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Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

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Post by consta »

waleedka wrote: post #146

Website Screenshots: http://www.bitpixels.com Serves 40 million images a month. It can generate small thumbnails or large screenshots of full-length Web pages. It runs itself and I rarely touch it, but I don't have time to improve and monetize it.

Wow .. that is something I have been looking for quite some time. In the meantime I decided to make a custom solution, but yours seem to work way smoother.

- Do you cache images? If so, how long are they cached? - Are there any restrictions, beside adding the attribution link, for commercial usage?

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

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Post by waleedka »

ejb99 wrote: post #159
waleedka wrote: post #146

Website Screenshots: http://www.bitpixels.com Serves 40 million images a month. It can generate small thumbnails or large screenshots of full-length Web pages. It runs itself and I rarely touch it, but I don't have time to improve and monetize it.

Do you make anything form it now? What are you hoping to get for it? - and what stack are you using?

It's two parts: An App Engine/Python for the UI and user registration, and a Linux server for image capturing (Python, Javascript, RabbitMQ, ...etc.). At first we used popular libraries like Phantomjs, but eventually had to write our own to scale better.

I'm experimenting right now with moving the image capturing code to an App Engine managed VM to simplify things and make it scale easier.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

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Post by wrobbins »

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.RobbinsDev...

A very basic android game (no ads or purchases inside it) with about 400 downloads per day, 15k current installs. I know there's not much monetization potential but it could drive steady traffic somewhere. You could totally redo it and get some automatic ranking in the store. I would use the money to pay for college which is coming up in about 18 months.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

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Post by Nicholas_C »

clamprecht wrote: post #135
darrennix wrote: post #42

http://RVmenu.com is hotels.com for RV rentals. High conversion rate but very little traffic. Needs lots of SEO love.

Related, maybe an area to expand into: I've always thought an "AirBnb for RVs" made sense. How many people buy RVs, use them for a while, then let them sit for 20 years while they devalue? Just a thought.

Sounds like the problem people have with boats as well.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

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Post by waleedka »

consta wrote: post #171
waleedka wrote: post #146

Website Screenshots: http://www.bitpixels.com Serves 40 million images a month. It can generate small thumbnails or large screenshots of full-length Web pages. It runs itself and I rarely touch it, but I don't have time to improve and monetize it.

Wow .. that is something I have been looking for quite some time. In the meantime I decided to make a custom solution, but yours seem to work way smoother. - Do you cache images? If so, how long are they cached? - Are there any restrictions, beside adding the attribution link, for commercial usage?

Thank you. I cache images on App Engine. I have a simple API to force cache eviction (email me if you need it). There are no restrictions other than the attribution link.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

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Post by motionman »

I have a finished content sharing site which I had to shut down to focus on my other business. I still believe it's a great idea. Basically people submit content (pictures, videos, music. etc) related to six weekly topics. As you submit the topics you start filling your wedges in a game fashion.

The site is python based.

wehgee.com (placeholder site) https://erlibird.com/go/wehgee (screens) can provide more screens if anyone is interested

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

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Post by DanceInside »

ghempton wrote: post #162

https://deckepic.com - Cards Against Humanity meets your social graph. With a few clicks, generate a custom tailored deck for you and your friends based on Facebook data. Download a completely free version or pay for a printed version of your deck.

This is awesome. I was actually thinking of making a custom deck for my friends, but it would have been too time-consuming. But now...

Maybe you could start charging a modest sum for downloading the complete PDF file? I know I would totally pay for that.

Re: Ask HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

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Post by tobinharris »

BHSPitMonkey wrote: post #122
tobinharris wrote: post #46

http://yuml.me UML diagrams via a URL. 1,000,000 page views per year. We sell 2-3 enterprise licenses per year. Customers include Microsoft, Intel, Bose, Lockheed Martin and Yahoo. Struggling to find the time & energy to turn this hobby into a stronger business.

Do Microsoft and Yahoo know you're for sale?

I doubt it, but it would probably be good for them if it meant more regular updates.
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