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Re:Show HN: Mashup of Amazon.com's wish list and Balanced Pa... by BHSPitMonkey on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @02:55PM (#6810653)
Well, if the service becomes popular, the OP will find himself sitting on a nice rolling account of cash (the funds that haven't yet been spent or returned to donors), which might be capable of generating interest. I can't imagine that income being appreciable (or entirely legally kosher), but who knows?
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Re:Show HN: Mashup of Amazon.com's wish list and Balanced Pa... by peterbe on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @03:07PM (#6810762)
It's easy to make money on anything that is popular. The "profit" made on top of adding a small fee. on top of Balanced's fee, is so minuscule and quickly eaten by shipping costs.

Right now, I'm more interested in building something that makes a profit just for the hell of it. All my other side-projects are making me absolutely nothing. ...nothing but resume padding :)

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