Ask HN: What was the easiest buck you've made on the web in 2014?

[saleshacker]

http://www.twodollarclub.com

[namuol]

This is brilliant and hilarious.

[brandonlipman]

this made my night, thank you.

[ianlevesque]

Send me a buck and I'll let you know.

[taphangum]

$1,100 a month from my Udemy course: https://www.udemy.com/building-and-selling-a-niche-website-f....

Once I got it it up and did the first little bit of marketing, it's been literally no work. Maybe 30-45 min a month answering questions, but I wouldn't consider that work. :)

[sarciszewski]

Wow really? Maybe I should submit one ;)

[chrisBob]

I put together what I think is a decent game on the iPad a little while back[1]. In 2014 I think it made me about a buck[2]. Putting something up in the App Store can be a good source of passive income, but don't recommend it if you are looking for more than a buck.

[1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ocean-commotion/id518629974?... [2] If you don't count the $100/yr developer fees

[HeyLaughingBoy]

The only buck(s) I made on the web in 2014 was writing some Arduino code on spec for someone who was having trouble getting his head around a few concepts.

Initial code took about 1/2 hour and I charged a bit over $100. Don't remember exactly how much.

I then spent hours writing emails (on top of the documentation I supplied) explaining things as he tried to add functionality on his own :-(

[ashraful]

There was an article on digg.com about Google becoming a worse search engine. The article was on news.yahoo.com

Someone commented "5 dollars to someone who points out the irony in this", I replied. The guy sent me $5 via Paypal. I used the $5 to get a .com domain (special offer on GoDaddy). The domain was for my web design portfolio, and that's how I got started.

[fallinghawks]

Back in 2009 I put a couple drawings up on CafePress (http://www.cafepress.com/fallinghawks), then pretty much completely ignored the site. I just got a commission check last month. Apparently there was some falconry meet somewhere and somebody got a kick out of the shirts and bought a few.

[Zombotany]

May I ask you how to join this website and get revenue from our drawing ? tks

[Mandatum]

Wordpress website setup. Choose theme from large Wordpress theme directory, show client theme demo site, install on Wordpress-friendly provider, configure and send login details to client with links to current Wordpress tutorial. My spend is <$60USD, profit margin is $400+ for very little work.

[hostyle]

i have to ask: do you not consider this dishonest? why charge so much for doing so little? sure. people will pay a mint for something they discern as hard andhave no knowledge of, but i have to say i am concerned about your ethics in doing so. this is the ugly side of both capitalism and entrepreneurship.

[JacobAldridge]

One of my businesses (www.iamlovable.com) has actually picked up paying clients from Instagram posts. Credit of course to my amazing business partner (@millieald) for cultivating that community as well. Please share those links with all the 18-30 year old women you know.

[keviv]

Made over $700 in commissions from Digitalocean referral program.

You can sign up using the link below and get $10 hosting credit.

Referral Link: https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=4d7fb2079a96

[aw3c2]

I asked the tiny community of my hobbyist website to donate for hosting costs and got almost 150% of what was needed and asked for. The world wide web can run on altruism.

[lise_s]

Renting my washing machine (http://www.lamachineduvoisin.fr/fr/ in France)

[porter]

Once you have an audience that knows, likes, and trusts you, and a product they want, then most of the "bucks" made are pretty easy at the margin.

[motyar]

Wrote a PHP script and made few easy sales http://motyar.info/geodata/

[mapster]

How have you been able to build interest?

[cleverjake]

reddit.com/r/beermoney - made over $1,000 in the last 4 months in amazon gift cards.

[hayksaakian]

display ads make it easy to earn exactly 1 buck, but growing the user base is a grind