Recently launched a website where users can design their own Desktop Garden. Only a few sales so far but hoping to slowly scale for some decent side income :)
Please check it out http://gardensofkyoto.design and open to any feedback!
Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
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Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#392It might be a good idea to make this a monthly thread? There is intense interest in the topic
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#393I make around $500 per month running a gaming VPN service - [link redacted] I initially built it to route PUBG players in Australia (myself included!) onto the fastest links to overseas servers as the Australian servers did not have enough players. It was strung together with OpenVPN and a Discord bot as I never expected more than around 20 people would use it... mostly figured it would be me and my squad mates. With…
I am curious, how is a VPN solving a latency issue?
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#394I got something better. Trade crypto derivatives after learning elliot wave. Turn 500 into 50,000 in 3 months. Quit day job. Do it full time now. High 6 figures 10 months later.
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#395A friend and I made a repository for high-quality, affordable language learning flashcards around a year ago. https://deckmill.com Made using a mix of ML (translation and TTS) and human translators.
Cool, but I can't seem to find the pricing anywhere? Edit: there it is, I must have gone blind.
FWIW, I also couldn't find it at first. Took me like a minute to find it.
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#396I made a background noise website and app https://asoftmurmur.com There are a lot of improvements I want to make, but due to life commitments it has been stuck in maintenance mode for far longer than I'm comfortable with
That's awesome! I've had that part of my favourites for years now. Every clean browser install I put your site in my fav bar.
Re: Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell
#397Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank you, I'm glad you think so! I don't handle the fulfilment myself. I wrote a software integration that connects NewBusinessMonitor with a direct mail company in the UK. They have special machines that can print, envelope, and send all the letters automatically, at large scale. The letters are printed in colour (on rather nice quality paper), trimmed by guillotine (for full-bleed printing), folded in half and ins…
Very handy! I had visions of you sitting licking envelopes shut every night lol Are you making $500/month, or I'm guessing a little more than that?
I love to travel, and I spent the last couple of years permanently on the road in Europe and Asia, so it was a personal goal for me to design the business in such a way that I'm not physically tied to any particular location.
Incidentally, NBM does pretty close to $500 MRR baseline with spikes appearing when a client decides to go on a sending spree. Payments are handled by a combination of Stripe and GoCardless. I initially added the GoCardless integration because some businesses in the UK really prefer Direct Debit payments. It looks to me like the Direct Debit accounts pay their subscription fees much more reliably than those paying by credit card. At some point, I might consolidate on just Stripe because they also support Direct Debit now.
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#398I've launched a couple months ago https://linkz.ai Linkz.ai is hyperlink auto-previews that keep visitors on your website. It's heavily inspired by Wikipedia & Google Docs link preview popups with special extras. For example, when you click on a YouTube hyperlink, it does not take you to Youtube website, instead it opens lightbox with Youtube video on your website. All with just one line of code. $500+/m in a first m…
I really like the logo and web design.
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#399I run https://stickler-ci.com While it is not currently at 500/month but it has been there in the past.
I started this as a way to improve review speed at a previous position and it was well received, so I converted the prototype into a it's current form and have been running it for a few years now.
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#400Twitter Archive Eraser https://delete.tweets.app/ , allows users to reliably delete old tweets. Makes around $5k/month now (down from $7k/mo previously), fully passive income as I haven't worked on any new features in the app for the past 1.5 years or so.
In the EU don't they have an obligation to let you remove all posts due to GDPR?