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EPISODE · Jun 14, 2021 · 16 MIN

Making $10k in a weekend selling emoji email addresses - Ben Stokes, Tiny Projects

from Indie Bites · host James McKinven

Ben Stokes a full stack developer and entrepreneur based in Bristol in the UK, who's started an ice cream business and cookie dough business amongst other things. Ben, like many indie hackers, has a bunch of small side project ideas, but not enough time to do them. So he started Tiny Projects. Tiny Projects documents his progress with these small ideas, launching 6 projects since May last year, including One Item Store, which he sold, and his most recent, Mailoji, which has just crossed $10k in revenue.SponsorThank you to today's sponsor, VEED.io, who are hiring developers, designers, product people and more. So if you're looking to join a growing bootstrapper-friendly business, reach out to their CEO, Sabba ([email protected]), or take a look at their published roles here.Get ad-free and extended conversations of the podcast with Indie Feast membership, for just £4 a month.What we covered in this episode:Why Ben started an ice cream businessBuying an ice cream machine for £700 after a few pintsGrowing a cookie dough business to £13k a monthWhy Ben started Tiny ProjectsThe six projects he's worked onHow to sell a project for $5,000, that only made $2Selling $10k of emoji domain namesHow to go viral on hacker newsRecommendationsBook: Shoe DogPodcast: Product JourneyIndie Hacker: Alex WestFollow BenTwitterTiny ProjectsFollow MeTwitterIndie Bites TwitterPersonal WebsiteBuy A Wallet

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Ben Stokes is the indie hacker behind Tiny Projects, where he shares the ups and downs of starting small indie businesses. He's created a ice cream business and a cookie dough business amongst other things and his most recent project, Mailoji, made $10k in a weekend. We speak about what it's like to be a founder running a physical business, how to sell your project, the joy in starting small things and how to go viral on hacker news.

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