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Show HN: Just hit $15k/m running unlimited design service by myself

64 pointsby brettwill1025almost 5 years ago

9 comments

claudiulodroalmost 5 years ago
At the risk of being &quot;that guy&quot;, this post really isn&#x27;t fit for a Show HN:<p>&gt; Show HN is for something you&#x27;ve made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you feedback, and ask questions in the thread.<p>&gt; ...<p>&gt; Blog posts, sign-up pages, curated lists, and other reading material can&#x27;t be tried out, so can&#x27;t be Show HNs.[1]<p>This is just you sharing your landing page and bragging about how well your business is doing. Congrats on your success, though, and I expect some interesting discussion about the business model in the comments at least.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;showhn.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;showhn.html</a>
alexmingoiaalmost 5 years ago
Congrats! What’s your profit margin look like? It’s hard to evaluate what $15k&#x2F;mo means because it’s an outsourcing business.<p>How does payment work internally? Is everyone just a 1099 that you feed work to? How do you deal with international payroll?<p>How do you source designers and assign work?
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brettwill1025almost 5 years ago
Margins are nearly 100% due to the fact I do all the work myself.<p>I mention &quot;us&quot; on the website for two reasons:<p>It&#x27;s weird to say &quot;I&quot; in this case because to a client it isn&#x27;t natural to wrap your head around the fact there is one person behind the business.<p>Secondly, when I built the service, it was my full intention of also building a team behind it (designers, customer care, etc.).<p>I could change the website copy to reflect it&#x27;s a one man show, but I look at it like at the end of the day as long as you&#x27;re getting the service you signed up for, that&#x27;s all the client really cares about or needs to know.
iwangulenkoalmost 5 years ago
First of all, congrats!<p>If you run it all by yourself, why do you write &quot;us&quot; everywhere?
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partyboat1586almost 5 years ago
How can you offer unlimited designs at $467&#x2F;month?<p>That seems very cheap. It doesn&#x27;t take much for that to be negative margin right? What am I missing?
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gk1almost 5 years ago
Surprised to learn &quot;unlimited design service&quot; is <i>a thing</i>, offered by several people&#x2F;companies: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.failory.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;unlimited-design-services" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.failory.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;unlimited-design-services</a>
aabbcc1241almost 5 years ago
From the pricing model, it looks like hiring more than out sourcing because it charges based on duration, not the work to be delivered.
jacobedawsonalmost 5 years ago
What are your margins?
hckr_newsalmost 5 years ago
So this is basically Brett As A Service ?