Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?

news.ycombinator.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

11–20 of 480 posts

Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?

#11

Post by cpfohl »

spenthil wrote: post #4
awillen wrote: post #2

I really don't like talking about my side projects, so I guess they all qualify, but I'm particularly excited about one at the moment. Right now I'm working on a dog treat business - I make a treat mix that you add water to and freeze for a meat-based frozen treat. I feel really good about the product and the packaging design (and this is the first time I've ever worked on any kind of a physical product, so it's real…

Who did you use for your packaging? What made you choose them?

How about for a printer? Packaging manufacturing is complex

Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?

#12

Post by awillen »

cpfohl wrote: post #11
spenthil wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who did you use for your packaging? What made you choose them?

How about for a printer? Packaging manufacturing is complex

Maybe I just got lucky then... I just Googled "mailer box printing" or something like that, found a few sites and picked this one based on price: https://www.uprinting.com/.

The designer gave me image files that were formatted correctly, so I just sent them in and had boxes at my door a few days later. They look great: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-srBIsJgND/

Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?

#13

Post by nend »

h4t wrote: post #10

Yep I've been pushing ref links for cryptocurrency exchanges for several years. I make around 60k a year just off other people trading. For US based traders go here and make affiliate accounts so you yourself can disperse. https://primexbt.com/?signup=97540 https://www.binance.us/?ref=35057005 and then I also push bybit referrals which is a 2 step process first you have to create a bybit account: (requires vpn that d…

Sooo a pyramid scheme

Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?

#14

Post by e_tm_ »

nend wrote: post #13
h4t wrote: post #10

Yep I've been pushing ref links for cryptocurrency exchanges for several years. I make around 60k a year just off other people trading. For US based traders go here and make affiliate accounts so you yourself can disperse. https://primexbt.com/?signup=97540 https://www.binance.us/?ref=35057005 and then I also push bybit referrals which is a 2 step process first you have to create a bybit account: (requires vpn that d…

Sooo a pyramid scheme

Certainly fits the qualifications of the post. Judgement aside.

Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?

#15

Post by rperce »

nend wrote: post #13
h4t wrote: post #10

Yep I've been pushing ref links for cryptocurrency exchanges for several years. I make around 60k a year just off other people trading. For US based traders go here and make affiliate accounts so you yourself can disperse. https://primexbt.com/?signup=97540 https://www.binance.us/?ref=35057005 and then I also push bybit referrals which is a 2 step process first you have to create a bybit account: (requires vpn that d…

Sooo a pyramid scheme

I mean, you did ask for projects people would usually rather not talk about.

Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?

#16

Post by httpsterio »

nend wrote: post #13
h4t wrote: post #10

Yep I've been pushing ref links for cryptocurrency exchanges for several years. I make around 60k a year just off other people trading. For US based traders go here and make affiliate accounts so you yourself can disperse. https://primexbt.com/?signup=97540 https://www.binance.us/?ref=35057005 and then I also push bybit referrals which is a 2 step process first you have to create a bybit account: (requires vpn that d…

Sooo a pyramid scheme

No, that's a basic affiliate program. I don't think you need to buy or trade anything yourself for example on Binance, just getting people to sign up and trade through your referral.

Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?

#17

Post by pier25 »

awillen wrote: post #2

I really don't like talking about my side projects, so I guess they all qualify, but I'm particularly excited about one at the moment. Right now I'm working on a dog treat business - I make a treat mix that you add water to and freeze for a meat-based frozen treat. I feel really good about the product and the packaging design (and this is the first time I've ever worked on any kind of a physical product, so it's real…

Oh wow this is looking great!

I'd certainly be a customer if I lived in the US.

Re: Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?

#19

Post by awillen »

pier25 wrote: post #17
awillen wrote: post #2

I really don't like talking about my side projects, so I guess they all qualify, but I'm particularly excited about one at the moment. Right now I'm working on a dog treat business - I make a treat mix that you add water to and freeze for a meat-based frozen treat. I feel really good about the product and the packaging design (and this is the first time I've ever worked on any kind of a physical product, so it's real…

Oh wow this is looking great! I'd certainly be a customer if I lived in the US.

Thanks so much! Hopefully one day we'll go international :)
Post reply on HN