Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? 826 points by gajus 9 hours ago | hide | past | web | favorite | 366 comments This question was asked 2 years ago ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13326535 ) by mdoliwa, and I'm curious what it looks nowadays. > How many people on hacker news are running successful online businesses on their own? What is your business and how did you get started? > Defining successful as a profitable business which provides the majority of the owners income. bekman 5 hours ago I run a popular Quiz website. I make around $6,000 per month from Google adsense. I work between 2-3 hours a week usually posting quiz links on my Pinterest page. My only expense is hosting which is around $20 per month (Digital Ocean). I have never advertised my website and i...