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Ask HN: What's your most profitable side project?

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pigpen34
https://www.conalarm.com - A service for monitoring cron jobs and scheduled tasks.
jklein11
At first I was confused about the url but then I realized I think you meant https://www.cronalarm.com

Anyway.. nice idea! Any chance you're willing to share rough MRR?

pigpen34
Damn. Yeah, you have the correct url. MRR isn't overly impressive, but I do make some money and it's growing. It's been a lot of fun, honestly.
oldmancoyote
I've been panning gold for two summers. So far I have about 0.03 oz ($36). I hope to do better.
hanniabu
This always sounded like fun to me. I wouldn't expect to get rich but seems like a nice reason to get outside and enjoy nature like looking for nice shells on the beach.

How do you go about finding prospective sites?

voipspear
voipspear.com - we monitor your VoIP quality and alert you when you have a problem.
rwieruch
I have only one and that is my website where I teach JavaScript + ReactJs. I cannot say that it is really profitable, but at least I get a bit out of selling an eBook as pay what you want. But it's nothing compared to the time I invest in it.

- https://www.robinwieruch.de/

jventura
An android app to create astrology charts. It's in the Play Store since Aug 2016 but could only make some 90€ of it..

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flatangle....

ng-user
Have you thought about a free version with ads?
jventura
I thought about that yes, but I dismissed under the assumption that to even reach 90€ of profits in 8 months I would have to reach thousands of users. But then I would have to provide some kind of support for more users, the UX of my app would be crappier because of ads, and I would have worse reviews (currently 4.6 out of 5). More work for the same result.. :/
jwho82
https://logmyhours.com - Time tracking and invoicing. My only side project ATM. Doubled the revenue from Jan already. Hoping to go full time next year!
egfx
How are you marketing, promoting?
jwho82
Did a bit of Bing Ads last year (Had much better results than Adwords and Facebook Ads). Nothing really now, mostly just working away at new features and making improvements.