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Ask HN: What do you do with your unsuccessful ventures?

5 points by xSwag ↗ HN
I'm sure a lot of us have not-so-successful projects that are not profitable or aren't used very much by people. I made a website over the summer which got a few hundred users and gets ~200 pageviews per day, however, I have lost interest in the project and feel like I should move on and try some new things. So here is my question: Should I still keep running the website? It currently costs $10 per month for hosting and around ~$100 per year for the domain which is quite a lot (because it is an .rs domain). I don't think it will be profitable or ever take off so should I move on? Perhaps maybe sell the website? It seems that people who use the website really like the concept but I suck at marketing so I'm not really too sure what to do. Alternatively, I have a lot of other ideas that I want to build and see how they go. So, what does HN do with old projects in which you have lost interest?

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domainkiller
If you can let it run without it taking your time, then let it run. You never know what could happen in 6 months or a year. I have a few websites that I completely ignored and just let run, over time some of them slowly but steadily started generating revenue.
lukeck
What sort of timeframes did it typically take for these sites to become profitable? Are there any trends you've noticed or other details you wouldn't mind sharing?
xSwag
Yeah, now that I think about it, this is probably the best way to go about doing this since I did spend a fair amount of my time building the website.
arunprabu
try doing some pivot or else switch to other ideas.