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hotdogsalesman··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell
Bing responds quickly to keyword and page structure optimization. Google depends more on accumulated trust signals, so we rank higher on Bing for now.
hotdogsalesman··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell
Just inbound for now. We haven’t really launched yet. Most customers find us on bing.
hotdogsalesman··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell
I had medical debt to dispute, which requires certified mail. Every time the debt was resold I had to print, sign, stuff an envelope, and go to the post office again.

I built it so people could push back without the logistics.

Then I realized that nobody wants to deal with mailing at all and certified mail is used for way more than debt disputes, so I expanded it into a general legal-notice service.

hotdogsalesman··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell
https://lob.com handles printing/mailing
hotdogsalesman··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell
Fixed, thanks!
hotdogsalesman··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell
kitecourier.com - the end-to-end certified mail platform that makes sending legal notices as easy as sending email.

Revenue is very spiky. Some months ~$10k, some ~$100.

Inspired by this Patrick McKenzie thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7135833

Certified mail is weirdly powerful leverage. I decided to productize that.

hotdogsalesman··on Show HN: Ten years of running every day, visualized
pk usually means publishable key - should be fine