Ask HN: Can you profit from a browser extension?

There was a great session at Google IO about developer success stories within the Google apps marketplace. It is well worth a watch if you are looking for ways to make money within Gmail (particularly if your product targets businesses/business users).

Here is a link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnW_Y9nRiEY

Thanks very much!!!

There are several lifestyle projects (ie cashflow) that run solely as a plugin so yes, it can generate revenue. But most companies often run a plugin in conjunction with a website. It's rare for a company to be entirely nothing but a single plugin.

Agreed - this isn't a business so much as something that could generate cash on the side.

sure, secretly track everyone's data and sell it.

unless it's 1998 and the product is a pop-up blocker, no.