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Selling Tiny Internet Projects for Fun and Profit

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Re: Selling Tiny Internet Projects for Fun and Profit

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Post by almostarockstar »

ismayilzadan wrote: post #2

Any advice on actually finding the idea that is worth doing? I have a notion page with 20+ tiny ideas, but I still don't find any of them encouraging enough to spend time on. How to overcome this very first step?

I have two solutions for you that have served me well.

1. Don't wait for the right idea. Just build a less than ideal idea and iterate. More than likely you will gain insight that leads to a better idea along the way.

2. Copy somebody else's idea. Nobody executes perfectly, and no two founders will execute the same way. There is always room for competition.

Re: Selling Tiny Internet Projects for Fun and Profit

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Post by HighlandSpring »

codeisawesome wrote: post #3

I appreciate how open the dev is being and I like the article! But I have a moral annoyance towards username squatting, especially by folks who don’t actually participate in the network…

As far as sensitivities go, moral an annoyance is pretty good, no?

Re: Selling Tiny Internet Projects for Fun and Profit

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Post by jfoutz »

codeisawesome wrote: post #3

I appreciate how open the dev is being and I like the article! But I have a moral annoyance towards username squatting, especially by folks who don’t actually participate in the network…

Totally respect this. I'm curious about your thoughts about pizza/pizza on infogami:reddit. Is it better to make them public, till someone steals them? should they be disallowed?

early on, it's a free for all. grabbing the special names feels scummy, but I get why they're grabbed. Silent, ghost accounts, I don't feel are detrimental to the community. (but I'm totally open to education about why that sucks)

Re: Selling Tiny Internet Projects for Fun and Profit

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Post by admissionsguy »

> Giving your project to a stranger on the internet is risky, so we used escrow.com to make the transfer.

I sold a website on Flippa once. The buyer put the money on Escrow.com, I transferred everything over, and they went AWOL. What I found out is that there is no straightforward way to obtain the funds when it happens. Apparently there is no way at all except via the court system. Which would mean the only real protection Escrow gives is against the buyer going bankrupt (or using false identity, I suppose).

Fortunately, they came back several weeks later with some nonsensical excuse and closed the transaction, but I will never use Escrow.com again.

Re: Selling Tiny Internet Projects for Fun and Profit

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Post by samsquire »

ismayilzadan wrote: post #2

Any advice on actually finding the idea that is worth doing? I have a notion page with 20+ tiny ideas, but I still don't find any of them encouraging enough to spend time on. How to overcome this very first step?

I publish all my ideas online if you are interested. They're not really startup ideas though. They're just computer ideas I wish existed. Links in profile.

Re: Selling Tiny Internet Projects for Fun and Profit

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Post by artificial »

admissionsguy wrote: post #8

> Giving your project to a stranger on the internet is risky, so we used escrow.com to make the transfer. I sold a website on Flippa once. The buyer put the money on Escrow.com, I transferred everything over, and they went AWOL. What I found out is that there is no straightforward way to obtain the funds when it happens. Apparently there is no way at all except via the court system. Which would mean the only real pro…

Can you post a password protected zip then?
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