Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month • Hacker News Board

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by privateSFacct » Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 12:36 AM UTC

ta999999171 wrote: post #151

privateSFacct wrote: post #131

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Can you give some examples of simple open cross platform systems that make money? I like my apps to be apps and a lot of the "Apps" that are HTML/js are janky cross platform and are tricky to pay for (vs one touch on ioS)

"Make money" is a misnomer, but successful PWAs tossed around here include Uber, Starbucks, etc...

Sorry - but Uber is very much a app first app. Most people using it are coming through the "proprietary" ecosystem parent wants to get rid of.

I don't use starbucks, but I wouldn't be surprised if it also had a proper app store app and didn't require users to use a web browser to access the app.

If anything - this proves the user preference for apps vs websites.

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by wikibob » Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 1:00 AM UTC

delouvois wrote: post #163

wikibob wrote: post #161

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Yep. eBay started as a website to sell Pez dispensers for the founders girlfriend. https://time.com/4013672/ebay-founded-story/

Yeah. That really was some PR story, completely fake. Omidiyar admitted it later on. I think the first thing to ever be listed on eBay was a broken laser pointer.

How interesting! Thanks for posting, I had no idea and bought it even though I've been aware of other similar sorts of submarine PR stories.

Do you have a link to the debunking?

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by arcadeparade » Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 1:25 PM UTC

frits1993 wrote: post #6

tckb wrote: post #2

congrats! mind sharing your story?

Sure. Last year June, I built a small online tool for me and my girlfriend to manage our IPTV playlist. I bought a domain name and put it online because our IPTV player needed to access it through a URL. A couple of months later, and 7 users found the tool and were actually using it (keep in mind that that's pretty impressive for a tool as not-user-focused as it was back then). So I then decided to spend more time re…

mind sharing your website?

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by esch89 » Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 9:36 PM UTC

dgellow wrote: post #76

esch89 wrote: post #67

That's so exciting and encouraging! Congratulations :) Looking forward to your future update that says, "My SaaS paid for my yacht."

I hope he would do something more interesting than spending his money on a yacht.

The yacht is just a sidenote to his other, more incredible expenditures. :D

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by esch89 » Thu, Jan 23, 2020, 9:37 PM UTC

beachy wrote: post #97

dgellow wrote: post #76

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I hope he would do something more interesting than spending his money on a yacht.

There are yachts and then there are yachts. I assume you're negative towards yachts like Larry Ellison's - giant fuel chugging beasts that the owner flies in to port to go on once or twice a year and that requires a crew the size of a small company to operate. Then there are small craft with a sail that are completely environmentally guiltless to operate, and that can introduce kids to the joy of sailing and to the w…

The second one sounds amazing!

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by dordoka » Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 2:32 PM UTC

rutthenut wrote: post #172

dordoka wrote: post #91

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Honest suggestion: you should submit your own Show HN post for that. I reckon you are being downvoted for "hijacking" another post, not based on the merits of your project.

Should be down-voted doubly then - for hijacking another post and also for promoting copyright abuse...

I never said that had to be downvoted or upvoted. I was just advising him/her to create his own Show HN post to follow this site's rules first, and to maybe get real feedback about the site.

Regarding "copyright abuse", it depends on multiple factors IMHO, but that was not the point of my comment at all.

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by delouvois » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 7:26 AM UTC

wikibob wrote: post #192

delouvois wrote: post #163

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Yeah. That really was some PR story, completely fake. Omidiyar admitted it later on. I think the first thing to ever be listed on eBay was a broken laser pointer.

How interesting! Thanks for posting, I had no idea and bought it even though I've been aware of other similar sorts of submarine PR stories. Do you have a link to the debunking?

Sorry I don't often go on HN. I believe this was in an interview of Pierre Omidyar, although it may unfortunately be in French. He has not done much of these, so I think I may be able find it, I'll check.

Re: Thank HN: My SaaS paid my rent this month

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Post by delouvois » Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 7:30 AM UTC

delouvois wrote: post #197

wikibob wrote: post #192

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How interesting! Thanks for posting, I had no idea and bought it even though I've been aware of other similar sorts of submarine PR stories. Do you have a link to the debunking?

Sorry I don't often go on HN. I believe this was in an interview of Pierre Omidyar, although it may unfortunately be in French. He has not done much of these, so I think I may be able find it, I'll check.

https://www.achievement.org/achiever/pierre-omidyar/

This is it, a link to the video and the transcript, just type laser on the and you'll find it !