--- title: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension! (+ December 2021... description: After 2 months of beta program, the total free users was ~9,800. That’s not a small audience at all, and the success of the beta program and the launch are... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-make-3k-mo-from-a-browser-extension-december-2021-updates--17rzbia75 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension! (+ December 2021 updates) | daily.dev og:description: After 2 months of beta program, the total free users was ~9,800. That’s not a small audience at all, and the success of the beta program and the launch are... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-make-3k-mo-from-a-browser-extension-december-2021-updates--17rzbia75 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/17rZbia75.png og:image:alt: I make $3K/mo from a browser extension! (+ December 2021 updates) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I make $3K/mo from a browser extension! (+ December 2021 updates) **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 1 min read · 111 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary After 2 months of beta program, the total free users was ~9,800. That’s not a small audience at all, and the success of the beta program and the launch are heavily affected by the existing audience I have. Free users require a lot of resources to serve (server cost, support, etc.), but there are a lot. of potentials to convert people to paid customers. The launch announcement also helps to gather more attention/support. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@alfreddagenais** · 3 upvotes > Thank you to follow up on strategies and marketing. This will help others to progress into their own business. And one other thing, it is very helpful with your transparent numbers. Thank you again to sharing this **@tegarsabila** · 0 upvotes > Nice **@explosion** · 0 upvotes > TL;DR: Marketing strategy for the Blackmagic chrome extension which helps people use twitter ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devtools](https://daily.dev/tags/devtools), [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/i-make-3k-mo-from-a-browser-extension-december-2021-updates--17rzbia75) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"I make $3K/mo from a browser extension! 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