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I charge people for my side project and at first I didn’t care about how much I made. After things picked up, I set higher goals for myself and suddenly somethi
by u2077 5y ago
I charge people for my side project and at first I didn’t care about how much I made. After things picked up, I set higher goals for myself and suddenly something I loved turned into work. I no longer have as much interest in my project as I did when I first started.
The beauty of having a side project is that you can work on it whenever you want. By turning it into a business, you can no longer work on your own terms. (To some extent)
- jacquesm 5y agoThis is my fear and the reason not to charge. Even though I've had people ask me what they could pay :)
- LadyCailin 5y agoI accept donations for mine, and make about $100 a month. Though, some of that pays for the servers and other ongoing project costs. But I make it very clear that it’s a donation, and doesn’t get you anything! Still though, it’s a great way to get a little extra from the users, and not have to worry about server costs and other minor costs.
- jacquesm 5y agoCool! I use gitlab pages for my project, it works well enough. Nothing to worry about except to make sure the domains are paid.
- good8675309 5y agoYeah, same for me. As it grows it feels more like work now. Though the money is motivating me to grow it into a full-time business which would be awesome, and would give me flexibility to travel. The part that I really enjoy about it now is helping users by adding features and helping them and how excited they are when I deliver exactly what they wanted.