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I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by Imustaskforhelp »

chrneu wrote: post #16
stephenlf wrote: post #7

Absolutely insane way to start a business. “Let me blow 2 grand on a domain name. Not sure what it’s for, yet.”

I've been doing some version of this since college. ...holy shit that's almost 20 years. It started as a bit of a joke on the "That's a good band name" line. It became "That's a good domain name". Yes, I went to a stem college. Anyway, i've started 4 pretty decent businesses based entirely off that bit. My friends and I would be riffing out behind the pizza place/bar we frequented, someone would say something and the…

Very interesting, I feel like domain names definitely have values but I don't know much about domain names that much but how do you buy or sell hundreds of domains?

I found websites/newsletters like https://ungrabbed.com/

Personally It would be interesting to see some domain names for cheap and if I have an idea, I can perhaps have domain name for cheap or something similar to it but I don't really know if I should go into this hobby perhaps and no guarantees that I would but I am curious about resources basically and I wish if you can tell me more about it

I feel like the issue I feel as if is that most domains would just be parked in there or would be sold for losses perhaps.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by NuclearPM »

chrneu wrote: post #16
stephenlf wrote: post #7

Absolutely insane way to start a business. “Let me blow 2 grand on a domain name. Not sure what it’s for, yet.”

I've been doing some version of this since college. ...holy shit that's almost 20 years. It started as a bit of a joke on the "That's a good band name" line. It became "That's a good domain name". Yes, I went to a stem college. Anyway, i've started 4 pretty decent businesses based entirely off that bit. My friends and I would be riffing out behind the pizza place/bar we frequented, someone would say something and the…

> Yes, I went to a stem college.

I don’t understand this.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by Imustaskforhelp »

johnfn wrote: post #17
bell-cot wrote: post #13

233 points and 89 comments back in 2022 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32053044

It got over 3000 back in 2019!! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132

I feel as if 3000 definitely is one of the most highest rates

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=1&prefix=false&qu...

I checked and its the 47th most upvoted post in all of hackernews. (Btw each algolia page gives 30 articles so it could've been simpler for me if I didn't manually read till 30 :) but yea, hope it gives some context)

47th most upvoted story is wild but so true. I feel like although we might upvote AI and what not posts in HN which can casually reach 1000+ at times. Deep down what really sells us more isn't AI but rather a fever dream of sorts that one sells onions and maybe the freedom we attach to it

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by Imustaskforhelp »

eightturn wrote: post #34
derektank wrote: post #6

Peter appears to still be at it.[1] Very impressed by his commitment to the bit. [1] https://xcancel.com/searchbound/status/1996247844080996549#m

peter here... we're still at it... entering our 12th(?) year

Hey good to see here!

I have a quick question if I may ask but your whole journey and even the article starts with the "I’M ADDICTED TO DOMAIN NAMES" / Addiction to domain names.

So I am wondering was there anything specific that caused this "addiction" (in a good way?) perhaps and has the addiction stopped after www.vidaliaonions.com/ or is it still continuing?

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by bigstrat2003 »

breadchris wrote: post #14

This feels like a relevant wiki page to mention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_Futures_Act

Very interesting page, left me with a lot of mixed feelings after I read it. First, it seems like the biggest issue was not onion futures per se, but manipulating the market. It seems like banning onion futures was just a band-aid while ignoring the true cause. Second, if it really is the case that onions' perishable nature caused the problem, why not at least extend the ban to all similarly perishable products? Again it seems like they attacked the symptom rather than the root cause. But those criticisms aside, I kind of love that the government back then was willing to shut down shady money making schemes from finance bros. That would never happen in America today, so that part was pretty cool.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by MrSomeone »

NuclearPM wrote: post #35
chrneu wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been doing some version of this since college. ...holy shit that's almost 20 years. It started as a bit of a joke on the "That's a good band name" line. It became "That's a good domain name". Yes, I went to a stem college. Anyway, i've started 4 pretty decent businesses based entirely off that bit. My friends and I would be riffing out behind the pizza place/bar we frequented, someone would say something and the…

> Yes, I went to a stem college. I don’t understand this.

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
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