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This is a great point. It's $400 in sales per month. I'm willing to bet hosting, domain, any paid ads, any fees from leanpub, etc. makes up at least $100-200 a

This is a great point. It's $400 in sales per month. I'm willing to bet hosting, domain, any paid ads, any fees from leanpub, etc. makes up at least $100-200 a month. Probably be better to just do freelance/consulting on the side and make an extra $100/hr in a day.

batt4good 7y ago
Glad someone else shares my perspective. As a frugal person who watches their finances closely and also enjoys having profitable side-projects, said side-projects still have to be worth my time to really "enjoy" them if I intended to make money. As someone with a tech background, the cost and time involved in marketing / support is something I still underestimate.
ativzzz 7y ago
> Probably be better to just do freelance/consulting on the side and make an extra $100/hr in a day. Creating a technical book about a specific subject is a great way to advertise yourself as a freelancer/consultant as well.
ksahin 7y ago
OP here, the number I gave is after fees. The website is static, hosted (for free) on Netlify. It’s not just about the money as I said in the tweet! It’s about being (a little bit) paid for doing something I like (writing)
- sciencewolf 7y ago
  Totally fair, thanks for clarifying.
- nif2ee 7y ago
  >It’s not just about the money as I said in the tweet probably web scraping, along with SEO, is one of the most shameless niches in tech and is crammed with people with nearly zero tech skills and are only for the money. Maybe for your case you just happened to love web scraping, but this niche itself is the lowest of low. Thankfully Cloudflare and the low barrier to entry/increase of supply make sure that no one can make much more than he should (which is $0 imho).
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  - throwaway55554 7y ago
    For all the people who somehow think HN is a better class than Reddit, I present to you the above comment (and my own).
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batt4good 7y ago

Glad someone else shares my perspective. As a frugal person who watches their finances closely and also enjoys having profitable side-projects, said side-projects still have to be worth my time to really "enjoy" them if I intended to make money. As someone with a tech background, the cost and time involved in marketing / support is something I still underestimate.

ativzzz 7y ago

> Probably be better to just do freelance/consulting on the side and make an extra $100/hr in a day. Creating a technical book about a specific subject is a great way to advertise yourself as a freelancer/consultant as well.

ksahin 7y ago

OP here, the number I gave is after fees. The website is static, hosted (for free) on Netlify. It’s not just about the money as I said in the tweet! It’s about being (a little bit) paid for doing something I like (writing)

sciencewolf 7y ago
Totally fair, thanks for clarifying.
nif2ee 7y ago
>It’s not just about the money as I said in the tweet probably web scraping, along with SEO, is one of the most shameless niches in tech and is crammed with people with nearly zero tech skills and are only for the money. Maybe for your case you just happened to love web scraping, but this niche itself is the lowest of low. Thankfully Cloudflare and the low barrier to entry/increase of supply make sure that no one can make much more than he should (which is $0 imho).
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- throwaway55554 7y ago
  For all the people who somehow think HN is a better class than Reddit, I present to you the above comment (and my own).

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