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Ask HN: How many months after launch until your project was ramen profitable?

6 pointsby laksmanvalmost 8 years ago

5 comments

jgrittyalmost 8 years ago
About 9 months. But our only costs are an Apple Developer License, and a Business license for the LLC. We&#x27;re not considering our time to be paid, since we have day jobs. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;gif-wallet.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;gif-wallet.com</a><p>We can almost split a top ramen a day (assuming 4 for a dollar).<p>If you take a Taco Bell hot sauce and put it on Top Ramen, it tastes exactly like poverty.
pattrnalmost 8 years ago
It has been about 9 months without making any money. The app also doesn&#x27;t have a monetization strategy yet (focusing on making an awesome product first), so that makes sense. There has been a large uptick in organic traffic recently (without any PR or paid advertising), so monetization may be in the immediate future.<p>Still can&#x27;t buy ramen.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;plansible.com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;plansible.com</a>
UK-ALalmost 8 years ago
Well this thread isn&#x27;t boding well for iOS apps.
soulchild37almost 8 years ago
About 4 month, wouldn&#x27;t say its ramen profitable but it cover the cost of Apple Developer License and Business license for sole proprietorship.<p>It is earning $0.9 per day on average since day 1.
cm2012almost 8 years ago
My consulting practice became ramen profitable after 2 weeks.