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Mike Perham has done a great job of turning two successful open source projects (Sidekiq and Inspeqtor) into successful businesses. If you're interested, I rec

Mike Perham has done a great job of turning two successful open source projects (Sidekiq and Inspeqtor) into successful businesses. If you're interested, I recommend listening to his interviews on the ChangeLog Podcast (https://changelog.com/159/ https://changelog.com/159/, https://changelog.com/130/ https://changelog.com/130/, https://changelog.com/92/ https://changelog.com/92/) where he talks about how he monetised those products. I'm pretty sure that succeeding in this is not going to be a matter of how many "stars" your project has, but rather a function of the dollar value of the problem your software solves and how well you market the paid product. You should start that marketing now by providing a link to your project :).

jnbiche 11y ago
Thanks for the excellent resources, I'll look that up. > You should start that marketing now by providing a link to your project :). Well, I haven't even created the paid product at this point, it's still early in the game. Just trying to get a feel for the potentials.
- gavinballard 11y ago
  > Thanks for the excellent resources, I'll look that up. You're welcome! > Well, I haven't even created the paid product at this point, it's still early in the game. Just trying to get a feel for the potentials. Sure, but you're at the top of Hacker News right now and there's zero downside (and lots of upside) in getting your project in front of a bunch of developers. Even if they don't start using it right away, maybe it will stick in their minds and then six months down the track (when you do have a paid version) they'll Google it.
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mkarklins 11y ago
Thanks, didn't even know about Inspeqtor.
mperham 11y ago
Thanks for mentioning me. I'm happy to answer questions. You're absolutely right though: your project is only as valuable as the problem you are solving. When someone told me early on that switching from Resque to Sidekiq was saving them $3000/month, I knew that there was a business here.

jnbiche 11y ago

Thanks for the excellent resources, I'll look that up. > You should start that marketing now by providing a link to your project :). Well, I haven't even created the paid product at this point, it's still early in the game. Just trying to get a feel for the potentials.

gavinballard 11y ago
> Thanks for the excellent resources, I'll look that up. You're welcome! > Well, I haven't even created the paid product at this point, it's still early in the game. Just trying to get a feel for the potentials. Sure, but you're at the top of Hacker News right now and there's zero downside (and lots of upside) in getting your project in front of a bunch of developers. Even if they don't start using it right away, maybe it will stick in their minds and then six months down the track (when you do have a paid version) they'll Google it.

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mkarklins 11y ago

Thanks, didn't even know about Inspeqtor.

mperham 11y ago

Thanks for mentioning me. I'm happy to answer questions. You're absolutely right though: your project is only as valuable as the problem you are solving. When someone told me early on that switching from Resque to Sidekiq was saving them $3000/month, I knew that there was a business here.