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Preetam Nath
Personal blog · preetamnath.comstartupsbusinessprogramming
Preetam Nath's personal blog at preetamnath.com covers startups, business and programming. Since 2019, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 43 times, most often “How I grew my Shopify micro-SaaS to 2000 users in 40 days”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked as a follow-up on how a Shopify micro-SaaS acquired its users, and as the author's personal site and blog. No comment comments on the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Personal website and blog of Preetam Nath. I write about building SaaS businesses and living a good life. Thanks for visiting and say hi on Twitter if you like my stuff!
Most-linked posts?
- How I grew my Shopify micro-SaaS to 2000 users in 40 days2 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2019-06-06
- Making money building Shopify micro-SaaS apps2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-07-25
What Hacker News says?
I have 2 passive income generating projects! 1) I created a course called Learn Programmatic SEO. It's an excellent intro to SEO for someone new to the field, and it teaches the SEO approach through which companies like Canva, Zapier, Veed/Kapwing and others grew their search traffic to become $10-$100mn+ ARR generating companies. https://preetamnath.com/programmatic-seo The course was made in Feb 2021, I spent a we…
Comment linking /habit-tracker-template
on “Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2021 – Show and tell”Submitted Fire your bad customers as a story · 393 points
HN discussionhttps://www.preetamnath.com I haven't been active much recently on account of having burnt myself out during the pandemic years with work and writing. But here are some of my favourite pages: Micro SaaS guide: https://www.preetamnath.com/micro-saas Programmatic SEO: https://www.preetamnath.com/programmatic-seo Why you should write: https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/why-you-should-write
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on “Ask HN: Share your personal site”Submitted Making money building Shopify micro-SaaS apps as a story · 247 points
HN discussionI have two such side projects that run almost passively, neither is an app though. 1- An extremely simple habit tracker spreadsheet template that I also use myself - https://www.preetamnath.com/habit-tracker-template Makes ~$100/mo but this month it's on track to make $200, probably due to new year's enthusiasm? 2- Learn Programmatic SEO, a straightforward course to help people identify repeatable keyword patterns a…
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on “Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2022 – Show and tell”Submitted Why you should write as a story · 231 points
HN discussionI'm probably biased, but you can build a Shopify app and have a very, very high chance at earning $1k or $1.5k per month within 12 months. Here's a list of ideas that I researched last year, if it helps. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Hnpcl1VAlPC9MuFvvsl2... If you do decide to go this path, I've written a guide from my experience that might help you get things off the ground. https://www.preetamnath.com/bl…
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on “Ask HN: How do I reach making $1-1.5k/mo in 13 months?”Submitted How I grew my Shopify micro-SaaS as a story · 139 points
HN discussionHey! I understand the position you're at. Wrote a guide[1] previously about how to find customers and talk to them. To summarize: 1. You'll find users for product feedback the same way you'll find customers to pay for your product. 2. Look for manual, non-scalable ways to get your first set of users and feedback. Don't do anything passive like joining an email list etc. Direct message, because you want conversations…
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on “Ask HN: Where do you find potential customers to validate your idea / MVP?”Submitted Together vs. Alone: Thoughts on building a team as a story · 74 points
HN discussionOh jeez, I'm reading everyone's posts and I'm feeling shy to post mine since I'm not doing anything cool. Here goes nothing... I quit my job in January this year with no business but the thought that I must start, I can't work jobs anymore. I built and marketed a simple micro-saas for Shopify ecosystem together with my co-founder. He handles tech, I do design and marketing. We both do customer support. App was launc…
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on “Ask HN: What are you working on?”Submitted Build a Minimum Loveable Product as a story · 48 points
HN discussionI was curious about how they acquired users and found this: https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/shopify-micro-saas-growth
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on “How I grew my Shopify micro-SaaS”Submitted How I grew my Shopify micro-SaaS to 2000 users in 40 days as a story · 6 points
HN discussionHey all! My friend and I actually created this tiny habit tracker app that's focused on simplicity and getting out of your way. It's called DailyHabits and it's in early-bird access today. Do share your thoughts :) https://www.preetamnath.com/habit-tracker-app
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on “Ask HN: What (side-)project are you working on?”Submitted Building your first micro-SaaS app on Shopify as a story · 5 points
HN discussionHey! I've written extensively about my experience building a Shopify app. Check it out, hope it helps :) https://www.preetamnath.com/blog/building-your-first-micro-s...
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on “The Ecommerce Surge”Submitted Startups are a complex multivariable equation as a story · 4 points
HN discussionHey OP, I'd highly recommend adding info product to your list of ways in which you could earn a few hundred dollars online. I run both apps and info products. For earning a few hundred, info products are infinitely easier, usually take a one-time upfront effort and have little to no maintenance, bugs etc. to fix. In your case, an info product could be a short course on a very specific skill that you have, maybe rela…
Comment linking /programmatic-seo
on “Ask HN: Has anyone here successfully earning side income from an app?”Submitted Adjusting to Life in a Pandemic as a story · 4 points
HN discussionhttps://www.preetamnath.com/ and https://www.preetamnath.com/blog I wish to write more often
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal website here?”Submitted Lessons learned from growing 27 years young as a story · 3 points
HN discussionMy personal blog: I don't write as often as I used to. Something I'm still finding my way back to after burnout. https://preetamnath.com
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on “Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?”Submitted Flexible Consistency: Combining Contrasting Values as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSo glad you asked this question, thanks! One of my favorite projects and one that keeps bringing me joy is my online course on Programmatic SEO. Created in January 2021, after the initial 5-digit launch sales, i didn't work on the course or make any updates and just kinda left it. The course has been making >$500/mo in fully passive income. I love it more than the SaaS product I run even though that makes >50x more…
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on “Ask HN: What is the best income stream you have created till date?”Submitted SEO vs. Social Media Marketing as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Obsession is a sprint, life is a marathon as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Long Haul in Entrepreneurship as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Focus on what you can control as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Show HN: Simple habit tracker built using Google Sheets as a story · 2 points
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