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Ask HN: How are you making money online in 2024

18 points by mraza007 3y ago

What strategy has been working for you when it comes to making money online

thedangler 3y ago
Didn't you hear, selling software online is new and its the next big thing lol These youtube influences are getting desperate. They act like selling software online is new. All they do is sign up for affiliate programs and promote it.
dev_0 3y ago
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gokulkrishh09 3y ago
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ljinkai 3y ago
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- mraza007 3y ago
  This Looks really cool If you don’t mind me asking Have made any sales yet and if yes how are you marketing this
  - ljinkai 3y ago
    No sales yet, marketing I'm not very good at, that is why I'm here.
- syndicatedjelly 3y ago
  I don’t get the business model. You’re charging $129 to download a github repo with a bunch of off-the-shelf tools clobbered together? Who is the audience for that kind of thing?
  - ljinkai 3y ago
    Thank you for your reply, suitable for those who want to quickly establish a relatively complete function of the online SaaS, can save time, configuration can be completed.
- leros 3y ago
  Looks interesting. You have a bunch of typos on your homepage. You should get that reviewed and cleaned up.
  - ljinkai 3y ago
    Thank you very much. I will check it out.
- rossng 3y ago
  I'd recommend taking the fake testimonials off the site.
  - ljinkai 3y ago
    Thanks for your advice. I'll remove it.
drakonka 3y ago
I am writing and publishing fiction. It's slow going, but scratches my creative itch and pays for my cat food.
- potta_coffee 3y ago
  How did you get started? Also what is the average length of your stories? Do you focus on a specific genre? I've been interested in writing for ages but I'm such a perfectionist.
  - drakonka 3y ago
    I got started with short stories and later moved on to novellas, then novels. Now I write a mix of novellas (25000-ish words) and novels (up to 120000 words). I started publishing only on Amazon (in their Kindle Unlimited program, which pays you per page read) and later moved to wide (no longer liked the idea of Amazon exclusivity). I picked a genre (science fiction romance) and stick within it, but am still not "narrowed down" enough from a business perspective. This takes longer to build traction. There are so many different niches in this genre, that if I could stick to just one of them I'd get momentum faster. But the reason I started doing this was only partly profits - mostly I just wanted to write cool stories - so I don't mind it taking longer. Perfectionism can be tough to overcome, but I think of it like this: If I don't put out more books and see how they perform, I will never get as close to perfect as I could be. That feedback loop (reviews, profits, rank, whatever measure you care about) is a driver of improved quality and presentation. I always put real effort into my stories of course, but now I look back at the first thing I published and cringe. But if I didn't publish it and learn from it for the next thing, I'd still be writing at that level.
    - potta_coffee 3y ago
      Thanks for replying, sounds like what you're doing is pretty cool. Did you publish short stories on KDP as well or did you wait until you had longer pieces to publish?
      - 3y ago
brtkdotse 3y ago
I won’t. “Making money online” is a MLM/cult that thrives on survivor bias. Learning a new skill and changing jobs/getting promoted and (this is the tricky part) not getting on the hedonic treadmill but rather putting the surplus cash in low cost index funds will net you a far greater ROI.
- vik0 3y ago
  >but rather putting the surplus cash in low cost index funds will net you a far greater ROI. Google "problem of induction"
  - LabMechanic 3y ago
    Nassim Taleb also suggests to not predict the future from past events. Why? Because we are not almighty and all-knowing, but we seem to collectively pretend that we are. Some people (Munger? Buffet?) believe The Coca-Cola Company will continue to exist, because it existed for that long (Lindy effect), so it must continue to exist. Why “must”? The problem is right here, you cannot reliably predict the future. Who knows what will happen by 2060? Therefore, things like Kondratiev waves might be a new form of modern coffee cup reading.

18 points by mraza007 3y ago

What strategy has been working for you when it comes to making money online

Didn't you hear, selling software online is new and its the next big thing lol These youtube influences are getting desperate. They act like selling software online is new. All they do is sign up for affiliate programs and promote it.

dev_0 3y ago

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gokulkrishh09 3y ago

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ljinkai 3y ago

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mraza007 3y ago
This Looks really cool If you don’t mind me asking Have made any sales yet and if yes how are you marketing this
- ljinkai 3y ago
  No sales yet, marketing I'm not very good at, that is why I'm here.
syndicatedjelly 3y ago
I don’t get the business model. You’re charging $129 to download a github repo with a bunch of off-the-shelf tools clobbered together? Who is the audience for that kind of thing?
- ljinkai 3y ago
  Thank you for your reply, suitable for those who want to quickly establish a relatively complete function of the online SaaS, can save time, configuration can be completed.
leros 3y ago
Looks interesting. You have a bunch of typos on your homepage. You should get that reviewed and cleaned up.
- ljinkai 3y ago
  Thank you very much. I will check it out.
rossng 3y ago
I'd recommend taking the fake testimonials off the site.
- ljinkai 3y ago
  Thanks for your advice. I'll remove it.

drakonka 3y ago

I am writing and publishing fiction. It's slow going, but scratches my creative itch and pays for my cat food.

potta_coffee 3y ago
How did you get started? Also what is the average length of your stories? Do you focus on a specific genre? I've been interested in writing for ages but I'm such a perfectionist.
- drakonka 3y ago
  I got started with short stories and later moved on to novellas, then novels. Now I write a mix of novellas (25000-ish words) and novels (up to 120000 words). I started publishing only on Amazon (in their Kindle Unlimited program, which pays you per page read) and later moved to wide (no longer liked the idea of Amazon exclusivity). I picked a genre (science fiction romance) and stick within it, but am still not "narrowed down" enough from a business perspective. This takes longer to build traction. There are so many different niches in this genre, that if I could stick to just one of them I'd get momentum faster. But the reason I started doing this was only partly profits - mostly I just wanted to write cool stories - so I don't mind it taking longer. Perfectionism can be tough to overcome, but I think of it like this: If I don't put out more books and see how they perform, I will never get as close to perfect as I could be. That feedback loop (reviews, profits, rank, whatever measure you care about) is a driver of improved quality and presentation. I always put real effort into my stories of course, but now I look back at the first thing I published and cringe. But if I didn't publish it and learn from it for the next thing, I'd still be writing at that level.
  - potta_coffee 3y ago
    Thanks for replying, sounds like what you're doing is pretty cool. Did you publish short stories on KDP as well or did you wait until you had longer pieces to publish?
    - 3y ago

brtkdotse 3y ago

I won’t. “Making money online” is a MLM/cult that thrives on survivor bias. Learning a new skill and changing jobs/getting promoted and (this is the tricky part) not getting on the hedonic treadmill but rather putting the surplus cash in low cost index funds will net you a far greater ROI.

vik0 3y ago
>but rather putting the surplus cash in low cost index funds will net you a far greater ROI. Google "problem of induction"
- LabMechanic 3y ago
  Nassim Taleb also suggests to not predict the future from past events. Why? Because we are not almighty and all-knowing, but we seem to collectively pretend that we are. Some people (Munger? Buffet?) believe The Coca-Cola Company will continue to exist, because it existed for that long (Lindy effect), so it must continue to exist. Why “must”? The problem is right here, you cannot reliably predict the future. Who knows what will happen by 2060? Therefore, things like Kondratiev waves might be a new form of modern coffee cup reading.