Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025

Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by hotdogsalesman on Thursday December 18, 2025 @10:21AM (#46313669)

kitecourier.com - the end-to-end certified mail platform that makes sending legal notices as easy as sending email.

Revenue is very spiky. Some months ~$10k, some ~$100.

Inspired by this Patrick McKenzie thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7135833

Certified mail is weirdly powerful leverage. I decided to productize that.

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by hankmh on Thursday December 18, 2025 @11:40AM (#46314986)

How do you handle the logistics? I presume you aren't printing and mailing everything manually...

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by hotdogsalesman on Thursday December 18, 2025 @01:58PM (#46316948)

https://lob.com handles printing/mailing

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by hankmh on Thursday December 18, 2025 @06:16PM (#46320164)

Nice! Thanks.

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by popupeyecare on Thursday December 18, 2025 @08:39PM (#46321330)

how do you get customers?

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by hotdogsalesman on Thursday December 18, 2025 @10:46PM (#46322083)

Just inbound for now. We haven’t really launched yet. Most customers find us on bing.

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by lippihom on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:44PM (#46359518)

Interesting - why Bing?

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by hotdogsalesman on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @10:31PM (#46372134)

Bing responds quickly to keyword and page structure optimization. Google depends more on accumulated trust signals, so we rank higher on Bing for now.

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by ddon on Thursday December 18, 2025 @10:24AM (#46313713)

https://www.kitecourier.com/pricing is returning 404 page

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by hotdogsalesman on Thursday December 18, 2025 @11:23AM (#46314739)

Fixed, thanks!

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by dudeWithAMood on Thursday December 18, 2025 @04:15PM (#46318846)

That's original. How'd you come up with an idea for that?

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Re:Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 ... by hotdogsalesman on Thursday December 18, 2025 @06:07PM (#46320084)

I had medical debt to dispute, which requires certified mail. Every time the debt was resold I had to print, sign, stuff an envelope, and go to the post office again.

I built it so people could push back without the logistics.

Then I realized that nobody wants to deal with mailing at all and certified mail is used for way more than debt disputes, so I expanded it into a general legal-notice service.

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