“Very Simple Tool” Has Earned 10K Since September
Jun Peng WeiCreator of NiceShots $1400 estimated revenue Published April 11, 2024 by Fardeen KhanReviewed and edited by Niall Doherty Recent post from Jun Peng Wei (@wow_things) on Reddit…
A simple tool I created to help myself ended up earning me my first extra 10,000.
He writes…
Initially, I wasn’t a professional programmer, but since I started coding, I’ve been fascinated by the charm of creating something with my own hands.
Like many developers, I wanted to make my own “great product” like YouTube or Instagram.
I took many courses, read some books, and participated in a few startups. But a few years ago, I gave up on that idea.
The only quote I remembered from all the quotes was “Create something that helps others, starting with helping yourself.”
So he did…
My friends and I often changed wallpapers, but it took a lot of time to find a suitable one. So I created an app that updates wallpapers daily: TuKa Wallpaper
But it’s not the protagonist today because its impact wasn’t significant after release; I only made one language version.
The real protagonist was the idea that emerged while making TuKa Wallpaper.
I often needed to create beautiful mockups, hoping to make my app into a beautiful image to share on social media for marketing…
So, to make image editing easier, I developed a very simple tool…
That’s NiceShots.
Looks like he released that app last September 
Then, to Jun Peng’s surprise…
In the first few days after its release, with very little promotion, many people started using it, with the highest rank on the App Store reaching fifth place. It was even recommended by Apple a few times…
NiceShots has been downloaded over 30,000 times, and together with my first app, TuKa Wallpaper, it has generated over 10,000 in revenue for me.
He doesn’t say if that’s 10K USD or some other currency.
Best I can tell, Jun Peng is from China 
and 10K Chinese Yuan works out to about $1,400 USD.
The premium versions of his apps sell for $1-5 a pop.
If the average sale is only $2, he’d need 700 of those 30,000 free users to go premium to earn $1400 
Which is probably a realistic conversion rate (2.33%) for apps like that.
So this isn’t a huge success story for Jun Peng yet, but he’s well on his way 
And it’s another great example of how taking action leads to good things, even if the initial thing you take action on doesn’t work out.
Tuka Wallpaper was a bit of a flop for Jun Peng, but it gave him the idea for NiceShots, which will likely earn passive income for a long time to come 
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