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I have a side-project (https://batterybarpro.com https://batterybarpro.com) that's a native Windows application. It brings in $400-1000 a month.

by Osiris 5y ago

jventura 5y ago
This kind of small tools is what I've been thinking of doing lately. It should not consume much of your time after you deploy it and there's not need to have a server and dealing with people's data.. Small question: how do your users find your product?
- Osiris 5y ago
  When I first started, I was posting about it in various laptop forums and running Google Ads. Having a free version was extremely helpful (there are hundreds of thousands of free users). It spread via word of mouth pretty quickly. After a while, I just stopped all marketing efforts and now it's all just word of mouth/google search.
  - Melatonic 5y ago
    Have never heard about this but this looks awesome - Gonna throw this on my old ass thinkpad tonight!
DougN7 5y ago
IMHO you could very easily raise the price to $15 and probably not lose any sales. Having a low price still has to overcome the concern of trusting your credit card to some website. Once someone has overcome that hurdle, 8 vs 15 is a tiny difference. I had software I sold at $25 originally and eventually had it at $99. Also, price signals quality.
pc86 5y ago
This looks really cool, and I'm particularly impressed that it's a one-time purchase for lifetime access and you're still able to make this much off of it (and at a very reasonable price point). Congrats all around.
anotheryou 5y ago
happy customer here :) Best part: it also shows battery health really well with discharge charts and can track multiple batteries (if you still have a laptop with which you can swap...).
ncpa-cpl 5y ago
Hi :) I've been a long time user of Battery Bar Pro. Thank you! Its one of the first apps that I install on my new computers. What would be the best way to do a feature request/bug report?
- Osiris 5y ago
  You can use the Support Forum link on the homepage or on the purchase page there is a reference to my email address (in the bulk purchase section).
jorams 5y ago
There's a small error in the Windows 11 warning at the top of the page: > removed the feature the allowed for toolbars Should be that, I presume.
- Osiris 5y ago
  Fixed

I have a side-project (https://batterybarpro.com https://batterybarpro.com) that's a native Windows application. It brings in $400-1000 a month.

by Osiris 5y ago

I have a side-project (https://batterybarpro.com https://batterybarpro.com) that's a native Windows application. It brings in $400-1000 a month.

jventura 5y ago

This kind of small tools is what I've been thinking of doing lately. It should not consume much of your time after you deploy it and there's not need to have a server and dealing with people's data.. Small question: how do your users find your product?

Osiris 5y ago
When I first started, I was posting about it in various laptop forums and running Google Ads. Having a free version was extremely helpful (there are hundreds of thousands of free users). It spread via word of mouth pretty quickly. After a while, I just stopped all marketing efforts and now it's all just word of mouth/google search.
- Melatonic 5y ago
  Have never heard about this but this looks awesome - Gonna throw this on my old ass thinkpad tonight!

DougN7 5y ago

IMHO you could very easily raise the price to $15 and probably not lose any sales. Having a low price still has to overcome the concern of trusting your credit card to some website. Once someone has overcome that hurdle, 8 vs 15 is a tiny difference. I had software I sold at $25 originally and eventually had it at $99. Also, price signals quality.

pc86 5y ago

This looks really cool, and I'm particularly impressed that it's a one-time purchase for lifetime access and you're still able to make this much off of it (and at a very reasonable price point). Congrats all around.

anotheryou 5y ago

happy customer here :) Best part: it also shows battery health really well with discharge charts and can track multiple batteries (if you still have a laptop with which you can swap...).

ncpa-cpl 5y ago

Hi :) I've been a long time user of Battery Bar Pro. Thank you! Its one of the first apps that I install on my new computers. What would be the best way to do a feature request/bug report?

Osiris 5y ago
You can use the Support Forum link on the homepage or on the purchase page there is a reference to my email address (in the bulk purchase section).

jorams 5y ago

There's a small error in the Windows 11 warning at the top of the page: > removed the feature the allowed for toolbars Should be that, I presume.

Osiris 5y ago
Fixed