Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money that hasn't?

Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by miniyarov on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @08:10AM (#25581344)

I built a VPN application for iOS and Android (still working on it) that uses user's DigitalOcean, AWS, or GCP to log in via OAuth2 or API token and create a VPN server so that only the user can connect and use.

However, I still can think of any monetization except Ads (which I don't think will help because the VPN server also include ad-blocker). The only monetization might be donation. But if anyone has any idea I would be glad to listen to.

Btw, the link to side-project: https://www.zudvpn.com GitHub: https://github.com/zudvpn/ZudVPN

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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by ayewo on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @02:32PM (#25585091)

This guide https://github.com/nayafia/lemonade-stand was written for OSS maintainers, but it could still give you ideas on how to monetize your project.

Good luck!

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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by gremlinsinc on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @10:53PM (#25589412)

Make a free/pro version. Free version only works w/ a lock-screen interstitial ad enabled, and the VPN disconnects every 30 minutes until you re-enable it.

Pro version is like $1.99/month subscription.

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Re:Ask HN: What's a side project you built to make money tha... by bobkrusty on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @03:14PM (#25585546)

I use free vpn app with ads on my android.

Why they can

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