Just in case someone is interested, check out my new startup, I'd love to have a feedback!
K-Stash: The stash for your knowledge. https://k-stash.com
I didn't think that a simple web scraping API (https://onipot.altervista.org/wp-content/sm/) could be so appreciated.
I just wrote ScrapingMonkey in 1 day, published on RapidAPI marketplace and shared on Twitter using hashtags of some sort.
Users began to try it and averagely, in these 3 weeks, half of them purchased the 'unlimited' version at $2.
I am a full time student and I was looking for a simple business that could be easy to handle and completely automated, so that I have to 'waste' nearly zero time for mainteinance.
In the past I launched some good websites, platforms, but they required too much effort. This time an API was the right choice.
I know that for most of you $500 might not seem a lot, but for me they are.
Honestly, the thing that I love the most is the fact that a lot of people are enjoying and using my product.. and this is so motivating!
Things that I have learned so far:
Have a good day!
I was planning to create an API and found this. Many thanks for the inspiration.
Keep it up.
Wow, congrats!
Regardless of the amount of money, it's 250 people who value what you have created, and that is impressive, and a great vote of confidence to motivate you to keep moving forward!
I will use the opportunity to ask you a couple of things... I didn't know about RapidAPI. How do they work? Is your code running on your server or on theirs? Are they just a middle man for payments or an all-round solution?
And finally, just out of curiosity, what are you programming in?
Hope I have cleared up your thoughts! :)
Thanks for the answers! Now I get what the role of RapidAPI is! Looks like a great solution, since it removes the biggest headaches of building api's.
I might give it a try. I have some tools I use for myself, and since now I know I don't have to worry about billing, limits, etc. could be nice to make public.
Second this!
Congrats, don't underestimate yourself!
Some takes months and years to get their first $500
what is your next milestone?
Absolutely going to improve server infrastructure.
Great job @onipot ! Any profit is good profit friend :) #treatyoself
This is amazing @onipot. Thanks for sharing and congrats on this fantastic revenue!
Thank you.. and I hope it will improve over time!
I have no doubt it will!
It is a lot! Congrats! I'm also a firm believer that consistency is key!
Absolutely.
Third point is really something. I see often times many of us overlook this.
Nice job, I also made a similar API to extract data from the news articles and posted on RapidAPI as well: https://rapidapi.com/kotartemiy/api/extract-news
How has the customer response been so far for you?
Literally none. It just works. Some people just use it.
Hey, nice job! Very happy for you...I have 1 question, how are you doing your accounting? Are they issuing you invoices for the 20% cut?
Congrats! This is really awesome!!
Amazing. Good luck!
$500 in 3 weeks is freaking awesome! Congrats.
Congrats mate! Well done to you
I am so stoked about your project..
congrats! how did you handle marketing?
Congrats!!
Great Stuff!
That's awesome, congrats! Are the $2 enough to cover the costs of the data hungry subscribers?
At the moment, yes they are. I'll see in the future!
Awesome, congrats!
Well done.
Thank you!
Bravo! That's a great result that many will envy.
thank you! :)