Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and from what?

Re:Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and fro... by mkertajaya on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @11:29AM (#8630911)

I ran shopebike.com, a dropship of electric bikes and soon electric scooters. I provide customer supports via email and sometimes over the phone.

It has generated around $8000 a year so far, mostly in the warmer months. I tried google ads words in the past, but the cost was too much so I dropped it in the beginning of the year. Maybe I wasn't doing it correctly, but it was almost no conversions.

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Re:Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and fro... by thisisdallas on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @11:50AM (#8631067)

This is really interesting. I have read a lot of articles about dropshipping being extremely hard to get right. Just out of curiosity, how much time on average did you put into marketing/seo in order to start generating income? Do you also blog about electric bikes?

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Re:Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and fro... by mkertajaya on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @12:14PM (#8631222)

The article is probably correct. I had access to the manufacturer on this one.

I haven't done much advertising this year. Most of my traffic comes directly from the manufacturer's site.

I don't blog directly but I am actively looking and linking to other blogs/article about our e-bikes.

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Re:Ask HN: How much recurring income do you generate and fro... by icebraining on Wednesday November 19, 2014 @02:05PM (#8631927)

What's the upside for the manufacturer in linking to you?

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