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Making $10k in a weekend selling emoji email addresses - Ben Stokes, Tiny Projects
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Jun 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Ben Stokes a full stack developer and entrepreneur based in Bristol in the UK, who's started an ice cream business and cookie dough business amongst other things. Ben, like many indie hackers, has a bunch of small side project ideas, but not enough time to do them. So he started Tiny Projects. Tiny Projects documents his progress with these small ideas, launching 6 projects since May last year, including One Item Store, which he sold, and his most recent, Mailoji, which has just crossed $10k in revenue.SponsorThank you to today's sponsor, VEED.io, who are hiring developers, designers, product people and more. So if you're looking to join a growing bootstrapper-friendly business, reach out to their CEO, Sabba (s@veed.io), or take a look at their published roles here.Get ad-free and extended conversations of the podcast with Indie Feast membership, for just £4 a month.What we covered in this episode:
Why Ben started an ice cream business
Buying an ice cream machine for £700 after a few pints
Growing a cookie dough business to £13k a month
Why Ben started Tiny Projects
The six projects he's worked on
How to sell a project for $5,000, that only made $2
Selling $10k of emoji domain names
How to go viral on hacker news
Recommendations
Book: Shoe Dog
Podcast: Product Journey
Indie Hacker: Alex West
Follow Ben
Twitter
Tiny Projects
Follow Me
Twitter
Indie Bites Twitter
Personal Website
Buy A Wallet
Why Ben started an ice cream business
Buying an ice cream machine for £700 after a few pints
Growing a cookie dough business to £13k a month
Why Ben started Tiny Projects
The six projects he's worked on
How to sell a project for $5,000, that only made $2
Selling $10k of emoji domain names
How to go viral on hacker news
Recommendations
Book: Shoe Dog
Podcast: Product Journey
Indie Hacker: Alex West
Follow Ben
Tiny Projects
Follow Me
Indie Bites Twitter
Personal Website
Buy A Wallet
Released:
Jun 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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