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Re:Ask HN: Real odds of making a living off a web app by MattBearman on Saturday October 31, 2015 @03:28AM (#10482097)
I hope it's not a fools errand, as I'm currently attempting to do just this. I have a SaaS product that currently profits about £400/ month, and I have about £20k saved. I'm aiming to be living from my web app in 9 months.

If you're interested I'm doing a completely transparent blog series about my progress - https://blog.bugmuncher.com/2015/10/22/from-side-project-to-... and https://blog.bugmuncher.com/2015/10/22/from-side-project-to-...

Re:Ask HN: Real odds of making a living off a web app by baobaba on Saturday October 31, 2015 @07:54AM (#10482431)
Hi Matt, the second link gives me a 404, but loving the honest writing in the "I'm Scared" post.
Re:Ask HN: Real odds of making a living off a web app by MattBearman on Saturday October 31, 2015 @09:26AM (#10482570)
Re:Ask HN: Real odds of making a living off a web app by swcoders on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @12:31AM (#10504785)
could you please tell us suspense or do we have to wait for other month? :)
Re:Ask HN: Real odds of making a living off a web app by swcoders on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @02:48AM (#10505127)
Re:Ask HN: Real odds of making a living off a web app by nicholas73 on Saturday October 31, 2015 @10:18AM (#10482689)
That's for your links. It will be good for me to follow along.

Do you think a manual sales approach would help you? Like, find customers you think would like your product and cold email/call them.

Re:Ask HN: Real odds of making a living off a web app by MattBearman on Sunday November 01, 2015 @05:04AM (#10485982)
I do think it's a good option, as I only need another 6 subscribers to the top end plan to reach profitability. In fact I've recently been trying a cold email outreach campaign, so far I've only sent about 90 emails, 50% open rate, 12% clicked through, but no sign ups. There will be more about that in part 3
Re:Ask HN: Real odds of making a living off a web app by jxm262 on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @11:42AM (#10507742)
Thanks for this. One of the reasons I come to HN is to get good advice and see posts like this :) I'll be following your project, good luck!
Re:Ask HN: Real odds of making a living off a web app by 55555 on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @01:09AM (#10504889)
Your timeline is very realistic and I think you will succeed.
Re:Ask HN: Real odds of making a living off a web app by christopherDam on Sunday November 01, 2015 @08:13AM (#10486304)
Thanks for really nice article.