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Text a photo, send a postcard service

A service where customers text a photo and a physical postcard is mailed. Built with a web framework and an SMS API, and paid per postcard.

At a glance
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Category
Software and appsLow confidence
40% sure
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Earns from
One-time sales
79% sure
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Startup cost (estimate)
$100 to $1kLow confidence
50% sure
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Time it takes (estimate)
Hands-off
81% sure
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Where
Online
86% sure
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Coding
Needs coding
98% sure
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Source
Hacker NewsComment by jastr in “Ask HN: What was your best passive income in 2016?”, December 11, 2016

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