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- Beeswax3
I used to save my links to Delicio.us back in the day before they shut it down and erased all the saved links.
After that I was using Onetab which saves tabs in your browsers cache and there's always a risk to lose them all plus using it on different computers create an issue.
So I thought there's a need for a new tab organization tool in the market and 4 years ago I designed a chrome extension for managing tabs and links as a side project. I hired a guy and get it developed and put it on chrome store.
https://chrome.google.com/websto…We kept adding features to the point that I was able to sell some features per subscription. As of now it has a little over 3000 users but it's really not a money maker, makes around a recurring $100 a month.
But I spend about $150 for db/servers/plugins monthly plus the developers time$.One of the paid futures are auto saving all your tabs daily. Kind of like chrome's native history feature so it's nothing unique but it saved maybe millions of tabs in my servers so far partially labeled by users.
In the near future I will either stop developing and eventually shut it down or I will do something that will add more value.
I was thinking maybe at this point some AI features can be added. Like automatically categorizing/labeling your tabs and organizing them and suggesting new ones etc... I just don't know how feasible and valuable that will be.
What do you guys think?
Is there a potential to add more value/monetize?
I'm open for partnerships as well.- my first onetab says Created 5/30/2015, 11:32:17 PM. the option to share as a web page leads me to believe they are storing it as well.imbecile
- sted2
- shapesalad4
I had an idea for a side hustle the weekend after I amicably left a job back in May.
7 months of weekends and evenings chipping away at it. Learning lots of new things. Late nights workings and feeling super tired after a days work.... a few helpful answers from QBN... after launching a few weeks ago - today I made my first sale.
- What is it? Sorry if I missed a post somewhere else, but congrats anyway!_niko
- Revealing it would give away my identity. But suffice to say you can’t do it if all you do after work is watch Netflix.shapesalad
- Congrats... but watching Netflix is how I unwind from a day of stomping out endless fires in my tediously bland job that helps keep a roof over my head.jonny_quest_lives
- Was it a physical IRL sale or online sale? Does ur job involve computer code?? Give us a hint!cherub
- Onlyfans?nb
- its an online store selling original designed prints. niche theme and sector.shapesalad
- @jonny_quest_lives I get it, I used to be the same.. but wasn't seeing any progress in my life so tried to cut the passive unwinding and turn it into...shapesalad
- ...active unwinding doing something that hopefully will get me out of the day job sooner.shapesalad
- Congrats! May you have many more Netflix free evenings working for yourself! Nothing better than having someone give you money for your idea.lemmy_k
- Congrats manGuyFawkes
- That's cool shapesalad. I have a friend who sells custom wallpaper and prints on etsy. It's a good hustle for him.cherub
- https://www.etsy.com…cherub
- Awesome! Post some maybe...?formed
- if anyone's interested in shapesalad's secret identity, here he is: https://i.imgur.com/…_niko
- heheshapesalad
- good stuff. here's to more sales.Brabo_Brabo
- careful, don't make too much money or you might find yourself with leisure timescarabin
- shapesalad0
ShapeSalad is making an online *global* POD store... need advice...
Which domain ending is best for global reach and SEO?
.store
.shop
.co
.online
.org- I've always liked the briefness of .co AND I could be wrong, BUT I don't think the suffix makes much of a difference anymore.
Using .com is obviously ideal.ideaist - yeah want .io and .com, but taken but those people that park domains as a side hustle...shapesalad
- *by those peopleshapesalad
- Always been a huge fan of .onlinenb
- funny i don't know any websites i use that have .onlineshapesalad
- if you can't avoid running it on alt domains do .shop and .co, buy the rest and redirect.sted
- I've always liked the briefness of .co AND I could be wrong, BUT I don't think the suffix makes much of a difference anymore.
- calculator0
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Like the Mole Man of London.
- shapesalad-2
Dice.
- sted0
I'm 17 yo. working full time while in school. I got moved from the agency to their "web" subsidiary after 3 months as a graphic-operator and got promoted to junior art (because i knew how to draw shit for websites and banners :).
The office had a separated room where a really strange guy walked in every morning at 9am, and out at 5pm like clockwork.
After the first month or so one day i was be able to look into his office and I noticed that he had multiple screens with charts and lots of excel like stuff on his screen. I became curious so I asked.
He was really glad that someone was interested, and we started a conversation, what ended up with me developing an addiction to charts and what comes with it:
stock tradingI love its complexity, how it demands to be able to stay up to date and think in context.
The weird is that I never cared about the money part of this thing but everybody else does and like with many things in my life when people smell the $$$ making they won't let me go, and I am the bad person and shitty friend for not helping.
