Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses?

Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by fbelzile on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:20PM (#25378862)

I run Cold Turkey: https://getcoldturkey.com

It started as a fun side project in university. My friends needed something to block themselves from playing WoW so that they could study.

For three years after graduation, I've continued to work on it in my spare time. In 2015, I decided to see if people would buy the pro version with more features. As it turns out, yes! I was able to quit my job to work on it full time a few years ago.

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by hluska on Thursday December 10, 2020 @07:17PM (#25380678)

"Meet your match, Zuckerberg" is one of the best headlines I've read in a long time. You're a very entertaining writer - I can see why you're having success. Great job and I look forward to trying your product!!!

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by fbelzile on Friday December 11, 2020 @08:01AM (#25385231)

Thank you! I was thinking of switching it to "Your future self will thank you" because a results from a quick poll I did. Now I'm not sure :)

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by wusel on Friday December 11, 2020 @10:19AM (#25386693)

Yea that one is better. A snarky one liner is funny, but doesn't communicate any value to your customers. "Your future self will thank you" is a good way of saying "invest in yourself" I like it much more.

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by hluska on Friday December 11, 2020 @12:18PM (#25388115)

Wow, I like that one even more! Great job!!

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by thunkshift1 on Sunday December 13, 2020 @03:13PM (#25409777)

Nice idea! You should plan an app version for this

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by Malcx on Thursday December 10, 2020 @04:37PM (#25379069)

A happy user here, thanks for building it. It enforces discipline on future me.

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by wewake on Friday December 11, 2020 @04:09AM (#25383784)

Hi, another happy user here. I've been using it for about a year now and it has helped me to be more productive.

Not sure if you already know, it can be tricked by setting system clock to a future datetime :)

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by fbelzile on Friday December 11, 2020 @07:59AM (#25385219)

You can block time changes under Settings > Blocking in version 4 now :)

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by wewake on Monday December 14, 2020 @04:11AM (#25414931)

Oh! I must have overlooked that option in settings. Thanks.

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by soferio on Thursday December 10, 2020 @06:04PM (#25379999)

Happy user here too. Well done! I wish you had an iOS version. Cheers.

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by viridian on Friday December 11, 2020 @01:21PM (#25388851)

I love your work Felix. I've been using Cold Turkey for a couple of years now, and it's a pretty irreplaceable tool for people with focus issues.

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by JaDogg on Friday December 11, 2020 @10:47AM (#25387008)

Thank you for building this. Love it. And thank you again for making it one off purchase.

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Re:Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? by rtkaratekid on Friday December 11, 2020 @01:28PM (#25388925)

I love Cold Turkey! The only issues I’ve had with it are when I find little back doors around the blocks and don’t know how to block those. But those are very few and far between.

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