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In response to the domain-swap thread today (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1794289), I created this simple app in a few hours' time:

http://hntrades.com/

You can list domain names that you have for sale/trade, and send messages within the site to other users. I'll be adding email notifications and some other basic functionality shortly.

I kept the domain name generic thinking it might be nice to list books or computer equipment available for trade as well.

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eof
care to talk about the development platform? (just curious)
there
php on a rails-like mvc that i wrote
jacquesm
That sounds like a project worth releasing.
csomar
hmm, I'm interested on such frameworks. Any Github?
duck
Does seem to be working now?
ihodes
Fantastic idea! I'm so glad you did this, and I'm quite glad it involves linking with HN accounts.

I'd like to, maybe, see a karma barrier of 50 to 200, too, and maybe have karma on the site, as well?

Thanks so much! I just posted a book.

EDIT: Perhaps a way to facilitate trades and/or purchases? Or at least some recommended ways to go about it, perhaps?

sdrinf
These google-docs-spinoffs are fun, except for one part: you lost me on the authentication.

Please please do not make me create another username/password combination; maintaining systematic password diversity is a high-cognitive task which imposes a barrier of entry to your app that's simply not worth it for me.

(I'm actually very agnostic of what drop-ins you use -openid, google auth, hell even facebook auth -just as long as it's something I can just click through (granted I'm logged in to those sites))

lachyg
I'd second that, and request Twitter addition, lots don't like it, but I do!
johns
If they had done only third-party auth I bet the top comment would be complaining that there's no site-specific credentials
roel_v
Yes, and that's why you need both...
inm
maintaining systematic password diversity is a high-cognitive task which imposes a barrier of entry to your app that's simply not worth it for me

You should really give 1Password a try.

Murkin
Keeps telling me my HN profile doesn't include the required string.

Why is this so complicated ?

lachyg
Worked for me. Just add the string they give you to your profile.
DotSauce
Same. Authentication did not work for me either. Capitalization issue?
there
sorry, i was downcasing the usernames for consistency but apparently news.yc requires case-sensitive usernames to pull up the profile.

if you want to try now, it should work for you.

Murkin
Yup, working now.

Thanks !

NTG
Nice idea. I'll be adding a few domains to the list. However for most of my domains, I'm more interested in developing them rather than selling or trading.

Is there a place to list domains you're looking for help in developing sites for?

A few of mine:

ContractorJobs.com

Knee.com

LocalGasPrices.com

Plop.com

Trustworthy.com

Worn.com

lachyg
Just listed HTMLslashCSS.com and xHTMLslashCSS.com. Not sure what to do with them!
tszming
I like this idea!

Btw, might be you should also post to the HN facebook group in order to get more users.

inboulder
Hey, I've been looking for a URL for my new app, this one looks perfect: beeftard.com Domain Name Sale or Trade ca98am79 4 hours ago
rick_2047
Ok I was just wondering, paying for something (or trading your) time should be an option. For example I have a useless book/gadget which I want to give away and on the other hand I have some documentation which I want to format I can put up a note that anyone who knows LaTeX can format the doc and have that book/gadget for them self.
codeslush
Nice site - I added a few domains. I do question, like others, why the additional password requirements. If I take that nice long string and put it in my hn profile, is that not enough to consider me a valid user?
codeslush
umm...ignore that - early morning, need coffee. Duh - the string is publicly visible. Sorry about that...and again, nice site.
there
it is, but that just links your account to your hacker news account. you still need an email address and password to be able to login to the hntrades.com site (they don't have anything to do with your email and password for this site).