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I'm wenbin, the author of this blog post & I built Listen Notes. Thanks for bringing up this question :) Yes, Listen Notes is making some money - not a lot, bu
by wenbin 7y ago
I'm wenbin, the author of this blog post & I built Listen Notes.
Thanks for bringing up this question :)
Yes, Listen Notes is making some money - not a lot, but enough to cover all the cost and bring in a bit profit as of today.
The basic idea is that Listen Notes should be free to 99% of users, while making some money from 1% of super users.
We run ads (obviously) on the website and we provide API: https://www.listennotes.com/api/pricing/ https://www.listennotes.com/api/pricing/ And I've been experimenting some paid features that are needed for PR/marketing/journalists to do their job, e.g., https://www.listennotes.com/datasets/ https://www.listennotes.com/datasets/
And today is special, because on Sep 16, 2017 (Exactly 2 years ago today), I started to work on Listen Notes full-time!
- whitepoplar 7y agoCool! When you say "making some money," is that over-and-above paying yourself a salary?
- fireattack 7y agoGlad to know it now can support you as a full-time job. Just curious, is your company still one-person?
- HillaryBriss 7y agoWhat are the pros and cons of charging a fee to transcribe someone else's audio content? Does ListenNotes need a lawyer to deal with contracts or problems related to original content creators?
- theshadowmonkey 7y agoLooks like they're taking an approach to transcribe first and then deal with it later. The transcription link has an FAQ asking them to contact them if they think they dont want others to transcribe their episode.
- stevewodil 7y agoWhen you started working on this full time was there enough profit to pay yourself anything? How did you come to make the decision to work full time on it?