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A comment on Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend project to date?.

Re:Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend p... by MattBearman on Saturday July 23, 2011 @04:55AM (#2796531)
My most profitable side project is actually my newest - http://bugmuncher.com - it's been live about a week and I'm already quite profitable. Admittedly it's a very low overhead project (costs around $30 / month to run), but so far it's looking good.

I think the reason it's doing better than anything else I've launched is because its my first one that isn't entirely ad supported. My advice to anyone looking to launch a side project is try to go for something people will pay a monthly fee for as opposed ad revenue.

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Re:Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend p... by fakelvis on Monday July 25, 2011 @02:54AM (#2801645)
Neat. Remind me of the feedback integration on Google+ -- is this where you got your inspiration?

Love it...

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Re:Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend p... by MattBearman on Monday July 25, 2011 @10:26AM (#2802726)
Thanks for the kind words. If I'm honest I think 'inspiration' may be playing it down a little, I pretty much just ripped off the Google + feedback tool :)

As soon as I saw the G+ tool I knew it was something people would want on their website. I also knew I wouldn't be the only person doing this, which is why I went for a really lean approach, and managed to go from idea to first customers in 2 and half weeks.

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Re:Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend p... by MattBearman on Monday July 25, 2011 @03:35PM (#2804222)
I think I should probably add that I didn't rip off any of Google's code, just the idea :)
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Re:Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend p... by alexkearns on Saturday July 23, 2011 @05:23AM (#2796573)
Very neat idea. How do you generate the preview image?
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Re:Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend p... by MattBearman on Saturday July 23, 2011 @05:44AM (#2796596)
Thanks! It's currently a third party screenshot service, but as I've had a lot of interest and good feedback, I'm now looking into setting up my own in-house screenshot system.
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Re:Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend p... by foxhop on Saturday July 23, 2011 @10:41AM (#2796982)
I wrote my own custom screenshot service. I have no idea how to monetize it but you can check out a demo here: http://yoursitemakesmebarf.com
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Re:Ask HN: What has been your most profitable side/weekend p... by MattBearman on Saturday July 23, 2011 @01:31PM (#2797340)
Looks cool! Would you mind me picking your brain some time about how you set it up? My email is in my HN profile.
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