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I have built, launched, and run Swappa http://swappa.com while having a day job. Revenues won't support me quitting yet (or anytime soon), but Swappa is profitable.

Seriously? Pay her.

Focus. Simplicity. Service. Price. Swappa is taking on eBay for re-selling Android devices... http://swappa.com Focus. Only fully functional, ready to activate Android devices are …

Nice looking site. Good luck!

Python * great community of really smart people * cross-platform consistency * great libraries and open-source * has Django * Google uses it * ...

Get something out there that people can use, quickly. Good luck.

Allow users to pay to upgrade to a "featured" listing or something like that.

Great idea. Great looking site.

Sounds like a good idea. Sent you an email about Swappa: http://swappa.com

Go Jackets.

I think it means he is not looking at you as a technical co-founder. He's looking at you as an early hire. From his point of view, he has the expertise, the money, the assets, etc.…

Thanks, me too!

I quietly launched Swappa, a marketplace for used Android devices, about a month ago. A buyer and seller connected for the very first sale this afternoon... a used Motorola Droid n…

Flippa.com is probably the best place to sell. Check out the other listings there to get an idea of how to "market" it...

I know, this was a big decision I went back and forth on. And I've read all the HN threads discussing whether or not to use it. I ended up going with Facebook connect because it's …

Swappa has just been launched as a better way to buy and sell gently used, fully functional Android devices. Thank you for feedback...

I once hacked an older hotel pay-per-view system by ordering a movie and rearranging/disconnecting wires while it was "activated". Had free soft-porn (and other movies) all week at…

Ferrets have paws.

I'm trying #2, the sell on Flippa (rather than eBay) approach: http://flippa.com/auctions/86405 Results are still pending. It's hard to sell a product/project without existing cust…

Saying Django is not appropriate for complex sites is just plain wrong. For whatever reason Django was just not a good fit for that author, but I think there's thousands of Djangon…