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I made FiveStar [0], which was covered on TechCrunch [1] and it made ~$600 last month. Doesn't cost any money to run, so it just sits there. Not a fabulous success story, and traffic is decreasing, but $10 a day as passive income isn't awful.

[0] http://fivestar.io [1] http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/03/fivestar-finds-the-best-pro...




FiveStar is incredible, nice work. I just bought some stuff with it and had a quick but enjoyable experience.


Awesome, glad you like it!


I used this to buy a cheap rice cooker recently. I'm glad it's making you some cash.


cool site! well done =)

i did a search for sennheiser and got an excellent breakdown of headphones. also i don't mind that a price range can have two different options if they're far enough apart. that's a nice touch.


So how do you make money off your site?


I'd guess through Amazon affiliate links, which will pay out for every purchase that originated on the site. Very nice idea, and brilliant use of an affiliate scheme.


Yup, affiliate links. I get ~6% from every purchase via FiveStar, increasing with volume per month.


Should be affiliate links.




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