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My most profitable side project is actually my newest - http://bugmuncher.com http://bugmuncher.com - it's been live about a week and I'm already quite profitab
by MattBearman 15y ago
My most profitable side project is actually my newest - http://bugmuncher.com http://bugmuncher.com - it's been live about a week and I'm already quite profitable. Admittedly it's a very low overhead project (costs around $30 / month to run), but so far it's looking good.
I think the reason it's doing better than anything else I've launched is because its my first one that isn't entirely ad supported. My advice to anyone looking to launch a side project is try to go for something people will pay a monthly fee for as opposed ad revenue.
- alexkearns 15y agoVery neat idea. How do you generate the preview image?
- MattBearman 15y agoThanks! It's currently a third party screenshot service, but as I've had a lot of interest and good feedback, I'm now looking into setting up my own in-house screenshot system.
- foxhop 15y agoI wrote my own custom screenshot service. I have no idea how to monetize it but you can check out a demo here: http://yoursitemakesmebarf.com http://yoursitemakesmebarf.com
- MattBearman 15y agoLooks cool! Would you mind me picking your brain some time about how you set it up? My email is in my HN profile.
- fakelvis 15y agoNeat. Remind me of the feedback integration on Google+ -- is this where you got your inspiration? Love it...
- MattBearman 15y agoThanks for the kind words. If I'm honest I think 'inspiration' may be playing it down a little, I pretty much just ripped off the Google + feedback tool :) As soon as I saw the G+ tool I knew it was something people would want on their website. I also knew I wouldn't be the only person doing this, which is why I went for a really lean approach, and managed to go from idea to first customers in 2 and half weeks.
- MattBearman 15y agoI think I should probably add that I didn't rip off any of Google's code, just the idea :)