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Sell HN: Do you have a side project you want to sell?

145 points by illdave ↗ HN
In a previous HN thread about selling side projects, someone floated the idea of trying out a "Sell HN" thread - so here it is.

If you have any side projects that you've built and that you no longer have time for, list them here and let's see if others want to buy it from you.

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Brajeshwar
http://nsfw.in/ - good intention but I think I'm not the right person to own it.

http://onebucketlist.com/ - born out of a Startup Weekend India version - In50Hrs.

lazyfunctor
How is http://nsfw.in different from any other URL shortener?
illdave
I'm guessing when you see a nsfw.in URL, you'll know it's not safe for work (unlike bitly or alternatives).
Brajeshwar
It warns you before sending you off to the destination URL.
hanula
Great job with http://nsfw.in . I was just thinking about service like that yesterday! Nice execution too.
zebra
I have made an Evernote alternative with some added value. It is working, but I cannot find money for popularization. Unfinished items - mobile applications. http://favtool.com
score
1-855-ZEN-MAIL: http://1855zenmail.com

1-855-SEO-LAND: http://1855seoland.com

With both businesses, the business name is the phone number and is also the website URL.

1-855-ZEN-MAIL currently has subscribers and a prospecting/lead gen strategy. They both come with pre-written sales scripts.

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[dead] slmt
Atulos Online: https://atulos.com Offers 10K+ considered.

I have some game related domains that I was going to use, but never got around to making the games:

softservegames.com (a play on the SaaS concept) - 2K

distortum.com (for more serious games) - 5K

fantasaar.com (bought it after a game dev abandoned it) - 5K

And if you want to sell an MMORPG engine: mmorpgengine.com, mmoeng.com - 10K for both

Domain for a compliance business idea that never went anywhere: click2comply.com - 2K

Bitcoin trading compliance platform (just a domain): bitcomply.com - 1K

Bitcoin lottery (just a domain): coinlo.co - 1K

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Ovid
I've been writing a Web-based, multi-player text adventure which is sort of a cross between Firefly and Mad Max, spanning all star systems in a 20 light-year radius around the remains of Sol. I have a lot of the core work done, with a Perl/Postgres/Catalyst/PSGI stack, but then my daughter was born and my wife and I are starting our own company. If you've ever heard of http://www.torn.com/, you have a rough idea about game play. The main difference is, aside from the background, this one is heavily story-based.

My intent was to make it free to play, but given significant advantages to those willing to make a minimal $5 donation per month.

I've always wanted to finish it, but I never found enough volunteers to help.

tommoor
http://www.skinnyo.com - great site, community, profitable, lots of room for expansion but I'm busy elsewhere and no longer have the interest in weightloss I once did.
derwildemomo
I've written a HTTP Proxy for Mac. nothing special so far, but it's intented to be used for debugging &&/|| development. It features a quite flexibel filter/modifier architecture, a working gui and a non-existant memory footprint. Since I just didn't have the dedication to finish the project but still think there's a market for that, I'd gladly sell it for a fair price. If anyone is interested in just seeing the app (which is unstable), just let me know.
d0ne
I'm interested. What is the best way to get in touch?
derwildemomo
@derwildemomo (twitter) or mo (at) superflomo dot cooooom.
jodrellblank
Do you know about http://www.charlesproxy.com/ and if so, have you done anything particularly differently?
derwildemomo
Yes. Charles is a perfectly valid go-to solution for all problems solved by proxy, too. But Proxy aims to be more user friendly – Charles GUI is a bit messy and outdated.

