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Ask HN: Share your profitable side project?

39 points by rishiloyola 7y ago

thegabez 7y ago
Makes about $30/mo in Brave Browser referrals https://www.trump-news.today/ https://www.trump-news.today/
- boredyeti 7y ago
  I'm pretty positive you can increase this revenue by changing the link on top to your referral link...
- mgav 7y ago
  Hey @thegabez, I own TrumpMovie.com and would be happy to share 30% the selling price if you bring a buyer through your site. It's listed at $100k, but I'm flexible. Reach out if interested. Either way, best of luck!
ehsync 7y ago
No longer a side project since I made the switch to work on it full time, but my stock option scanner SaaS [0] is profitable and my main source of income. [0] https://omnieq.com https://omnieq.com
makeee 7y ago
Divjoy is a tool for React devs that generates a custom codebase & UI. It's my main source of income now, in a large part thanks to being on the front of HN 6 months ago. https://divjoy.com https://divjoy.com Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20688044 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20688044
mrkmcknz 7y ago
ArcartaPay https://arcartapay.com/ https://arcartapay.com/ Started off as an email a link to get paid with Stripe for art dealers but now has a focus on the due diligence and was well-timed with some EU money laundering regulations. Growing revenue 150% month on month and will likely have to become my main source of income soon.
Axsuul 7y ago
Trunk[0] syncs your stock levels/inventory in real-time between Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Faire, Shopify, Squarespace and Square [0] https://trunkinventory.com https://trunkinventory.com
harrisreynolds 7y ago
Webase [1] is a no-code platform for building CRUD apps without writing early code. It has found a niche in being able to dynamically generate PDFs based off of forms combined with business documents for things like Real Estate contracts. Website still needs to communicate the value more, but it is a fun project to keep improving. [1] https://www.webase.com https://www.webase.com
seanwilson 7y ago
www.checkbot.io It's a Chrome extension that crawls and tests websites for SEO, speed and security best practices.
speedplane 7y ago
PSA to folks who answered this: if you have a profitable side project, double down and try making it into something more than a side-project. If you've built something that is actually collecting revenue, you're already ahead of a huge number of folks out there, and you can likely build it into something that can at the very least make you live comfortably, if not much more.
zapstar 7y ago
It depends on how you define "profit"... I have invested $10 for a domain, and if you exclude my development time, I'm making a profit on UnitPrice.org! [0] It's a website that analyzes specific categories of products on Amazon and calculates the best per-unit price. Lego, diapers, toilet paper, K-cups, etc. Obviously your own time is worth something, but it's fun, and despite barely getting any affiliate fees, it's enough to cover the domain name cost! I also use the website personally, so I've saved money on purchases too. [0] https://unitprice.org https://unitprice.org

39 points by rishiloyola 7y ago

thegabez 7y ago

Makes about $30/mo in Brave Browser referrals https://www.trump-news.today/ https://www.trump-news.today/

boredyeti 7y ago
I'm pretty positive you can increase this revenue by changing the link on top to your referral link...
mgav 7y ago
Hey @thegabez, I own TrumpMovie.com and would be happy to share 30% the selling price if you bring a buyer through your site. It's listed at $100k, but I'm flexible. Reach out if interested. Either way, best of luck!

ehsync 7y ago

No longer a side project since I made the switch to work on it full time, but my stock option scanner SaaS [0] is profitable and my main source of income. [0] https://omnieq.com https://omnieq.com

makeee 7y ago

Divjoy is a tool for React devs that generates a custom codebase & UI. It's my main source of income now, in a large part thanks to being on the front of HN 6 months ago. https://divjoy.com https://divjoy.com Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20688044 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20688044

mrkmcknz 7y ago

ArcartaPay https://arcartapay.com/ https://arcartapay.com/ Started off as an email a link to get paid with Stripe for art dealers but now has a focus on the due diligence and was well-timed with some EU money laundering regulations. Growing revenue 150% month on month and will likely have to become my main source of income soon.

Axsuul 7y ago

Trunk[0] syncs your stock levels/inventory in real-time between Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Faire, Shopify, Squarespace and Square [0] https://trunkinventory.com https://trunkinventory.com

harrisreynolds 7y ago

Webase [1] is a no-code platform for building CRUD apps without writing early code. It has found a niche in being able to dynamically generate PDFs based off of forms combined with business documents for things like Real Estate contracts. Website still needs to communicate the value more, but it is a fun project to keep improving. [1] https://www.webase.com https://www.webase.com

seanwilson 7y ago

www.checkbot.io It's a Chrome extension that crawls and tests websites for SEO, speed and security best practices.

speedplane 7y ago

PSA to folks who answered this: if you have a profitable side project, double down and try making it into something more than a side-project. If you've built something that is actually collecting revenue, you're already ahead of a huge number of folks out there, and you can likely build it into something that can at the very least make you live comfortably, if not much more.

zapstar 7y ago

It depends on how you define "profit"... I have invested $10 for a domain, and if you exclude my development time, I'm making a profit on UnitPrice.org! [0] It's a website that analyzes specific categories of products on Amazon and calculates the best per-unit price. Lego, diapers, toilet paper, K-cups, etc. Obviously your own time is worth something, but it's fun, and despite barely getting any affiliate fees, it's enough to cover the domain name cost! I also use the website personally, so I've saved money on purchases too. [0] https://unitprice.org https://unitprice.org