I Bootstrapped My Side Project to $6k/Month (2017)

Re:I Bootstrapped My Side Project to $6k/Month (2017) by oconnor663 on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @12:27PM (#18553440)

> I couldn’t understand why users who were making a thousand dollars in ad revenue each month, didn’t upgrade their accounts, after all it only costs $25. Turns out, a lot of these users were living in countries where they couldn’t have a Visa card or PayPal account, and just couldn’t pay me even if they wanted to.

I don't know if cryptocurrency is going to solve this problem, but whatever does solve it is going to generate an enormous amount of wealth.

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Re:I Bootstrapped My Side Project to $6k/Month (2017) by UncleEntity on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @12:42PM (#18553633)

One wonders how they get paid the ad money they earn?

Simple solution: "We take the first $25 in ad revenue your app generates and you keep the rest."

Complex solution: "We take 50% of the ad revenue your app generates unless you pay $25/month through outside means."

...unless they needed to create thousands of apps to make any income and 50% is cheaper than $25/app.

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Re:I Bootstrapped My Side Project to $6k/Month (2017) by wyldfire on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @02:15PM (#18554657)

> We take the first $25 in ad revenue your app generates and you keep the rest.

You could invoice them for the $25 but you cannot "keep" it until/unless your service becomes the advertising network's client.

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