote: post #275
emhart wrote: post #223

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm trying to think how to explain it without using anecdotes, as I want to understand it myself without punting to simile. I know that I undervalue the importance of money in my own life (I have been poor to the point of homelessness once, poor the point of selling possessions to get rent/food money a few times). I also undervalue my worth, almost never charging an appropriate amount for my time. I've cultivated a n…

emhart This just went on HN front page: http://blog.quoteroller.com/2013/09/19/uncomfortable-convers... I read your comments here and then I saw it. I think it is a sign :) Seriously, I am not sure this aproach will help you. It looks like to me that it is more about "why do it" than "how to do it". I think what you should do is put yourself in a position where will just assume you will charge for it, so you don't ha…

I appreciate you sharing the link, I missed it on the front page. How fitting! :)

And I also appreciate your thoughts. Thank you.

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