Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

#1

Post by marcamillion » Tue, Feb 27, 2018, 10:09 PM UTC

What service have you always wanted someone to provide, product have you always wanted someone to build, skill you have always wanted someone to teach you, that you would pay $10,000 today for?

Please don't say random things, especially if you don't have $10,000 to spend right now. The whole idea of this question is to try to potentially discover value and to price out those that want "Snapchat for dogs for $500".

Edit 1: Requests like "Lifetime Access for" also don't qualify as viable responses....for obvious reasons.

Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

#2

Post by WingH » Tue, Feb 27, 2018, 10:24 PM UTC

I would pay $10,000 for an API that gives me the Linkedin company updates for any single company.

I would pay $10,000 for an API that gives me real-time Asian news (Korean, Japanese, Chinese) content that matches a keyword.

I would pay $10,000 for an API that classifies an article into a topic such as politics, tech, etc.

I would pay $10,000 for an API that shows me the annual/monthly trends for FB likes, Twitter followers, Instagram followers, and App Store downloads for public companies that are in the equity market so I can analyze these companies and buy/sell prior to earnings.

I would pay $10,000 for an API that gives me a stream of Instagram updates that have a certain keyword.

I would pay $10,000 for an API that gives me the social metrics, given an Instagram handle.

And yes, I work in the social marketing industry :)

Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

#3

Post by ztratar » Tue, Feb 27, 2018, 10:31 PM UTC

WingH wrote: post #2

I would pay $10,000 for an API that gives me the Linkedin company updates for any single company. I would pay $10,000 for an API that gives me real-time Asian news (Korean, Japanese, Chinese) content that matches a keyword. I would pay $10,000 for an API that classifies an article into a topic such as politics, tech, etc. I would pay $10,000 for an API that shows me the annual/monthly trends for FB likes, Twitter fol…

I don't feel like any of these ideas are worth $10k to most people, to be perfectly honest.

10k for a LI api to a company page? I don't get it.

Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

#4

Post by WingH » Tue, Feb 27, 2018, 10:32 PM UTC

ztratar wrote: post #3

WingH wrote: post #2

I would pay $10,000 for an API that gives me the Linkedin company updates for any single company. I would pay $10,000 for an API that gives me real-time Asian news (Korean, Japanese, Chinese) content that matches a keyword. I would pay $10,000 for an API that classifies an article into a topic such as politics, tech, etc. I would pay $10,000 for an API that shows me the annual/monthly trends for FB likes, Twitter fol…

I don't feel like any of these ideas are worth $10k to most people, to be perfectly honest. 10k for a LI api to a company page? I don't get it.

You are most likely right, but OP was asking what was worth $10K to me personally, not what I thought would be worth $10K to others :)

Just giving my domain-specific 2 cents.

Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

#5

Post by gesman » Tue, Feb 27, 2018, 10:37 PM UTC

Link analysis visualization

Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

#6

Post by cm2012 » Tue, Feb 27, 2018, 11:20 PM UTC

Leads I can resell for $11,000. Sounds like a copout answer, but I basically pay Facebook $XXXk a month to do just that.

Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

#7

Post by skate22 » Tue, Feb 27, 2018, 11:33 PM UTC

Lifetime unrestricted high speed data plan with global coverage

Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

#8

Post by marcamillion » Tue, Feb 27, 2018, 11:46 PM UTC

WingH wrote: post #2

I would pay $10,000 for an API that gives me the Linkedin company updates for any single company. I would pay $10,000 for an API that gives me real-time Asian news (Korean, Japanese, Chinese) content that matches a keyword. I would pay $10,000 for an API that classifies an article into a topic such as politics, tech, etc. I would pay $10,000 for an API that shows me the annual/monthly trends for FB likes, Twitter fol…

Hi WingH, Can you update your profile with contact info, for anyone that would like to contact you about potentially providing any of the above.

Thanks.

Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

#9

Post by hitsurume » Tue, Feb 27, 2018, 11:46 PM UTC

I'd pay $10,000 per eye to fix my crappy eyesight, its so bad that Lasik isn't an option for me.

I'd pay $10,000 for a self driving car, because I have crappy eyesight and can't actually drive a car.

Re: Ask HN: What would you pay $10,000 for right now?

#10

Post by marcamillion » Tue, Feb 27, 2018, 11:47 PM UTC

cm2012 wrote: post #6

Leads I can resell for $11,000. Sounds like a copout answer, but I basically pay Facebook $XXXk a month to do just that.

Definitely a copout :)

Can you explain a bit more....do you have a way of gathering those leads now? A way that can potentially be automated?