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I started a Product Hunt style newsletter that curates the best UI designs every day (http://uimovement.com http://uimovement.com). It was profitable from spon
by khuknows 10y ago
I started a Product Hunt style newsletter that curates the best UI designs every day (http://uimovement.com http://uimovement.com).
It was profitable from sponsorships about 6 months after launch (slightly over $1,000 a month in revenue, costs $300ish a month). I spend about 10 minutes a day on it. I need to spend more time marketing it and updating some of the tech - but I'm too lazy.
Also, I'm not sure the 6 months to profit counts, because I worked on 3-4 similar side-projects before launching it for about a year before.
- cerbasict12 10y agoIs the money from advertising on the website or the newsletter, or the cost for people to get the newsletter?
- khuknows 10y ago99% of the money comes from the newsletter sponsorships. Newsletter sponsorships generally can earn wayyyy more than website ads. Incase you're interested in more details, the newsletter has ~10,000 subscribers (~50% daily, ~50% weekly) and the site gets about 30k uniques a month.
- khuknows 10y agoAlso if anyone is wondering why the costs are so high, the main expenses are CloudFront (huge HUGE gifs) and Mailchimp. I'm sure I could reduce the costs to $50-100ish a month, but laziness.
- cerbasict12 10y agoGreat work! I was wondering if you earn more by charing a buck for the daily post. I wonder how it would work?