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

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http://controlc.com - I still believe in the project but I simply dont have the bandwidth to get into desktop development for osx/win any more. http://tinywhois.com - A pretty simple whois site that can do lookups by url, ie http://tinywhois.com/ycombinator.com or http://tinywhois.com/8.8.8.8

I like the design for tinywhois. It looks great. How many queries can it handle per day?

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

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I'm not interested in buying any of them I'm afraid, but I just wanted to say that your website (shazow.net) and your projects are all very impressive. You have a readable style of writing and a good eye for simplicity. Thanks for putting it out there :)

Thank you for the kind words! I have a few more projects in the pipeline that I've been reluctant to publicize, but now I'm suddenly feeling more motivated, ha. :)

Do it!

Unless you're reluctant because they need a cleanup, in which case, do that, and then post in next month's thread ;)

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

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I have a bunch of projects I built up which I consider "done" as far as I'm concerned, but at the same time they're basically free to run (AppEngine in the free tier) so I'm always reluctant to sell... I do wish there were people who wanted to take one of these and build them out to the "next level". - http://www.tweepsect.com/ - Gets 300,000~600,000 pageviews per month (about 1/6 uniques), makes a couple hundred buc…

http://www.tweepsect.com/ - is blocked in Russia

These idiots banned a/the cloudflare endpoint.

[1] http://antizapret.info/index.php --- see for yourself (108.162.196.104)

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

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I'm bored. The technical side is done and now it needs a sales guy to make it successful.

dude! don't sell it. find a partner. the next retirement wave (i.e. lots of RVing) is just beginning. this is a huge opportunity.

I think this next retirement wave is dead broke.

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

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I recently listed one of my apps (a quirky photo effects app) for sale on flippa. Mostly out if curiosity to see if there is a market for that sort of thing https://flippa.com/3061163-quirky-ios-photo-app-with-5-000-f...

App link here https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rainbow-puke!-gold-vomit-las...

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

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1. Android app that compiles report of billable hours spent talking on phone or texting. Intended for lawyers. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bxtel.com.call...

2. Daily deals aggregator and deal wallet. Built on Django. www.pocketpiggy.com (i just took this offline this morning :/ )

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

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Just out curiosity, how much are you expecting to get for a site like that? I really have not clue how to calculate something like this. Hope it's not rude to ask :)

Here is the problem with valuing a business like this... It's my business so I know that revenue has actually risen year-on-year since I set it up (and on just looking is actually $9,000 a year) So for me, I know that I couldn't take less than $40k for it. Since I'd never earn anything like that return on that amount of money elsewhere, even assuming revenue sits static for 5 years. On the other hand, who in their ri…

Option D is exactly what InternetBrands is[1]. In short they own VBulletin, a bunch of niche forums (eg Fitfreaks, a Honda Fit forum), paid listing sites (Teen Summer Camp) and buy out "medium" sites that have a predictable revenue stream that requires almost no code updates.

I interviewed there and it's pretty much an internet sweatshop, (read any Glassdoor review) and the sites run everything from LAMP to VB/Frontpage MS Access DB. They burn through employees at a quick clip and outsource everything to Romania and Mexico.

[1] http://www.internetbrands.com

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