First time I can pay all the expenses and get some beer money.
by GlitcheroOk , so this month. I got 60 USD, and spend 25 USD on the server. I am happy, because finally I am getting beer money. So far, I have two products that are generating money: Company Names to URL and Fuzzy Match Company Names. Next step is to expand the business in rapidapi and airtable. I assume with that bold move I will earn 100 USD per month without doing anything. It has been a long journey. But I will not quit. Finally, I see some revenue. I also want to add other services, such as linkedin to employee list and linkedin to company information. I have a lot of ideas, the only thing that I need is time. But hopefully soon, I will spend all my time on this projects and other projects.
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Congrats! Just curious what host you're using? $25 seems high for an early-stage startup.
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Yes, maybe I can reduce the server cost. The exact amount is 24 USD per month. I use digital ocean. The thing is that my software uses high intensity scrape and search services (algorithms). Maybe, I can reduce the cost to 12 USD, but I don't want to regret later. Right now, my server is working fine.
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Ok gotcha :)
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Congrats! 🍻
So you plan to use RapidAPI as a distribution channel, right? How does the cooperation look like? Do they review your API before listing it? Do they take any fee of your revenue?
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No, actually it is very easy to list my api in rapidapi. They don't check the code. Here is the api that I submitted: https://rapidapi.com/renetatua/api/word-clustering-service. Other distributions channels like airtable or google sheets are far more complicated because they review code. But Rapidapi i quite easy, it took me like 2 hours to submit the api, watching a youtube tutorial. I think, they get some revenue when I make a purchase. So far, I haven't received any money from Rapidapi. But I already have some users.
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That's good to know!
Good luck with getting more customers!
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