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Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month

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Post by muthdra » Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 4:58 PM UTC

ca98am79 wrote: post #26

mef wrote: post #22

His hn profile: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ca98am79 Other projects, including what appears to be an initiative to start a new religion? ( http://consciousness.io/ ) http://humb.ly/projects.html

Haha yes - that's my new religion based on consciousness. I thought there needed to be more innovation in religion, so I started one

That looks like a branch of Deboísmo.

Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month

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Post by tobltobs » Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 5:05 PM UTC

elorant wrote: post #14

paulpauper wrote: post #10

You backorder the domain. If we get it and you are the only bidder, you pay $99 and the domain is yours. lol then why bother paying $99. just pick it up from any registrar for $9 after it drops

Because you won't be quick enough to order it, unless you start writing some scripts which isn't viable if you only want a couple of domains. The premium is to guarantee peace of mind. I also find it expensive but I can see its merits.

The times when a script was enough are long gone. You wouldn't even get a good ccTLD with a script anymore. You also require direct access to the registry which usually only domain registrars have. However, you might be able to catch one of those new generic TLDs with a script.

Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month

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Post by jfoster » Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 5:06 PM UTC

cwilkes wrote: post #25

Shank wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, a squatter buys domains and holds them. Park.io lets you buy a domain that's going to expire before it expires and transfer it to you and charge you if and only if it registers it before it gets sold. Some of these domains ( https://app.park.io/domains/view/algorithmic.ly ) actually look pretty neat, and I could totally see this being a good market to be in.

So it mostly services domain squatters.

Isn't it the opposite? Rather than buying from the squatters, it encourages people to "wait out" the squatters using Park.io. To me, it seems that damages the squatting business model.

Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month

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Post by Tinyyy » Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 5:06 PM UTC

I don't understand how this can survive in the long run - what's stopping someone else from setting up an identical service at lower prices? There is literally no lock in because users can sign up for multiple services and potentially pay a lower price (depends on which one snags the domain).

Or is the technology behind that unique?

Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month

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Post by 20years » Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 5:08 PM UTC

I don't understand some of the negative comments here. This guy built a million dollar business in a year providing a service that people want to pay for. He did it all on his own with no other co-founders or employees. I say "Congrats!"

Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month

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Post by proksoup » Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 5:13 PM UTC

ca98am79 wrote: post #26

mef wrote: post #22

His hn profile: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ca98am79 Other projects, including what appears to be an initiative to start a new religion? ( http://consciousness.io/ ) http://humb.ly/projects.html

Haha yes - that's my new religion based on consciousness. I thought there needed to be more innovation in religion, so I started one

As far as religions go it doesn't seem too bad at first glance.

I like it.

My current favorite quote about religion is from the pianist Seymour Bernstein (in the latest Documentary about him, from Ethan Hawke, titled "Seymour: An Introduction):

"I don't call it god, I call it a spiritual reservoir. Most people don't tap that resource of the god within. What upsets me about religion is that the answers always seem to be apart from us, in the form of a deity and we depend on the deity for salvation, but I firmly believe it is within us."

The externality, taking someone's individuality and telling them that it's something apart from them, that they don't control it, is also my largest concern with religion and the thing that needs to innovated on. I think your conciousness.io fits that bill ... Would be curious to hear if my assessment is incorrect though.

Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month

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Post by asdfologist » Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 5:16 PM UTC

Jealousy and cognitive dissonance. This guy is more successful than them, so clearly he's done something bad.

Welcome to HN: home of the insecure narcissists who like to argue over programming languages, humblebrag about their gifted childhoods, and prove that they're superior to anyone more successful than them.

Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month

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Post by pbreit » Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 5:21 PM UTC

Tinyyy wrote: post #34

I don't understand how this can survive in the long run - what's stopping someone else from setting up an identical service at lower prices? There is literally no lock in because users can sign up for multiple services and potentially pay a lower price (depends on which one snags the domain). Or is the technology behind that unique?

If you think such a thing that easy, you should do it. But it aint.

Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month

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Post by milcron » Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 5:26 PM UTC

ca98am79 wrote: post #26

mef wrote: post #22

His hn profile: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ca98am79 Other projects, including what appears to be an initiative to start a new religion? ( http://consciousness.io/ ) http://humb.ly/projects.html

Haha yes - that's my new religion based on consciousness. I thought there needed to be more innovation in religion, so I started one

Reminds me of http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/10/religion-for-the-nonreligious....

Re: Park.io – automating tasks to make $125k per month

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Post by pbreit » Sun, Sep 25, 2016, 5:27 PM UTC

paulpauper wrote: post #10

You backorder the domain. If we get it and you are the only bidder, you pay $99 and the domain is yours. lol then why bother paying $99. just pick it up from any registrar for $9 after it drops

Domains usually don't fall back into the "available". A squatter will frequently pick up an expired domain under the assumption that a once-owned domain might have value.