Storemapper: Bootstrapped to $50,000+/year in 2 years (with live metrics)

In this article, Tyler Tringas, the founder of Storemapper, discusses how he grew his side project Storemapper into a real business with $50,000+ in ARR in just 2 years.

How I Made $1,000 on the App Store Without Knowing How to Code

In this article a guy named Noah Kotlove talks about how he used drag-and-drop app creation software to make a better app than the competition for people going through AA.

The Story of My $462/month Side Project

In this article a product creator named Tim Aton discusses how he built a fancy resume template and sold it consistently enough on Creative Market to generate $462 per month in revenue.

How I Built a $5k/mo Side Project in 5 Months

In this article the founder of a software app called SimpleData goes into detail about he found a problem, positioned his solution in the market, used sales to generate revenue, and got to $5,000 in MRR.

30 days after launching my side project

In this Hacker News post and thread, the owner of a now defunct side project called Pinwoot discusses how he launched the project, got 7,000 users within 30 days of launch, and generated $6,000+ in revenues within 30 days of launch.

Side-project: How we successfully outsourced our Shopify App

In this article the founder of the ecommerce app Credible talks about how he outsourced development of the app despite having limited funds and a full-time job.

How Our Side Project Generated $51,365 in 60 Days

In this article the team at Need/Want discusses how they launched the side project EmojiMasks, generated $51,365 in revenue in just 60 days, and ran into production problems during the process.

How Our Side Project Hit $1000 MRR

In this article Ed Moyse talks about how he and his friend Harry Huang grew their side projects JournoRequests and Profile Hopper to $1,000 in MRR after working on a failed side project.

I built, launched, and got paying customers for my side project in 3 hours

In this article Marc Eglon discusses how he created a service where Baratunde Thurston reads other people’s essays out loud, earned some revenue, and then shut the service down at Baratunde’s request.

I’ve built 7 shitty side projects in 7 months.

In this article a product designer named Matthew Vernon talks about how he built seven shitty side projects in seven months, the revenue or lack of revenue from each side project, and what he’s learned along the way.

Those making $1,000+/month on side projects – what did you make?

In this Hacker News thread successful side project creators share what they made and how they marketed their side projects into successful revenue generators.

How I made $2,251 in one day with Highscore.money 👾💸

In this article BetaList founder Marc Köhlbrugge discusses how he built a silly side project called Highscore.money that allowed him to earn $2,251 in just one day.

How side projects saved our startup

In this article Crew.co founder and CEO Mikael Cho talks about how side projects, in particular a side project named Unsplash, helped save Crew from the brink of going out of business.

A Six-Figure Side Project

In this article ClickMinded creator Tommy Griffith talks about why he released his first course about SEO and how he’s grown it into a six-figure business while having a full-time job.

From side project to 250 million daily requests

In this interview Ben Dowling, the founder of ipinfo.io discusses how he took his product from a side project to a real business with more than 250,000,000 API requests every day.

My side project made over 40k $ in its best week and ultimately got sherlocked by Apple.

In this article Emiel Janson talks about how his side project Dialogue generated $40,000 during its best week and ultimately got shut down after Apple decided to release a similar feature for Mac users in a new version of OSX.

How We Grew Our Side Project To $60,000 in Revenue in 6 Months

In this article, Max Anderson, a co-founder of the home decoration company Spilled, discusses how he and his co-founder grew Spilled as a side project to the point where it generated $60,000 in revenue in just 6 months.