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Re:Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell? by juanre on Monday April 28, 2014 @02:40AM (#7658531)
Greaterskies, http://greaterskies.com - sells posters of the sky, thousands of stars and all the planets as seen from a place and at a time. Selling PDF ($24) and printout. Seems to be getting popular as a wedding present, also for birthdays. Common lisp backend computing the posters, Python and Javascript for the rest. Very nice conversion rate, but I haven't found the time to work on improving the number of visits.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell? by cupofjoakim on Monday April 28, 2014 @02:55AM (#7658582)
This is really nice! You should add some options for style though, I found the yellowish-names really hard to like. Whoever buys this needs to hire a print designer, if only to do minor correction to the basic template.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell? by juanre on Monday April 28, 2014 @03:18AM (#7658638)
Thank you! And you are right, my strength has never been graphic design. But a significant fraction of visitors are buying, so I'd be inclined to spend the resources in gaining visibility.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell? by aurumpotest on Monday April 28, 2014 @06:20AM (#7659068)
Quick note: on the homepage, bottom left:

"But isn't this like any other start chart?"

I assume it's meant to be 'star chart'...

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Re:Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell? by juanre on Monday April 28, 2014 @06:38AM (#7659118)
Correct. Thank you very much. Fixed.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell? by marban on Monday April 28, 2014 @04:16AM (#7658791)
Can you describe the actual production + s&h process? I assume it's 100% outsourced?
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Re:Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell? by juanre on Monday April 28, 2014 @04:59AM (#7658909)
Sure. When you buy the printout the PDF gets computed, and an email is automatically sent to a US-based print service provider who prints and ships. You can also download the PDFs. When you buy the PDF only (the most popular version, despite the fact that the price of the printout is very competitive) everything is of course automated.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell? by dshanahan on Tuesday April 29, 2014 @02:14AM (#7665286)
got a ballpark amount you'd sell for?
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Re:Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell? by juanre on Tuesday April 29, 2014 @08:57AM (#7666606)
Would you mind contacting me by mail? I'd rather do this privately.
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