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http://www.hackerbooks.com http://www.hackerbooks.com is a direct financial failure. The income does not cover the hosting as is! Early on I expected it would

http://www.hackerbooks.com http://www.hackerbooks.com is a direct financial failure. The income does not cover the hosting as is! Early on I expected it would be a small earner (maybe $50/mo) but we're not there even. On the other hand, it had a fairly positive impact on the consulting/learning side of things (ETL, data processing etc).

logicalplastic 14y ago
Wonderful site!
peterjmag 14y ago
That's a fantastic site. Bookmarked!
- thibaut_barrere 14y ago
  Thank you! People seem to really like it (I got plenty of emails etc).
hilti 14y ago
I think Your site has great value. Just keep it up and do marketing.
- thibaut_barrere 14y ago
  Thanks! The thing is that it got plenty of coverage but nonetheless it brings very few in commissions. I'm currently focused on a SaaS product (profile for info), but who knows, maybe I'll get back to it a bit.
  - jc123 14y ago
    Wondering what is the "conversion" rate? Around how many unique visitors do you get monthly? Your site looks good and something seems off if the coverage is good...
    - thibaut_barrere 14y ago
      I collected a few stats here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvUEclt_oCPedHVLRnkwbXk4Qm96WVFxN2R4S01YZGc https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvUEclt_oCPedHV... The typical conversion rate (after removing SU visits which are basically bouncers) is at 0.43%. The earnings is around $5 for 1000 pageviews (without SU) or $3 (with SU included). Any thoughts on improving this?
      - adrianwaj 14y ago
        Make it a tweetmeme.com for Amazon items. Can you also pick out ebay items?
        thibaut_barrere 14y ago
        Picking ebay items could be a bit of work. But the tweetmeme idea is good, I'll keep that in mind, thanks!
        adrianwaj 14y ago
        Right on. Check out this too http://www.computer-book-authors.org/junglescan.htm http://www.computer-book-authors.org/junglescan.htm http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/Amazon_Sales_Rankings_by_Jungle_Scan/ http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/Amazon_Sales_R... http://web.archive.org/web/20030729051353/http://www.junglescan.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20030729051353/http://www.jungles... (also scanning (sub)reddit)
sandeepshetty 14y ago
Based on your stats & the size of your dataset, I'm guessing you could easily host this at AppFog on their free tier: http://appfog.com/products/appfog/pricing/ http://appfog.com/products/appfog/pricing/
- thibaut_barrere 14y ago
  For now I'm happy to leave it where it is and keep my focus on shipping/growing my SaaS product (https://www.wisecashhq.com https://www.wisecashhq.com). But thanks for the note that said! I have that migration marked in my TODO list :)
no_more_death 14y ago
I use and appreciate your site. I've been meaning to pick up some of those books next time I get cash to buy books.
- thibaut_barrere 14y ago
  Thank you!

logicalplastic 14y ago

Wonderful site!

peterjmag 14y ago

That's a fantastic site. Bookmarked!

thibaut_barrere 14y ago
Thank you! People seem to really like it (I got plenty of emails etc).

hilti 14y ago

I think Your site has great value. Just keep it up and do marketing.

thibaut_barrere 14y ago
Thanks! The thing is that it got plenty of coverage but nonetheless it brings very few in commissions. I'm currently focused on a SaaS product (profile for info), but who knows, maybe I'll get back to it a bit.
- jc123 14y ago
  Wondering what is the "conversion" rate? Around how many unique visitors do you get monthly? Your site looks good and something seems off if the coverage is good...
  - thibaut_barrere 14y ago
    I collected a few stats here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvUEclt_oCPedHVLRnkwbXk4Qm96WVFxN2R4S01YZGc https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvUEclt_oCPedHV... The typical conversion rate (after removing SU visits which are basically bouncers) is at 0.43%. The earnings is around $5 for 1000 pageviews (without SU) or $3 (with SU included). Any thoughts on improving this?
    - adrianwaj 14y ago
      Make it a tweetmeme.com for Amazon items. Can you also pick out ebay items?
      - thibaut_barrere 14y ago
        Picking ebay items could be a bit of work. But the tweetmeme idea is good, I'll keep that in mind, thanks!
        adrianwaj 14y ago
        Right on. Check out this too http://www.computer-book-authors.org/junglescan.htm http://www.computer-book-authors.org/junglescan.htm http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/Amazon_Sales_Rankings_by_Jungle_Scan/ http://j-walkblog.com/index.php?/weblog/posts/Amazon_Sales_R... http://web.archive.org/web/20030729051353/http://www.junglescan.com/ http://web.archive.org/web/20030729051353/http://www.jungles... (also scanning (sub)reddit)

sandeepshetty 14y ago

Based on your stats & the size of your dataset, I'm guessing you could easily host this at AppFog on their free tier: http://appfog.com/products/appfog/pricing/ http://appfog.com/products/appfog/pricing/

thibaut_barrere 14y ago
For now I'm happy to leave it where it is and keep my focus on shipping/growing my SaaS product (https://www.wisecashhq.com https://www.wisecashhq.com). But thanks for the note that said! I have that migration marked in my TODO list :)

no_more_death 14y ago

I use and appreciate your site. I've been meaning to pick up some of those books next time I get cash to buy books.

thibaut_barrere 14y ago
Thank you!