[thomasht]

I run & operate a VPN company.

Found a niche that at least 600 people would pay me a monthly amount for, totalling nearly $3k a month. Costs are < $70 a month.

Everything is automated so it's probably less than an hour a week.

It was my learn how to code project that has become my basic income. All the money is funding my secondary project.

[awayitthrows]

I was considering doing this recently, to help people in my home country get around censorship blocks. I was wondering, however, have you run into issues where you've had to turn over log/account data to law enforcement due to terrorism/child pornography/etc?

[thomasht]

It's a single purpose VPN, so I've only whitelisted 5 sites.

[tuxxy]

I've always been curious about where these DIY operators market themselves. Where did you find marketing successful for you?

[thomasht]

Reddit. Word of mouth & now SEO would some mild success.

[ronyfadel]

I could be mistaken, but I believe I read your article on IndieHackers.com (Chrome extension etc..)? In all cases, kudos!

[thomasht]

Yes, you did.

Thanks!

[foodscraps]

Interesting! Any pointers or code you wouldn't mind sharing on how to do something like this myself? Thanks.

[thomasht]

Find a niche, build a product. A friend of mine realised that there's not much of a email testing platform.

4 months later, he released https://www.mailslurp.com