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Re: How much money are you earning from your software products?

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Right now only about $300 a month but it is fairly passive. I also do freelance work and sell other products.

I recently started using Google AdWords as so far I've done very little marketing. Hopefully AdWords can improve that number into something far more impressive.

I'm also building a couple of other websites which I think have potential to make a lot of money but they will take a while longer yet.

It's my ultimate goal to build a sustainable living from software products online. I think it's a realistic, yet very difficult goal but I'm enjoying the challenge!

Re: How much money are you earning from your software products?

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I make $300-$500/mo. with http://www.makecupcakewrappers.com

I started it three years ago with a single web page and an email-me-when-it's-ready form. I barely got enough emails (50-60) in the first couple months to justify moving forward. But I did, with three designs and a simple design-by-form interface. Fast forward to today and I have dozens of templates and a custom drag and drop interface done in canvas. I have a pretty good conversion rate given that I only get ~90 uniques per day.

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I make $300-$500/mo. with http://www.makecupcakewrappers.com I started it three years ago with a single web page and an email-me-when-it's-ready form. I barely got enough emails (50-60) in the first couple months to justify moving forward. But I did, with three designs and a simple design-by-form interface. Fast forward to today and I have dozens of templates and a custom drag and drop interface done in canvas. I hav…

Clever little niche! Well done.

Re: How much money are you earning from your software products?

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Right now only about $300 a month but it is fairly passive. I also do freelance work and sell other products. I recently started using Google AdWords as so far I've done very little marketing. Hopefully AdWords can improve that number into something far more impressive. I'm also building a couple of other websites which I think have potential to make a lot of money but they will take a while longer yet. It's my ultim…

Can you share what kind of product this is?

Re: How much money are you earning from your software products?

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post #6

Right now only about $300 a month but it is fairly passive. I also do freelance work and sell other products. I recently started using Google AdWords as so far I've done very little marketing. Hopefully AdWords can improve that number into something far more impressive. I'm also building a couple of other websites which I think have potential to make a lot of money but they will take a while longer yet. It's my ultim…

Can you share what kind of product this is?

It's a few products actually, mainly aimed at small businesses who need web software. My main product is http://paymentsplugin.com which gets most of the sales. I enjoy putting products together though, some hit, others miss. It's good practice on the sales and marketing side of things too as I'm mostly a developer.

Re: How much money are you earning from your software products?

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Can you share what kind of product this is?

It's a few products actually, mainly aimed at small businesses who need web software. My main product is http://paymentsplugin.com which gets most of the sales. I enjoy putting products together though, some hit, others miss. It's good practice on the sales and marketing side of things too as I'm mostly a developer.

Well, that looks interesting :). Thanks for the share. And yeah, putting products out is definitely the best way to learn for me too.

Re: How much money are you earning from your software products?

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I created http://www.twimemachine.com . Costs only about $6 a month to run (S3 static costs). And I make between $70 - $100 a month from just the one ad box on it. Pocket money that usually goes into buying some more Bitcoin.

nice! thanks for sharing
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