Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd not talk about them?

Re:Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd no... by awillen on Saturday June 06, 2020 @12:01PM (#23440075)

It's a Shopify site, so I'm just using their integration to print labels from whoever's cheapest - so far it's always been USPS. Honestly the shipping is something I need to figure out... I'm charging flat shipping per product right now until $50 because I don't want shipping costs to be too discouraging, but I am losing money shipping to the East Coast.

For the most part my margins are pretty decent and at this point I'm more interested in proving that there's product-market fit than optimizing for profit, so I don't mind losing some money when my shipping charges don't cover it or people hit the free shipping threshold. Definitely something I'm going to need to get a better handle on long term, though.

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Re:Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd no... by ta17711771 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @03:23PM (#23441608)

Let me know if you're interested in having an East Coast facility!

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Re:Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd no... by awillen on Saturday June 06, 2020 @03:58PM (#23441826)

I appreciate the offer, but I think I am quite a ways away from that at this point :)

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Re:Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd no... by M5x7wI3CmbEem10 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @08:31PM (#23443623)

how do people generally get in contact with manufacturers?

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