- So you joined QBN before you were born?dopepope
- ahaha my mom did. (i was 17 back then)sted
- so you started Robinhood at 17?grafician
- weird how you can make money trading stocksdkoblesky
- I have re-read this post a few times and I still do not understand what is going ondkoblesky
- he's 17, learnt to trade, but not worried about the $, but friends smell the $ and tap him for $ and he doesn't help them.shapesalad
- lol wtf.
i was 17 when learned a few things, haven't traded shit until 2004.
not just friends anybody who can see how much many this can make, and how i do it.sted - story was comprehensible this way in my head, but after reading it a day later.
ehhsted - I still can't get past "I'm 17 yo."GuyFawkes
- Can I send you my bank acct infonb
- doggydoggdog0
Buy shirts at thrift stores for $2 and sell on eBay for $25-60.
- Raybandana6
I started a cannabis exchange platform for medical users. weetend.com - Haven't monetized it yet. We only have 500 members. Social platforms wont let us advertise, so we're basically land locked.
- hardhat4
Been doing some construction shit here in NY. I should totally have got onto going around to restaurants in the city to build out outdoor dining. But only thought of it after is was all done. But have been helping out on some construction jobs here and there. Nice to get your hands dirty, body tired and some cash in your pocket, while upskilling. Just need to get into some better paying gigs.
- ernexbcn1
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- Beeswax2
@utopian how much do you think this site goes for?
Kryptolinks.comI've built this in 2018 and since then neglected it until you mentioned your side hustle.
Godaddy estimates domain value as $1573, is it generally accurate?
I want to sell it as a functioning site on Flippa or somewhere else maybe for over $2000.Need your expertise here sir.
- $250 - $500utopian
- depends on how bad someone wants itdoesnotexist
- misterhow6
I've been drawing and selling surface patterns for fabric. I have the fabric printed by Spoonflower and sew handkerchiefs and neck gaiter/buffs. I sell at local antique and knick knack shops. I've sent samples here and there but I've only gotten one biz that consistently buys wholesale from me. It's not much coin but it keeps me busy and there's been quite a substantial bump due to the covid.
Yes, I sew. I guess I'm a seamster.
- And no, I didn't make $95K last year with thismisterhow
- The money is just gravy. If you have a passion for your work (or at least like-like it) then you have achieved true success imo.SteveJobs
- Sewing machine is a power tool. I use one frequently. Auto upholstery, masks for friends and family and most recently a storage bag for my awning attached to.lemmy_k
- .... my pop up trailer.lemmy_k
- Agreed SJ. I like to make stuff and get it out there. It's fun to see my work out in the wildmisterhow
- Sewing is funscarabin
- i used to call myself a seamster. i'm a straight up tailor. be proud. it's an awesome skill.imbecile
- Have you spoken to Reb Tevye yet?cherub
- Topol onlymisterhow
- I'd like to see.
also, I sew.shellie - I have a leather sewing machine, and a pro serger. Remnants of a past adhd hobbyGnash
- I use a regular sewing machine for simple stitches, a serger for overlock edges and a coverstitch machine for the gaiter/buffs. @shellie, my website is lame...misterhow
- And in need of an update. There’s a bunch of photos on my Instagram though: @misterhowmisterhow
- liking your work is fox and the grapes level lying to yourselfimbecile
- Bluejam9
- Everyone loves a Finger Diddlemicrokorg
- Are these your pics? Looks like someone's found this whilst doing home renovations.microkorg
- this has made my weekendhans_glib
- @microkorg found via twitterBluejam
- Green Shield Stamps?monospaced
- lol @ tongue bathmonospaced
- CASH BEFORE MOUNTING
This is one of the best things I've seen in ages.Continuity - (Two times guaranteed)imbecile
- Brilliantgarbage
- Hans, I doubt he's in business any more, I'm afraid. Just going to have to solo it.Nairn
- CASH BEFORE KERNINGutopian
- My Nan would have done it for the green shield stamps.ben_
- BaskerviIle4
I've always come up with ideas for apps, businesses, websites etc. I usually ride the initial enthusiasm/motivation period and create a visual identity, instagram account etc. Then the reality hits that it's a lot more difficult than just the fun design side of things and I gradually lose motivation and end up with a graveyard of ideas.
I've recently shifted my outlook into thinking more about building my own personal brand as a designer. Funnelling my energy into creating a good online portfolio, writing articles and thought pieces on Medium, starting an email newsletter on design etc.
Rather than looking to unrelated side projects as a source of income, trying to strengthen what I'm already good at, adding value that will most likely help my career more in the long term.
I also do the occasional freelance design project in addition to my full-time day job.
- mantrakid5
every time i start a side hustle, i end up with a website no one goes to and no idea or... passion, really, to get people to it. I like the conception and creation but hate the selling.
- +1monNom
- SameBaskerviIle
- yephelloeatbreathedrive
- An engineer friend of mine once said he likes to get about 80% into a project before stopping. That sounds just about right.monNom
- And if you're familiar with the Pareto principle, that likely means you actually spent 20% of the time learning and doing the fun stuff...monNom
- and left the 80% of miserable slogging toward completion on the chopping block.monNom
- also related: Per the Mythical Man Month: a project released to the public will take 3 times as long as something just for you.monNom
- so maybe we're all just being really efficient with out time?monNom