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

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Post by jimmijazz »

CrackpotGonzo wrote: post #74

It’s very small at the moment, but I built a simple way to stand up a landing page, collect payment, and send out a link. Primarily have yoga instructors using this as a better way to collect payment for Zoom classes compared to collecting payment on Venmo or using another tool they’re not comfortable with such as Gumroad. Only charging .6% on top of Stripe’s fees and no monthly. Only making a little money at the mom…

This is really cool - how have your customers found you? I imagine a lot of people would do content through Instagram?

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Post by abiogenesis »

dguo wrote: post #438
antoniomtz wrote: post #282

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How many visitors do you have per month?

About 37,000 per month, according to Google Analytics. The actual number is probably quite a bit higher, since I assume programmers use ad blockers at a high rate.

Curious, never used Netlify but I'd assume they provide server based analytics?

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Post by dguo »

abiogenesis wrote: post #442
dguo wrote: post #438

Earlier quoted context omitted.

About 37,000 per month, according to Google Analytics. The actual number is probably quite a bit higher, since I assume programmers use ad blockers at a high rate.

Curious, never used Netlify but I'd assume they provide server based analytics?

They do[1], but it costs $9 per site per month.

[1]: https://www.netlify.com/products/analytics/

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Post by phreack »

akudha wrote: post #400
phreack wrote: post #166

I had an affiliate marketing website when I was a kid, mostly for fun and learning with some friends, that made some money off backpack recommendations and Amazon links. We didn't feel too good about it after a while so we shut it down. I now hate SEO powered advice blogs. More recently, I've started making adult videogames, one of which being an interactive fiction that had a lot of traction, but is now on hiatus du…

Interactive fiction in video games? Interesting, any examples?

On the side closer to 'interactive' books there's the Lifeline series of games which were really inspiring to me. Then, on more conventional videogames there's Life is Strange, which at times feels a lot like an interactive movie where you can optionally go much more in depth by interacting with characters and objects if you want to get more of the story.

On the indiest side, there's an /interactivefiction subreddit as well.

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

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Post by akudha »

t0mislav wrote: post #419
akudha wrote: post #401

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I wonder if it is possible to make a site like this today and monetize it with Adsense. Doesn't Adsense reject thin content sites?

Well I tried with similar site year ago and Google rejected it. So I think answer is probably not possible.

did you try other display ad networks?

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Post by 135792468 »

seanwilson wrote: post #155
docuru wrote: post #118

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There was one guy refer about your checkbot somewhere on this thread and I installed. Will start using it very soon :)

Thanks! Let me know if you've got any questions or you need tips on how to fix any of the problems it finds.

I'm a paid user. I like it but it's got some quirks that sort of drive me towards screaming frog

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

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Post by lance_klusener »

smacke wrote: post #278

I built a small library for synchronizing subtitles with video ( https://github.com/smacke/ffsubsync ) at a hackathon, and a couple of users appreciate it enough to sponsor me for $11 / month, which comes to $22 / month after Github matches contributions :)

So, if i have a video in VLC player and subtitles arent syncing, i can use your service?

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

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Post by lance_klusener »

lettergram wrote: post #32

Easy A - https://easy-a.net/ Shows the grade distributions per class and if you add in your prior coursework we can predict the workload and grades per class. Haven’t updated it in 5 years (recently updated the data). Still pulls in slightly more than it costs to host with thousands of students adding grades a year. Probably a thousand a year. Currently supports UIUC, UT-Austin, university of Washington and quite a f…

You get the data behind grades from students themselves?

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Post by stehefan »

chrisjarvis wrote: post #240
abc126589 wrote: post #30

My app Twitter Archive Eraser ( https://martani.github.io/Twitter-Archive-Eraser ) used to be free, then I added a donation button and people, while barely donated, used to say that this is something they would have paid for! I worked on a paid tier (learnt a tremendous amount about actually selling an app, integration with payment processors, licensing, more legal stuff than I wanted to etc.) Almost from the get go,…

good for you but its sad this is a viable business. Imagine being a working adult and getting in trouble for something you thought was funny as a high school freshman.

You still can, this app just helps you with batch-deletion of content you've created. Single posts can just be deleted ;-)

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Post by vram22 »

grogenaut wrote: post #274
vram22 wrote: post #209

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What are "se sites"?

Misspelled. Shtf. Shit hits the fan. Type of prepper who is worried about full failure of society and all services. Stockpiling ammo, guns, plate armor, etc. As opposed to say someone who keeps a month of food, water, fuel, meds, entertainment on hand, which looks pretty normal now.

Got it, thanks.
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