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Now I feel that sharing the revenue over and over looks a bit by bragging, but I'm pretty sure it's just because I've already seen too many #buildinpublic tweet
by alin23 4y ago
Now I feel that sharing the revenue over and over looks a bit by bragging, but I'm pretty sure it's just because I've already seen too many #buildinpublic tweets.
I'm always reminded by the fact that I myself started selling Lunar (https://lunar.fyi https://lunar.fyi) specifically because in a private discussion with the developer of rotato.app, he told me he makes $16k/month with his apps. I was making less than half of that, working on things that felt useless and ready to be scrapped by the next manager, and feeling miserable every day.
Because of this, I also started sharing my revenue in comments from time to time, in the hope that someone would be inspired as I was.
But I strive to do this as rarely as possible. Some of these #buildinpublic journeys create the false impression that it's easy to get that kind of money. It isn't, a lot of it is chance.
Since Lunar, I've put my countless ideas into some other apps at https://lowtechguys.com https://lowtechguys.com, but very few generate more than $100/month of revenue. There is room to grow, but hitting a niche is usually the biggest factor in getting sustained revenue high enough to live on.
- nicbou 4y agoI come across your path every once in a while, and I appreciate how you talk about your work. Honesty and openness is really hard to come by when you need it the most. When you're in a position to share, you start to understand why: it's all downsides.