Show HN: Plasmo – a framework for building modern Chrome extensions

Re:Show HN: Plasmo – a framework for building modern Chrome ... by silax on Friday June 03, 2022 @06:05PM (#31614266)

Love this. Chrome extensions are the most underrated platform to spit out 7+ figure recurring revenue businesses on. Mac App Store close second. I'm hesitant to even mention because it's such a good secret.

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Re:Show HN: Plasmo – a framework for building modern Chrome ... by ekabod on Friday June 03, 2022 @06:43PM (#31614609)

Can you point to one extension that is making 7 figures?

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Re:Show HN: Plasmo – a framework for building modern Chrome ... by vosper on Friday June 03, 2022 @07:57PM (#31615318)

I imagine Grammarly is. And then they spend all that revenue on YouTube ads...

https://www.grammarly.com/browser/chrome

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Re:Show HN: Plasmo – a framework for building modern Chrome ... by danpalmer on Saturday June 04, 2022 @06:51AM (#31618912)

Grammarly is also a large and well established tech company. Pretty sure they’ve been around for 12+ years at this point, and I think have multiple hundreds of staff.

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Re:Show HN: Plasmo – a framework for building modern Chrome ... by cuylerstuwe on Saturday June 04, 2022 @02:20AM (#31617565)

Are you looking very specifically for “ONLY 7 figures”?

Revenue, or profit?

Not hard to think of a handful of big players in revenue; 1Password and Honey spring instantly to mind as 9-figure revenue players.

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Re:Show HN: Plasmo – a framework for building modern Chrome ... by ekabod on Saturday June 04, 2022 @11:17AM (#31621310)

I am interesting to know if a solo developer can make a living, 6/7 figures, producing and monetizing extensions.

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Re:Show HN: Plasmo – a framework for building modern Chrome ... by lapcat on Saturday June 04, 2022 @11:37AM (#31621588)

6 figures yes. 7 figures no.

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Re:Show HN: Plasmo – a framework for building modern Chrome ... by quickthrower2 on Saturday June 04, 2022 @12:09AM (#31616893)

So are you saying P(success|browser extension) > P(success|web app)?

All other things being equal.

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Re:Show HN: Plasmo – a framework for building modern Chrome ... by relyks on Friday June 03, 2022 @07:04PM (#31614846)

How do extensions make money? Subscriptions or selling data?

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Re:Show HN: Plasmo – a framework for building modern Chrome ... by Nowado on Friday June 03, 2022 @08:22PM (#31615519)

Yes.

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Re:Show HN: Plasmo – a framework for building modern Chrome ... by lapcat on Friday June 03, 2022 @09:22PM (#31615872)

What's your basis for these statements?

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