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£55 in just over a year from ads on http://jquerycreditcardvalidator.com http://jquerycreditcardvalidator.com Not a lot but it’s something. And I built the val

£55 in just over a year from ads on http://jquerycreditcardvalidator.com http://jquerycreditcardvalidator.com Not a lot but it’s something. And I built the validator without even thinking about monetizing so it’s quite nice to get rewarded with some pocket money. It’s not 100% passive, as I do spend a little time maintaining it and adding new features, but what income is 100% passive?

hcho 12y ago
Let me get this straight. You have a piece of software which helps monetary transactions, and yet you don't charge.
- stronglikedan 12y ago
  It only validates the number. It doesn't take part in the actual transactions.
  - hcho 12y ago
    Still, it helps.
- Someone1234 12y ago
  No disrespect meant to PawelDecowski at all (his CC number validator looks awesome, I'd use it) but he couldn't monetize it even if they he wished to -- too much competition in that space. Nobody is going to even pay $1 when they can just go on GitHub and find several similar libraries which do somewhat similar things. I think £55 a year is best case scenario. At least it likely covers web-hosting costs.
  - berberich 12y ago
    You can absolutely charge money for this if you solve a painful problem for businesses: http://creditcardjs.com http://creditcardjs.com
    - Silhouette 12y ago
      But you're still up against freely available libraries that let a web developer build similar functionality, as as jquery.payment from the folks at Stripe: https://github.com/stripe/jquery.payment https://github.com/stripe/jquery.payment While it's not a completely like-for-like comparison, I suspect it will be tough to justify $299 per single web site for many businesses that might use these tools in the first place. Personally, I'd want solid data about conversion rates to back up the marketing on the creditcard.js website before I'd consider spending real money on anything like this.
      - weaksauce 12y ago
        Some companies value the support you may need over initial cost.
stronglikedan 12y ago
Royalties.

hcho 12y ago

Let me get this straight. You have a piece of software which helps monetary transactions, and yet you don't charge.

stronglikedan 12y ago
It only validates the number. It doesn't take part in the actual transactions.
- hcho 12y ago
  Still, it helps.
Someone1234 12y ago
No disrespect meant to PawelDecowski at all (his CC number validator looks awesome, I'd use it) but he couldn't monetize it even if they he wished to -- too much competition in that space. Nobody is going to even pay $1 when they can just go on GitHub and find several similar libraries which do somewhat similar things. I think £55 a year is best case scenario. At least it likely covers web-hosting costs.
- berberich 12y ago
  You can absolutely charge money for this if you solve a painful problem for businesses: http://creditcardjs.com http://creditcardjs.com
  - Silhouette 12y ago
    But you're still up against freely available libraries that let a web developer build similar functionality, as as jquery.payment from the folks at Stripe: https://github.com/stripe/jquery.payment https://github.com/stripe/jquery.payment While it's not a completely like-for-like comparison, I suspect it will be tough to justify $299 per single web site for many businesses that might use these tools in the first place. Personally, I'd want solid data about conversion rates to back up the marketing on the creditcard.js website before I'd consider spending real money on anything like this.
    - weaksauce 12y ago
      Some companies value the support you may need over initial cost.

stronglikedan 12y ago

Royalties.