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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?

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Post by Killswitch »

victorf wrote: post #93
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.

I've been curious because I was thinking of doing something that would host content; is it a legal nightmare if someone uploads illegal material? Is it common?

Yes, and yes.

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

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Post by h0ratio »

jamesgagan wrote: post #8

I make around $5 to $10 a day from my site http://tunes.io I haven't put any effort into marketing it or trying to monetize it other than adsense. Maybe I should be trying harder!

You could sign up to the iTunes and Amazon affiliate programs and then link to where users can purchase the songs. The nice thing with Amazon is once users click through to Amazon from your site they are cookied and you will get a commission from whatever they buy. They could come in on a 0.99 download but they end up buying some underwear and a book and you get a cut of it.

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

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Post by BMarkmann »

maxprogram wrote: post #104

~$1000 a month. Designed, edited and published a book of Warren Buffett's letters to shareholders (see http://amzn.com/1595910778 ). An opportunity I stumbled into. But I suppose "get publication rights from Warren Buffett" isn't a repeatable business model :)

Not repeatable in that specific case, but have you thought about doing the same thing for other high-profile figures (either in finance or elsewhere)? You might be able to leverage your experience and success to get them to agree to a similar sort of thing...

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

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Post by withoutfriction »

clarky07 wrote: post #51

I make between 5-10k a month on my apps and book. (It depends on the season. Summer and Christmas are best.) http://buildanappbusiness.com/ https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/30-south-llc/id331245760

Derek, you're missing out on an extra ~7%!

Sign up for Amazon's affiliate program and use your own affiliate links on your links to amazon.

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Also, as commented below - I posted the first of these recurring income threads almost two years ago - I'm now compiling some stats, data and insights [1] for myself so that I can learn how to boost my numbers closer to yours :)

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6432851

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

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Post by BryanB55 »

simonswords82 wrote: post #102
epoxyhockey wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for this clarification, as I'm used to SME meaning Subject Matter Experts (which also applies to the product). BTW, the Staff Squared homepage is really impressive! My eyes are directed to all of the right places on the page to sign-up and learn more. I also like that clicking the Roadmap link on the footer leads directly to the Trello project page.

Thanks so much for the feedback, really nice to hear that people who haven't seen the site before think we're doing it right :) For the record, if anybody thinks we've made a huge mistake on the site I'd love to hear about it!

Not a huge mistake at all but shouldn't the email address box say "No card details required" instead of "require" http://bryan.cx/7OXv/K6kIrX0S

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

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Post by jankins »

I'm making $200/mo on average from one iPhone app. It took me a month to build it a year ago and sales have remained stable, except for one $800 month when I got featured in a popular newsletter. I'm currently polishing up an iPad version and will experiment with increasing the price when it goes Universal.
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