MonitorPrices.org + KaiOS App Portfolio

"A portfolio of ~20 KaiOS mobile apps ($500-750/mo) plus an Amazon monitor comparison site with advanced filters ($125-250/mo)."
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monitorprices.org
Maker: woutr_be
$500-750/mo from KaiOS apps, $125-250/mo from MonitorPrices.org (explicitly stated: 'Does about $125 a month, maybe double if there's a creator reward campaign running')

Marketing Channels

Primary

KaiOS App Store (organic)

Apps distributed through the KaiOS ecosystem; small ecosystem means less competition and better organic discovery

Primary

Amazon Affiliate / Creator Rewards

MonitorPrices.org earns through Amazon affiliate commissions and creator reward campaigns

Ongoing

SEO

MonitorPrices.org captures search traffic from people looking for monitor prices and comparisons

Secondary

Hacker News

Shared progress on HN

Growth Levers

  • Continue building reusable Vue component library to rapidly ship new KaiOS apps at low marginal cost
  • Target underserved app ecosystems where competition is low and 'good enough' apps can win
  • Expand MonitorPrices.org to other product categories (keyboards, headphones, etc.) using the same filtering approach
  • Optimize MonitorPrices.org for SEO around monitor comparison and price tracking keywords
  • Leverage Amazon creator reward campaigns strategically to maximize affiliate revenue during promotional periods

First Customer Strategy

Discovered the KaiOS ecosystem through client work, then built apps for fun. The small KaiOS ecosystem meant good apps could stand out without heavy marketing. For MonitorPrices.org, built a niche Amazon product listing site with better filtering than Amazon itself provides, capturing organic search traffic.

Pricing Insight

KaiOS apps are ad-supported. MonitorPrices.org earns via Amazon affiliate commissions, with revenue doubling during Amazon creator reward campaigns. The combined portfolio approach ($625-1000/mo total) demonstrates how multiple small revenue streams add up.

New Market Opportunities

  • Underserved mobile OS ecosystems KaiOS ecosystem is small enough that good apps do well without heavy marketing, unlike iOS/Android where super polished apps and marketing are required to thrive
  • Niche Amazon product comparison sites MonitorPrices.org demonstrates the model of adding better filters on top of Amazon product listings, applicable to many product categories

Key Takeaways

  • • Targeting smaller, underserved ecosystems (KaiOS) can be more profitable per unit of effort than competing in saturated markets (iOS/Android)
  • • Building a reusable component library enables rapid, low-cost creation of multiple apps from a single codebase
  • • Multiple small revenue streams ($125-750/mo each) can combine into meaningful total income
  • • Amazon affiliate sites with genuinely better filtering than Amazon itself provides can earn through the utility they add
  • • Client work can lead to discovering profitable side-project opportunities in unexpected ecosystems

Sentiment Analysis

1 Pos

Notable Quotes

"This is interesting. Why did you pick KaiOS? If money was the goal, I guess iOS and Android would make more, isn't it? — akudha"
"I think their ecosystem is still small enough that good apps do well, whereas with iOS/Android you really have to build super polished apps and market them to thrive. — woutr_be"

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