From Side Business to Main Business: An Independent Developer’s Entrepreneurial Journey
How would you feel when you devote yourself to a side project and this gadget is shared by 2.5 million users? In this issue, we will follow the independent developer RUAJPL to understand how he gradually embarked on the road of full-time entrepreneurship from a small network tool combination.
RUAJPL's success did not happen overnight. His two most successful projects, the DNS lookup tool and the ISP checker, had 250,000 monthly unique user visits, but they were not enough to make a living when he decided to go full-time. So what made him decide to quit his job and pursue these projects full-time?
“Entrepreneurship has always interested me,” RUAJPL said. As early as ten years old, he ran a school tabloid with his friends. Although his income was minimal at the time, this experience gave him a strong interest in running websites. During high school and college, he tried many passion projects, but most of them fell flat.
However, RUAJPL did not give up. He realized that if he wanted to make a living at it, he had to pick one thing and stick with it. As a result, he began to evaluate his project ideas and finally chose Internet gadgets as his entrepreneurial direction.
In the process of starting a business, RUAJPL encountered many challenges. His first prototype was too complex and was swamped by technical problems before it was even released. Undeterred, he started from scratch and made a new version using simpler techniques. He took a lot of shortcuts to get the game into production as quickly as possible, but it ended up taking months to perfect.
For RUAJPL, the process of starting a business is full of hardships and challenges. But he always firmly believes that as long as he keeps working hard and looking for opportunities, he will be able to succeed. His story tells us: No matter how many difficulties you encounter, never give up on your dreams and pursuits.
Now, RUAJPL has devoted itself full-time to its own project and has achieved certain results. Although profits have not reached his previous salary level, he is full of confidence in the future. He plans to continue to increase search traffic and look for additional monetization opportunities.
On the road to entrepreneurship, RUAJPL has learned many valuable experiences. He realized that effort and results don't always go hand in hand; sometimes small changes can have a huge impact. Therefore, he advises other entrepreneurs who want to start a business or are just starting out to develop a sense of looking for low-effort, high-return opportunities, which is more effective than blindly working hard.
Finally, RUAJPL shared his future plans: continue to compete for search traffic while shifting focus to increasing revenue per visitor. He believes that as long as he persists, he will be able to make this industry sustainable.
The story of RUAJPL is one of passion, challenge and persistence. His experience tells us: No matter how many difficulties we encounter, never give up on our dreams and pursuits. As long as we face challenges bravely and keep looking for opportunities, we will surely succeed!
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