Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, what did you make?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14752196

by kashifzaidi1 • 9 years ago

41 27 9 years ago

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chrisabrams• 9 years ago

GPU miners

mahdix• 9 years ago

Bitcoin? I thought there are lots of free stuff for that.

zitterbewegung• 9 years ago

They might be just doing GPU mining.

mchannon2• 9 years ago

GPU's aren't used for mining Bitcoin. Bitcoin's algorithm is CPU-intensive, and is nearly exclusively done on from-the-Silicon-up purpose-built chips like Avalon and Antminer.

GPU's are used for mining other cryptocurrencies like Litecoin and Ethereum. These can be traded for Bitcoin or fiat currencies.

client43• 9 years ago

Same. I have a Baikal miner and a number of RX 580's and GTX 1070's.

jbigelow762• 9 years ago

Semi-tangent: about 2 months ago someone posted a site that listed potential SaaS eligible services requested and suggested price points, does anyone recall that url?

mchannon2• 9 years ago

(I think there was an edit in there). The original forum question, asked a few times:

6 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14708201

9 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12670731

2 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9423592

mjlee• 9 years ago

https://www.demandrush.com

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14552615

jbigelow762• 9 years ago

Thread and link I was thinking of, thank you!

spot2• 9 years ago

https://gold.electricsheep.org/

corobo• 9 years ago

That elevator pitch people are always waffling on about, this is a good place for it :P

spot2• 9 years ago

The Electric Sheep is an infinite animation created with the collective intelligence of the internet, crowdsource, AI, and distributed computing.

It has been a free service for many years but now there is a premium HD version.

shutton• 9 years ago

Gaggle Mail (https://gaggle.email/)

Group Email SaaS

coreymaass2• 9 years ago

Thrilled this exists and monetization was figured out. Years ago, I used a similar service that shut down unexpectedly because the creator couldn't figure out how to monetize it. I've thought about rebuilding it myself twice. I even own the domains! :-)

client43• 9 years ago

I facilitate high value in person Bit/Alt coin transactions.

thisisit2• 9 years ago

Fascinating. How did you go about building this as a business?

client43• 9 years ago

I wouldn't call it a business per-se. It seems about once every month or two I can organize a connection, but I have thought about making it a bit more commercial.

everdev• 9 years ago

http://indiehackers.com is a great resource for learning about profitable side projects

drdoooom• 9 years ago

nothing to contribute on my own, but this may interest you: https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses - probably something worth reading as it goes in to ideas and their implementation. interesting to note that there is a weather app chrome extension there that seems to make 2.5k per month.

mikejarema• 9 years ago

Namevine: https://namevine.com/

Find a domain name with matching social media handles. Instantly searches as-you-type. Also provides some simple "suggestions" based on common startup prefixes and suffixes.

Monetized via affiliate commissions on referred domain sales.

donutdan4114• 9 years ago

I built an app plugin for Shopify called Custom Fields https://customfields.bonify.io

I must say, if you want to build something that instantly has a market consider building plugins for existing 3rd party systems that allow you to charge a fee. It ends up being a much smaller project than trying to build your own, huge web app, and it comes with a targeted, focused audience who can easily install your app with a couple clicks (and get charged). You don't really have to market anything.

Build something good and people will find it.

k__• 9 years ago

Yes, sounds reasonable.

I know a few companies and people who make good money with shopify-, wordpress- or atlassian-plugins.

There should be a directory for such systems with market places.

coreymaass2• 9 years ago

I started looking for opportunities in WordPress a couple years ago. Anytime I found a new app, I got in the habit of checking if it existed as a WordPress plugin. I've since built a nice side business that I hope to grow into a day job.

benjohnson• 9 years ago

Selling Rsync/ZFS-Storage as a service at $.05 per GB - figured how to combine Cygwin Rsync and Volume Shadow Service on windows to backup locked files.

Ask HN: Those making over $1K/month on side projects, what did you make?

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