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

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Almost free alternative for now http://talkbig.co

Seems like your idea under development seeing people ready to sell and buy apps and sites here ;)

Actually I has this idea a long back and I am working on it too http://sitesale.co/

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

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Proposal: I have the cash and reasonable business/tech experience, but not the bandwidth to run a "full-time side project" ( does that term make sense to anyone other than me? ). Would consider putting up capital to fund purchase and an initial operating budget if a willing and capable partner presents himself or herself to operate the site. I would take a "board of directors" - type role ( periodic advice and oversi…

Hi, Whats your email ? :)

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

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Greaterskies, http://greaterskies.com - sells posters of the sky, thousands of stars and all the planets as seen from a place and at a time. Selling PDF ($24) and printout. Seems to be getting popular as a wedding present, also for birthdays. Common lisp backend computing the posters, Python and Javascript for the rest. Very nice conversion rate, but I haven't found the time to work on improving the number of visits.

got a ballpark amount you'd sell for?

Would you mind contacting me by mail? I'd rather do this privately.

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

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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.

Could you post your contact info please?

You can find my info on the app page. Just email me at will [at] robbinsdev [dot] com

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

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http://doodlec.am/ I wish I had time to build it, but I don't. It's a simple idea, where we had moderately good execution and big ideas for the future. Future plans were to expand to Doodle Packs, with themed artwork (also for sale, perhaps). The image detection code (doodle placement) was pretty hacky but functional. The app has about 10,000 downloads, maybe 1,000 active (close to 0 marketing). I envisioned updating…

It'd be neat if it inserted real pictures, not just doodles.

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

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http://www.moredrunk.com - Lists alcohol from different bars and grocery stores in order of Alcohol Content/Price. Haven't touched it in over a year and the parser needs an update. Not a lot of traffic currently but perhaps has a high potential.

Typed in Walmart, got an instance crash: IndexError at / list index out of range Request Method: POST Request URL: http://www.moredrunk.com/ Django Version: 1.3.1 Exception Type: IndexError Exception Value: list index out of range Exception Location: /home/moredrunk/../moredrunk/views.py in PlacesList, line 117 Python Executable: /usr/bin/python Python Version: 2.7.1 Python Path: ['/home/moredrunk', '/usr/lib/python2…

I am aware. That was the "parser needs to be updated" part. Probably should have fixed it before posting! Thanks for looking.

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

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Proposal: I have the cash and reasonable business/tech experience, but not the bandwidth to run a "full-time side project" ( does that term make sense to anyone other than me? ). Would consider putting up capital to fund purchase and an initial operating budget if a willing and capable partner presents himself or herself to operate the site. I would take a "board of directors" - type role ( periodic advice and oversi…

Hi, Whats your email ? :)

Contact info sent

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

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The Big Eat http://www.thebigeat.com Menu and takeaway listings (mainly in the UK). Makes around $6,000 per year of Adsense. It's been fairly untouched since I started it in 2006. Has good pagerank for a lot of takeaway names. Costs are a Digital Ocean Droplet @ $5 a month = $60 per year.

I worked on this concept for a school project [1] for the US market and I like the simplicity a lot. Are businesses pretty responsive in claiming their takeaways? [1] http://imgur.com/GhLBvb4

They are completely unresponsive, at least in my experience.
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