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How I made 10% of my side project’s incomes with a bot written in 4 hours

44 points by carlchenet 9y ago

bkovacev 9y ago
Website slow to load/HN hug of traffic. cached version: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eP3WTmZANlUJ:https://carlchenet.com/how-i-made-10-of-my-side-projects-incomes-with-a-bot-written-in-4-hours/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=rs https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eP3WTm...
mikkelam 9y ago
Is any computer program a bot now?
- esMazer 9y ago
  I was just thinking that...
- canadian_voter 9y ago
  If it's not an app, yup. I'd have actually read the article if had been titled: You won't believe how I increased sales by 10% with this one simple trick.
  - dualogy 9y ago
    "There is no program" --- it's an app, a bot, a micro-service, a nano-service, a REST Hook, a CLI, a Job, a miner --- "programs" are what gramps wrote!
    - sjcsjc 9y ago
      Gramps was a programmer too, not a developer.
- rileyphone 9y ago
  I think a bot implies some level of automated communication with a human (in this case, an email reminder).
  - dualogy 9y ago
    If it's just about an email reminder (cron job), "bot" is even more of a buzz-word! But whatever, good on OP
- evook 9y ago
  If I recall correctly every computer program was a bot when I started coding in 2005. YMMV.
holydude 9y ago
Ah ok so you made a feature for an already existing business model. Expanding and improving your product is surely important :)
sleepychu 9y ago
How do niche projects like this gain traction? Is it just about SEO?
- moretai 9y ago
  A lot of people made a lot of money just researching key words, and building a product around that. I'm sure it's a quick flame, but cash can be made for sure.
- jajern 9y ago
  SEO, cold email, etc. I'm sure even linkedin would be a good target for something like this since it's a pool of recruiters.
StavrosK 9y ago
IPFS mirror: https://www.eternum.io/ipfs/QmeKB8MLrwudksQRUTnADmD3JEwjJqdtC78M897AYTHWKE https://www.eternum.io/ipfs/QmeKB8MLrwudksQRUTnADmD3JEwjJqdt...
StavrosK 9y ago
I have flagged this as ridiculous clickbait. "I added a notification email to people who didn't finish signing up and made some extra money" is the gist of the article, and much more mundane.
- SurrealSoul 9y ago
  "You won't believe this SIMPLE trick that can INCREASE your MONEY by HOW MUCH?! Percent!"
banned1 9y ago
"I made a script to email people, but if I call it a "bot" I will make it to the top of HN in no time. " Worked.
lancebeet 9y ago
It could also be that some or all of these 10% knew or expected that they would get a discount if they did this, in which case it would be a loss of (max) 1.5%.
scotthtaylor 9y ago
"How I made 10% of my side project's incomes with a bot written in 4 hours"... "then decreased my products lifetime earning by 15% permanently". Now that it's publicly known, why would anyone sign-up immediately? Surely this addition has now done more harm?
globeadue 9y ago
All I see is - if I'm interested in his service, create an account and wait a few days for the promo code...

44 points by carlchenet 9y ago

Website slow to load/HN hug of traffic. cached version: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eP3WTmZANlUJ:https://carlchenet.com/how-i-made-10-of-my-side-projects-incomes-with-a-bot-written-in-4-hours/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=rs https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:eP3WTm...

mikkelam 9y ago

Is any computer program a bot now?

esMazer 9y ago
I was just thinking that...
canadian_voter 9y ago
If it's not an app, yup. I'd have actually read the article if had been titled: You won't believe how I increased sales by 10% with this one simple trick.
- dualogy 9y ago
  "There is no program" --- it's an app, a bot, a micro-service, a nano-service, a REST Hook, a CLI, a Job, a miner --- "programs" are what gramps wrote!
  - sjcsjc 9y ago
    Gramps was a programmer too, not a developer.
rileyphone 9y ago
I think a bot implies some level of automated communication with a human (in this case, an email reminder).
- dualogy 9y ago
  If it's just about an email reminder (cron job), "bot" is even more of a buzz-word! But whatever, good on OP
evook 9y ago
If I recall correctly every computer program was a bot when I started coding in 2005. YMMV.

holydude 9y ago

Ah ok so you made a feature for an already existing business model. Expanding and improving your product is surely important :)

sleepychu 9y ago

How do niche projects like this gain traction? Is it just about SEO?

moretai 9y ago
A lot of people made a lot of money just researching key words, and building a product around that. I'm sure it's a quick flame, but cash can be made for sure.
jajern 9y ago
SEO, cold email, etc. I'm sure even linkedin would be a good target for something like this since it's a pool of recruiters.

StavrosK 9y ago

IPFS mirror: https://www.eternum.io/ipfs/QmeKB8MLrwudksQRUTnADmD3JEwjJqdtC78M897AYTHWKE https://www.eternum.io/ipfs/QmeKB8MLrwudksQRUTnADmD3JEwjJqdt...

StavrosK 9y ago

I have flagged this as ridiculous clickbait. "I added a notification email to people who didn't finish signing up and made some extra money" is the gist of the article, and much more mundane.

SurrealSoul 9y ago
"You won't believe this SIMPLE trick that can INCREASE your MONEY by HOW MUCH?! Percent!"

banned1 9y ago

"I made a script to email people, but if I call it a "bot" I will make it to the top of HN in no time. " Worked.

lancebeet 9y ago

It could also be that some or all of these 10% knew or expected that they would get a discount if they did this, in which case it would be a loss of (max) 1.5%.

scotthtaylor 9y ago

"How I made 10% of my side project's incomes with a bot written in 4 hours"... "then decreased my products lifetime earning by 15% permanently". Now that it's publicly known, why would anyone sign-up immediately? Surely this addition has now done more harm?

globeadue 9y ago

All I see is - if I'm interested in his service, create an account and wait a few days for the promo code...