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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by abetusk »

thrwy_ywrht wrote: post #208
abetusk wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you mind going into where your main revenue stream comes from and how it breaks down? Is it mostly apple users? Google play? Do you get any revenue from the website itself?

The basic model is people pay for access to more sounds. For the last few years this bas been separate transactions on the ios app, android app and for the web version. Ideally I'd move to a single subscription-based account that worked across all devices for extra sounds. Revenue breakdown is roughly equal between android, ios and web, somewhat surprisingly. Android converts worse but has higher user numbers. Web co…

Thanks, that's pretty interesting to hear!

Can you talk about how you advertise and got traction enough to get to $500/month?

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Post by cushychicken »

handzhiev wrote: post #188
cushychicken wrote: post #58

I launched www.rtljobs.com in October and had my first month of $500 in revenue in December. It's a job board that caters to a very specific subset of electrical engineers - specifically, ones that work with FPGAs and logic design for chips. Need help hiring FPGA or RTL engineers? Let's talk. fpga.rtl.jobs@gmail.com

Looks cool, I love this kind of niche projects. How do you / did you drive traffic and job postings to it?

Indexing hiring companies' job sites, and providing helpful comments to people who are seeking jobs in the sector (primarily on Reddit). More on that here:

https://cushychicken.github.io/grow-your-mailing-list-by-bei...

We're seeing a steady and growing trickle of organic traffic, too.

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by montenegrohugo »

cploonker wrote: post #209
montenegrohugo wrote: post #87

I start tons of projects, and it's always a bother naming them. I didn't find existing domain generators at all useful, and since my background is in AI, I made my own. → https://www.namy.ai It currently has a modest but pretty consistent 200-300 users daily, almost all of it direct traffic (my SEO skills are very lacking). I'm assuming people recommend it to their friends, and that's where the traffic is coming from…

Works surprisingly well.

Thanks! Was a fun project to do. I have a bunch of ideas to make it better, but I decided to let it rest for a bit and focus on other stuff. Might put in a bit more effort if it keeps getting the interest it's getting now!

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Post by anonymouse008 »

650REDHAIR wrote: post #207
anonymouse008 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you using Venmo for tips? I used to have an itch for digital tip jars, but never figured out the right set of features to really drive adoption... This was well before Patreon, and PayPal was pretty much the only API game in town. Since then, I've felt like Venmo handles 9/10ths of the live performance problem (unleash the appreciation (money) locked in digital form).

I never have cash on me and when I see a QR code I usually give 2-5x more than I would if I was carrying cash on me because it feels weird to "drop in" $1-4 on Venmo and I guilt myself into more. Anyway, accordion OP you should get a QR code for tips :)

Yup ^ that was also the idea. Unlock so much more value for the performer

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Post by montenegrohugo »

coder543 wrote: post #174
montenegrohugo wrote: post #87

I start tons of projects, and it's always a bother naming them. I didn't find existing domain generators at all useful, and since my background is in AI, I made my own. → https://www.namy.ai It currently has a modest but pretty consistent 200-300 users daily, almost all of it direct traffic (my SEO skills are very lacking). I'm assuming people recommend it to their friends, and that's where the traffic is coming from…

"Only show available" doesn't seem to work except on the homepage... but I think it's because the homepage is the only place where any domains are actually marked as already being registered. (when most of the suggested domains on search results seem to be registered already, based on a quick sampling.) On the same line of thought, it would be awesome (but probably difficult/expensive) if you could show the price of…

You guys are overloading the domain checking API :(

Good problem to have I suppose ^^

Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell

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Post by Drblessing »

HEHENE wrote: post #197

My side project currently grosses close to $1,400 per month through Patreon. I run a modded Grand Theft Auto: V roleplaying server with around 1,500 members (around 300 really dedicated MAU.) If you're not familiar with GTA RP, it tries to emulate real life as closely as possible while still recognizing that GTA is an arcade game. Players live lives as if they were real people, buying cars and houses, holding jobs, o…

This is so cool! In my free time I love watching GTA RP, especially NoPixel.

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Post by HEHENE »

krat0sprakhar wrote: post #202
HEHENE wrote: post #197

My side project currently grosses close to $1,400 per month through Patreon. I run a modded Grand Theft Auto: V roleplaying server with around 1,500 members (around 300 really dedicated MAU.) If you're not familiar with GTA RP, it tries to emulate real life as closely as possible while still recognizing that GTA is an arcade game. Players live lives as if they were real people, buying cars and houses, holding jobs, o…

Wow, this sounds really interesting. As someone who used to be an avid GTA V player, I can imagine how much fun this can be. Do you have any videos on the mod and/or on the playing experience?

FiveM is the most popular platform for this type of modding, and is the one I use. nopixel is the most popular server on the platform and usually a good place to start getting a feel for what's possible on a modded GTA server.

If you check out https://nopixel.hasroot.com/, they maintain a list of all Twitch streamers currently streaming nopixel.

nb: I have no affiliation with nopixel.

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Post by jason_riddle »

robmerki wrote: post #195

I wrote a book about adult ADHD last year & make ~$500/mo from it between Amazon, Audible, & Gumroad: https://adhdpro.xyz/ Recorded the audiobook myself too.

The site looks very polished! What did you use to build it?

Also, what did you use to write your book? And how long did it take to write?

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Post by anilshanbhag »

I run Dictanote (https://dictanote.co) and Voice In (https://dictanote.co/voicein/)

Dictanote is a note-taking app with built-in voice-to-text integration. Writers use it to write their books, students use it to take notes, etc. Dictanote automatically syncs your notes to the cloud and makes them available on all your devices.

Voice In is a chrome extension that lets you use dictation to type on any website in Chrome. Use it to type emails in Gmail, enter data into Teladoc, write blogs in WordPress, etc. Think of it like budget Dragon Dictation.

Currently makes about $7000/m net - somewhere between a full-time job and a hobby project. Figuring out how to grow it.

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