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What site is that? :)


I knew someone would ask. Sorry but I’m not gonna reveal it, don’t want competition.

I will say it’s been online for over a decade, information rich, with affiliate lead generation as the main source of income.


Hah! But great work otherwise then. But did it start out as a hobby, or was it entirely planned as a business?


It was planned as a business from the start. I was running a different site that started as a hobby, and one of the affiliate links was performing well even though it wasn’t highly targeted to the audience. I knew there was a biz opportunity there.


If it's the Milliondollarhomepage.com then it isn't quite living up to its legacy ;)


Actually, the founder of that site started calm.com - which is valued at over $1 billion now. Not too shabby


Why on Earth would you tell anyone here that?

I'm actually quite amazed at most of the Show HN posts with commercial products. Unless you are actually aiming towards developer or software shop dollars the risk/reward seems incredibly off kilter.


exactly, this is a forum full of technically minded entrepreneurs, many of whom are looking for ideas.




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