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In case anyone is reading this thread and becoming pessimistic about their chances of achieving passive income, I'd like to note that there is a clear sampling

In case anyone is reading this thread and becoming pessimistic about their chances of achieving passive income, I'd like to note that there is a clear sampling bias: folks that have found profitable niches are less likely to share their projects for fear of attracting competition. I suspect that choosing a good niche is pretty important when it comes to passive-income type projects. It looks like the most profitable project so far in the thread is il's, and he sold his site on flippa, so competition is now someone else's problem. Just to test this out, if anyone is staying quiet about their project for fear of attracting competition, could they please reply to this comment and say so? Don't worry, your silence is totally understandable :) (The sampling bias will probably still remain somewhat due to folks have their projects linked to from their profiles and not wanting to remove them.)

fooandbarify 16y ago
My most profitable side project actually plays in an extremely competitive space but I usually stay quiet about it because it's boring, extremely uncool, and borders on sleazy. Anyways, I wrote it in a weekend and it makes me about $400/month.
- chipocabra 16y ago
  Boring AND sleazy. Now I'm intrigued.
  - ovi256 16y ago
    It's stripping for blind people.
    - joebadmo 16y ago
      That doesn't sound boring or sleazy to me.
- deleted 16y ago
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dotBen 16y ago
Similarly, a lot of folks I know dabble in 'adult' orientated side-businesses. Most people won't be up-front about working in that space publicly.
- chopsueyar 16y ago
  I assume this is affiliate marketing and not content creation?
  - danneu 16y ago
    Almost always based on either affiliate marketing or just sourced content. Source is cheap and common, and the same, tired adult content model still works: Horny guy, cock in hand, still whips out credit card. It's an aging model, but there's always margin on the dance floor.
    - chopsueyar 16y ago
      Do you use AdWords for PPC traffic? Is that allowed by Google?
sdrinf 16y ago
> Just to test this out, if anyone is staying quiet about their project for fear of attracting competition, could they please reply to this comment and say so? Um, now that you've asked, the most important part of any secret is knowing the existence of a secret (or phrased otherwise: you don't ask questions about stuff you don't know the existence of). So: no, you can't really control for this sampling bias. But thanks for asking, we're fine :)

fooandbarify 16y ago

My most profitable side project actually plays in an extremely competitive space but I usually stay quiet about it because it's boring, extremely uncool, and borders on sleazy. Anyways, I wrote it in a weekend and it makes me about $400/month.

chipocabra 16y ago
Boring AND sleazy. Now I'm intrigued.
- ovi256 16y ago
  It's stripping for blind people.
  - joebadmo 16y ago
    That doesn't sound boring or sleazy to me.
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dotBen 16y ago

Similarly, a lot of folks I know dabble in 'adult' orientated side-businesses. Most people won't be up-front about working in that space publicly.

chopsueyar 16y ago
I assume this is affiliate marketing and not content creation?
- danneu 16y ago
  Almost always based on either affiliate marketing or just sourced content. Source is cheap and common, and the same, tired adult content model still works: Horny guy, cock in hand, still whips out credit card. It's an aging model, but there's always margin on the dance floor.
  - chopsueyar 16y ago
    Do you use AdWords for PPC traffic? Is that allowed by Google?

sdrinf 16y ago

> Just to test this out, if anyone is staying quiet about their project for fear of attracting competition, could they please reply to this comment and say so? Um, now that you've asked, the most important part of any secret is knowing the existence of a secret (or phrased otherwise: you don't ask questions about stuff you don't know the existence of). So: no, you can't really control for this sampling bias. But thanks for asking, we're fine :)