wa-automate-nodejs

Love your hybrid model via gumroad! I do something similar for my own open-source project https://github.com/open-wa/wa-automate-nodejs There should be some sort of support group for those of us trying to monetize (sans donations) our open source projects!

Almost all npm packages are open and the code available in Github - so if npm package maintainers are not being policed then it's the community's fault for leeching and not looking into the code. I run an install script for my package [0], this install script forces 2 lines in users' .gitignore files to prevent EXTREMELY sensitive data being committed into a public repo - despite me telling everyone in the community to not commit these files on god-knows how many occasions. I do this because I care about my users and I know if I tried some funny business then they would rightly call me out for it - NOT "because I'm allowed to". [0] - https://github.com/open-wa/wa-automate-nodejs/blob/0ba7d6850...

Hi HN: Here's the link to the code snippet and screenshot which got scrubbed from the submission link: https://github.com/open-wa/wa-automate-nodejs/issues/98#issu... Thanks

You can use a platform like otechie. There people are required to put in their card details before starting a conversation. This is what I do with open-wa (https://github.com/open-wa/wa-automate-nodejs#support) Because I sell license keys to unlock features, it allows me to provide generalized support and quick bug fixes via the discord for everyone for free. If people need help with integration in their specific code base then that's when I ask them to go through the "consulting route" - if it's quick they use otechie. If it's more involved (1+ days) then we work out a contract arrangement. I hardly get any clients through these means but it does put a clear value on my time which results in the community appreciating the time and effort into the project and the real time support (via discord).

Due to this crisis, I have kinda become full time open source maintainer. The good thing is a while ago I paywalled some features and monetize new ones - or more accurately unlock features for donators. The main one I maintain is one used to automate Whatsapp [0], I manage license keys through Gumroad[1] and donations through Buy me a coffee[2]. I'm happy with the amount I'm getting right now but it's definitely not a lot. One cool thing about doing this is that due to the nature of maintaining a project like this, I end up being the most competent at building products with it. This in turn leads to my discord community asking me to build ideas and I've selected one to build and monetize (still WIP). So it might end up being quite lucrative. [0] https://github.com/open-wa/wa-automate-nodejs [1] https://gum.co/BTMt [2] https://www.buymeaco

As maintainer of https://github.com/open-wa/wa-automate-nodejs Every needs to be incredibly careful of being phished of their WhatsApp web logins. Also, WhatsApp does not respect message integrity regardless of e2e encryption. They WILL mutate your message if required.