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I've created an online solitaire platform (https://online-solitaire.com/ https://online-solitaire.com/) that's earning me $10k/m now. It started as a side-proje

I've created an online solitaire platform (https://online-solitaire.com/ https://online-solitaire.com/) that's earning me $10k/m now. It started as a side-project 5 years ago, but I've recently gone full time on it. It actually started as a Mac app 10 years ago and I choose to create a solitaire game because I had made a string of side-project that I didn't earn any money on, so I wanted to see if I could find a project that would actually generate some side-income. I did it by scraping the Mac App Store so I could find apps that had a lot of downloads and bad reviews. I figured that if an app had a lot of downloads, but got bad reviews then I could create something better and there would be an audience for it. The app ended up making enough money that I've kept it as a side-hustle for all these years. I've written about how I picked the app here: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/how-i-grew-a-simple-solitaire-game-to-10k-mrr-28e352c308 https://www.indiehackers.com/post/how-i-grew-a-simple-solita....

david422 4y ago
Nice, that's a smart approach.
xiande04 4y ago
TIL you can make 10k a month on a solitaire app.
batmaniam 4y ago
Can you clarify how it makes 10k/mo? I don't see anywhere on the site where a person could donate/buy something, and I don't see ads. Your download also seems free. How does it actually generate any cash for you?
- xwowsersx 4y ago
  Ads, it seems
- jcrash 4y ago
  You have to play a bit for the ads to pop up.
peterpost2 4y ago
Pleasant to see a fast website, that sadly does not happen a lot nowadays!
withinboredom 4y ago
You can also do something similar with WordPress plugins.
- coreymaass 4y ago
  I built a WordPress plugin and sold it after a few years. I'm currently promoting another. Th answer the original question "how did you come up with the idea?" - I find blue ocean apps that I like and rebuild them, customized for WordPress. My first plugin with a kanban board inspired by Trello. My current plugin is Social Link Pages ( https://sociallinkpages.com https://sociallinkpages.com ), inspired by Lintree, Carrd, etc.
WheelsAtLarge 4y ago
I'm impressed by the programming. It's very smooth and responsive. Good Job! Thanks for sharing the info.
- holgersindbaek 4y ago
  Thanks . Shout-out to Greensock for making an awesome animation library. I've recently used their FLIP plugin (https://greensock.com/docs/v3/Plugins/Flip/ https://greensock.com/docs/v3/Plugins/Flip/) to make a version of 2048: https://2048-online.io/ https://2048-online.io/.
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ry8806 4y ago
pretty sure it's broken, I've been playing for over an hour and haven't won a single deck! :P

david422 4y ago

Nice, that's a smart approach.

xiande04 4y ago

TIL you can make 10k a month on a solitaire app.

batmaniam 4y ago

Can you clarify how it makes 10k/mo? I don't see anywhere on the site where a person could donate/buy something, and I don't see ads. Your download also seems free. How does it actually generate any cash for you?

xwowsersx 4y ago
Ads, it seems
jcrash 4y ago
You have to play a bit for the ads to pop up.

peterpost2 4y ago

Pleasant to see a fast website, that sadly does not happen a lot nowadays!

withinboredom 4y ago

You can also do something similar with WordPress plugins.

coreymaass 4y ago
I built a WordPress plugin and sold it after a few years. I'm currently promoting another. Th answer the original question "how did you come up with the idea?" - I find blue ocean apps that I like and rebuild them, customized for WordPress. My first plugin with a kanban board inspired by Trello. My current plugin is Social Link Pages ( https://sociallinkpages.com https://sociallinkpages.com ), inspired by Lintree, Carrd, etc.

WheelsAtLarge 4y ago

I'm impressed by the programming. It's very smooth and responsive. Good Job! Thanks for sharing the info.

holgersindbaek 4y ago
Thanks . Shout-out to Greensock for making an awesome animation library. I've recently used their FLIP plugin (https://greensock.com/docs/v3/Plugins/Flip/ https://greensock.com/docs/v3/Plugins/Flip/) to make a version of 2048: https://2048-online.io/ https://2048-online.io/.

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ry8806 4y ago

pretty sure it's broken, I've been playing for over an hour and haven't won a single deck! :P