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2022 → https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29995152
Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell
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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell
#2I sell handmade sculptures of influential people and famous monuments on Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/shop/jurgenstudio. Revenue is 2-6k USD depending on the season. I hired someone part time who took over production and shipping. it's mostly passive revenue for me apart from growing the business by developing new products when I feel like it. The profit margin is around 50% after all material and labor costs are paid.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell
#3During COVID I was in Mexico. At some point I wanted to go horseback riding. I was researching places to go horseback riding and I was not at all surprised to see I would have to make some calls to book.
Fast-forward a few weeks, I become pretty good friends with the owner at the ranch I went to. We grab tacos one night and he shares his concerns: They're not doing so well financially and are worried about whether or not they'll be able to afford feed in a month.
I got involved and we solved that problem and a few more: revamped the website (it looked and felt like it was from 2006), I whipped up a booking/reservation system to get more customers through the door, and exit surveys to make sure everything was perfect (and figure out what went wrong if it wasn't).
Bookings this month are up 490% from 2018 (according to the paper waivers they had) and that's without a single dollar spent in paid marketing. I answer a few emails every day from prospective riders and make sure everyone's happy. I get a percentage of each reservation which is cool, but the coolest part is that I get to say I am a co-owner in a Mexican horse ranch.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell
#4During COVID I was in Mexico. At some point I wanted to go horseback riding. I was researching places to go horseback riding and I was not at all surprised to see I would have to make some calls to book. Fast-forward a few weeks, I become pretty good friends with the owner at the ranch I went to. We grab tacos one night and he shares his concerns: They're not doing so well financially and are worried about whether or…
Awesome work! Would you mind sharing? I live in Mexico City and would love to try horse back riding.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell
#5A long time ago, I made some Flash games. I recently converted some of them away from Flash and released them together as a desktop game for modern computers.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458090/Hapland_Trilogy/
I am currently making more than $500 a month from this, although I don't necessarily expect that to continue. Games are a crowded market. It was a fun project, though.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell
#6I sell handmade sculptures of influential people and famous monuments on Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/shop/jurgenstudio . Revenue is 2-6k USD depending on the season. I hired someone part time who took over production and shipping. it's mostly passive revenue for me apart from growing the business by developing new products when I feel like it. The profit margin is around 50% after all material and labor costs are pai…
How much do you spend on likeness rights for the people or the similar thing for famous monuments?
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell
#7I had 3 sources of side income last year.
1/ Started a niche dating app in 2017. Revenue ranges form 700-1,100/mo. Hosting is about $50/mo.
2/ Bought a house and rent our spare rooms for $3,100/mo.
3/ Contracting projects for a small dev shop earned $3-10k/mo (depending on how many hours I worked).
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell
#8I sell handmade sculptures of influential people and famous monuments on Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/shop/jurgenstudio . Revenue is 2-6k USD depending on the season. I hired someone part time who took over production and shipping. it's mostly passive revenue for me apart from growing the business by developing new products when I feel like it. The profit margin is around 50% after all material and labor costs are pai…
Out of curiosity when you say you hired someone to take over production and shipping, do you mean you outsourced it? Or like that from craigslist is producing them now?
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell
#9A long time ago, I made some Flash games. I recently converted some of them away from Flash and released them together as a desktop game for modern computers. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458090/Hapland_Trilogy/ I am currently making more than $500 a month from this, although I don't necessarily expect that to continue. Games are a crowded market. It was a fun project, though.
What's the programming language and environment to run it for the non-flash version?
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500+/month on side projects in 2023 – Show and tell
#10macOS applications https://loshadki.app $1,500-3,000 USD /month