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First profitable month!

When I posted my last update in the beginning of May, I had just gotten my first monthly subscriber and netted around $500 in one–time sales. I’m happy to report that number is now only a few bucks shy of $700!

My infrastructure costs scale with the number of videos people are rendering, but I made more than enough sales to cover it this month. It definitely helped that I downgraded my render server, going from the $40/mo CPU–optimized one to a $15/mo normal one. So I guess the takeaway is, make sure you’re not overprovisioning your infrastructure — it can make the difference between profit and loss!

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    Hey Jake, Congrats on the new milestone.
    What infrastructure service are you using ?

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      Thank you! I'm using DigitalOcean.

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        You can check those
        https://contabo.com/?show=vps

        They are pretty solid

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            Lol, It was just an advice 😅

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    Congrats with this milestone👍🏼👍🏼

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    I’m an EDM producer and I think SongRender is really cool!

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      Thank you! That's amazing! :D

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    Congrats Jake! the product and the landing page look really nice! I shared it with a few friends that make music.

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    Nice! I like this idea.

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      You've already got my money for 6 videos so far......lol.

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        Thank you so much! Let me know what you make :)

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    Congratulations!

    But are you accounting for labor costs?

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      I am not! Baby steps :)

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