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

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Care enough to share: 1- How did you start? 2- % of Revenue are you getting from W3Counter?

> How did you start? Early 1990s, writing HTML tutorials on a site I called "Website Goodies". I learned HTML myself from a GeoCities site. I had ads on there from the start, from TeknoSurf AdWave (now Advertising.com), ValueClick (now Conversant), and IIRC briefly some kind of ads from Microsoft bCentral (defunct). Enough to pay for the domain and web hosting, and eventually enough to buy a computer of my own and ca…

Thankyou sir!

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

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post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Care enough to share: 1- How did you start? 2- % of Revenue are you getting from W3Counter?

> How did you start? Early 1990s, writing HTML tutorials on a site I called "Website Goodies". I learned HTML myself from a GeoCities site. I had ads on there from the start, from TeknoSurf AdWave (now Advertising.com), ValueClick (now Conversant), and IIRC briefly some kind of ads from Microsoft bCentral (defunct). Enough to pay for the domain and web hosting, and eventually enough to buy a computer of my own and ca…

What were your marketing strategies?

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

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For me it's around $1600-$1800/month https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/cobbysoft-media-inc./id40... A portfolio of paid apps. Most of them were created to scratch my own itches. I was learning saxophone at the time and couldn't really find a fingering chart software that can play the exact notes and vice versa. One thing lead to another, that's how it all began.

http://www.optimalplugins.com/ Branching out to wordpress plugins. Speaking of which, I think the headline generator is a really awesome plugin for any blogger. Just need some help to scale the marketing part.

http://www.stickynotespro.com/ A tiny SaaS working in progress :). My mind is always coming up with ideas and I usually write them down in sticky notes or in the note app. However, being a visual person, I need to see the post it to make things happen. If some one cover the sticky notes with a blanket, the task will never get done. Creating this site to store big ideas digitally and have the ability to see all the sticky notes on demand.

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

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currently around $20k/month from http://park.io I don't know if it is technically "recurring" because it isn't subscription-based, but it is consistent and growing each month since I started one year ago

That's awesome! Any insights on how you did marketing for this service?

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

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I'm making close to $100 from DigitalOcean Referrals every month. I'm one of the early adopters who get paid via Paypal for referrals, rather than getting paid in Hosting Credits. I've already made more than $1500 in commissions.

Around $30 from Madmimi Referrals every month (They have recurring 25% commission with a max cap of $10000). I've made around $600 in commissions.

My Affiliate links if you want to sign up for any of the two services:

DigitalOcean - https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=4d7fb2079a96 Madmimi - https://madmimi.com/short_ref/iMk

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

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post #8

currently around $20k/month from http://park.io I don't know if it is technically "recurring" because it isn't subscription-based, but it is consistent and growing each month since I started one year ago

That's awesome! Any insights on how you did marketing for this service?

I haven't really done any marketing - most users find it from either parked domains or word of mouth
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