Technical co-founder needed for a 'neglected' app having 100,000 users

10 points by iThrowAwayi ↗ HN
I'll just quickly list out all the details:

- I have a web app which I put together over a weekend back in 2008.

- It currently has about 100000 (one hundred thousand) registered users. But...... read on.

- The app has one very important feature missing.

- The app is poorly developed and very poorly designed.

- Most users don't come back after using the service once or twice (or thrice) because of that missing feature.

- The app is free.

- I put a survey on the app asking "Would you pay $5 a month if we add that feature?". 35% users said Yes!. Even if 90% of them are lying, we still have a great passive revenue opportunity.

- I spend zero money on marketing. Traffic is organic.

- I spend zero time on the app. Domain renewal is automatic. Hosting renewal is automatic. I just don't touch it. It runs on its own.

- I have been neglecting this project for so long. Procrastination.

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What I am expecting from the technical partner:

- Build that feature (PHP, MySQL and some third party APIs). Building this feature can be little tricky. I am not sure.

- Integrate payment gateway.

- Just handle all the stuff.

- 50-50% split of revenue.

- So, in a nutshell, do all the work and get 50% split.

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If interested, please give me your email id, I'll contact you. I am not comfortable in sharing the url here. I hope I am not violating any rule.

You may use services like http://scr.im/ to mask your email id.

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I might be interested: asd1234throw@gmail.com (throwaway address as well).
Well, now I am curious. I wonder what sort of app it is, and I wonder what % of those 100,000 registered users are active users. I've been looking for an excuse to use Stripe for payment processing. This could be it. Shoot me some details. randm.prgrmr@gmail.com
Stripe is pretty impressive. I was able to build payment integration into a side project of mine in about 4 hours.
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I had guess 100-200 daily active.
I just checked the traffic stats (I use statcounter)

- 1,600 daily visits (of them 1000 are returning visits)

- 4,400 daily page views

Like I mentioned, most users don't come back. 100,000 users have registered over last 1000+ days (I still have their email ids in the database). Only a small fraction are active. New registrations haven't slowed down though.
I'm interested. Please contact me at rckr2010@gmail.com.
I could be interested as well - email me at oPrSbs42M8yF@meltmail.com
turns out that service doesn't work - try dieselzthrowaway@gmail.com
I'm also curious about this. (my username) @yahoo.com
Sounds right up my alley. ObeaIraMFK1e@meltmail.com
A member posted that meltmail wasn't working. Do check.
hackergeek.6.28318@gmail.com

I've integrated PayPal in the past too :)

I'm interested. I've done multiple startups, written code that serviced 100 million+ uniques a day at one of the big boys and been developer one on numerous growth projects. Best professional complement ever was being called a coding animal. Shoot me a note at throwaway jginthebay@gmail.com.
Shoot me a message. brandon@brandoncordell.com

I have strong PHP experience (currently building enterprise level PHP apps) and I've done extensive payment gateway integration, including custom e-commerce platforms.

Very interested.

[UPDATE]

I'll be sending a mail to all of you soon. Thanks for your interest.

Thanks. Sounds like an interesting project.
Guys, share the link to the web app, please :)