Buy My Side Project
Web and SaaS
marketplace for side projects
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
4 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 18 critical, out of 36 comments about the project. Thread score -0.32.
Execution: 0 for, 9 againstIdea: 0 for, 4 againstPricing: 1 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun idea and good to see it
From 2 comments
I love this! Keep it up!
lovetocode on HNNice Job It would be interesting to see how many hits u got from hackernews and how many you converted
mikesabbagh on HN
Objections
Listings lack financials and revenue data
From 3 comments
If anyone is seriously looking to buy a project, they care how much revenue it currently generates. Even if that number is zero, and you are just buying the code, buyers need to…
codingdave on HNYeah, 30k for a side project is a lot of money if literally the only thing on the site is two screenshots. I’d even call it laughable.
Aeolun on HNOf course not, but I’ve seen similar concepts before. And they all list some information about the business (especially monthly income) that are very relevant.
Aeolun on HN
Security issues: XSS and clickjacking on listing pages
From 2 comments
Maybe do some basic sanitisation? https://buymysideproject.com/startups/scriptalert1script
nannal on HNYeah, is like some site creators have learned nothing about the Google blacklist, having user content on your main site is risky. I could include ANY js file into their main page…
emayljames on HN
Submission form returned 500 errors
From 3 comments
Great solution, I've been thinking about how to sell my side-project the past couple weeks. POST request to 'https://buymysideproject.com/new' is throwing a 500 btw.
jenkins6g on HNGetting 500 when submitting a new project :'(
HatchedLake721 on HNIf you leave it blank it also 500s.
the_gipsy on HN
Will get spammy without domain verification
From 1 comment
Perhaps it would make sense to do domain verification? Otherwise I think it'll get quickly become super spammy.
bdcravens on HN
Requests
Add bidding and acceptance to the site
From 1 comment
The most valuable thing you could do is add bidding and acceptance to the site. Obviously a lot more work, but if you’re serious that’s the way to make your own value and give…
vessenes on HN
Show revenue and traffic data on listings
From 2 comments
If anyone is seriously looking to buy a project, they care how much revenue it currently generates. Even if that number is zero, and you are just buying the code, buyers need to…
codingdave on HNAnd I would add some idea of usage. If the project has no revenue but some traffic / traction that is much different than code running on a development server.
davidgh on HN
Hide seller emails from scrapers
From 1 comment
The public plaintext emails are not a good idea. Scrapers will gobble these up and spam those emails into oblivion. At least put them behind a captcha.
razorfen on HN
Questions
Has anything sold yet?
From 2 comments
Have you sold anything yet ?
galuggus on HNI don't know to be honest. Potential buyers can directly email sellers, so I'm not involved in the conversations (if there are any). But I think I'll email sellers in a few days…
raunometsa on HN
Would you sell BuyMySideProject itself?
From 2 comments
Would you like to sell BuyMySideProject?
sokoloff on HNMaybe!
raunometsa on HN
Alternatives named
Flippa
From 2 comments
Check out flippa.com
dplgk on HNTo add an example, flippa.com is a similar marketplace and it displays financials and even integrated Google Analytics data from websites for sale.
tdeck on HN
MicroAcquire
From 1 comment
Seen this startup acquisition marketplace? https://microacquire.com/
norsak on HN
Side Projectors
From 1 comment
I run this one. https://www.sideprojectors.com
sideproject on HN