The core of Proxy are it's filters and modifiers. Filters give you the ability to select specific requests/response pairs from the list of all of them, and modifiers make it possible to change the behavior and data a request/response pair carries. Modifiers are implemented in only a few lines and the idea was that they could be done in almost any language (read: ruby and other lightweight stuff), so the low-memory footprint along with simple, extensible filters would make a powerful developer tool – or the most configurable ad blocker that there is.

downandout
I created a skill-gaming-for-cash site called Cash Champs (http://www.cashchamps.com). Site is offline since we have no marketing, but 3 games and the site are done, and we have a very rare PayPal account that is authorized by PayPal to process skill-gaming transactions. The PayPal thing alone took nearly $20K in legal fees. If anyone is interested, let me know.
TallboyOne
Do standard merchant accounts not let you do that sort of thing?
downandout
No. You can try to start doing it without their approval, but if they find out about it they will close it. Also, the ability to pay out instantly is quite desirable in this business, so PayPal is an integral part of that.
deiu
I've developed http://whos.it. The source code has a really nice architecture - it supports more TLDs than other services like it - it supports web scraping for TLDs that don't have a standard whois server - parsing data is also implemented. I wanted to convert it into a API to sell subscriptions, but I already busy with other projects.
aberatiu
Your service tells me that my website is available for registration. that's not correct.
deiu
What is your website?
perlgeek
In 2007 I built http://sudokugarden.de/ (German and English site about sudoku, with online playing, highscores, and a loyal user base, about 30k visitors/months).

In good times I made ~2.5k EUR/year with ads (mostly text links to boost other site's pagerank), but I lack the time and motivation to market it right now. It's zero maintenance.

exelib
I started my second project http://unboard.de/en/ some years ago but does not haven time to push it or update. It's Django-based platform to install Simple Machines Forums (PHP). Currently, it's localized in 3 languages.
jamesk14022
I created a complete chatroom infrastructure in java, complete with website for registration. Features include, personal profiles, ban/reporting system, user hierarchy and a lot of other cool stuff. Could easily be adapted into an corporate chat network, that's what I planned to do with it. Let me know if you're interested!
aaronfalloon
A Wordpress plugin for Car Dealerships. It's currently at version 0.8 but needs adjustments for the US market. Check it out at http://wpDealership.com. There's around 140 people who've got access to the beta and 145 more who want access but I haven't had the time to give it to them.
av001
can u pls send me your contact details : av001 at boog.me
TamDenholm
Allthefavicons.com - generate favicons and retina icons for a website from a single image. Its not complicated and still gets a little traffic. Email on profile.
whitehat2k9
I created Devoired (http://devoired.com), an academic-assistance freelance contracting site targeted toward college and high-school students. Backend is written in Django, front-end is a clean, slightly modified version of Bootstrap 2. Features include a user account system, fully editable subject tree, private messaging with support for attachments, and a PayPal-integrated chained payment system with configurable commission percentage and refund support.

Devoired currently has very little activity due to lack of marketing. Let me know if you're interested!

petersouth
Is this something that a novice nube like me can manipulate into a different subject contracting site? Also could it easy be copied into dozens of other websites with little technical savvy?
whitehat2k9
Yes, what sorts of different subjects did you have in mind?
petersouth
I dunno, maybe collectibles or lawn-mowing.
PostOnce
And by academic assistance you of course mean academic dishonesty/plagiarism/contract cheating.

Who would go near this as a business? Certainly unethical, possibly illegal?

whitehat2k9
In the United States, such sites, are actually in a great legal position. Google 'essay mills' if you want more information, or just search for essay help sites if you want proof that there's no shortage of such sites.

The differentiating factor here is that we do not limit ourselves to just essays, and we crowdsource help rather than doing the work ourselves. There is also a fairly specific Terms of Service in place that puts the burden on the user.

lakeeffect
Http://WeGif.com
janerik
Using flash for some animated images when you name it "wegif". Not the best thing to do.
alexgandy
I've used theGlutenless.com, a gluten-free business directory, as a testing ground for new technologies for the past few years. I built a custom bot for discovering gluten free businesses so it basically auto-populates. At the moment, I don't really have the time or motivation to do anything with it...
nickler
I know a guy who might be interested in this. email me.
euroclydon
What is the valuation for a non-subscription, one-time fee, web application (like Bingo Card Creator) as a multiple of monthly revenue?
jplewicke
Rob Walling writes about this in Start Small, Stay Small ( http://www.startupbook.net/ ), and I think he mentions a range of 5x - 36x monthly revenue. It's dependent a lot on how automated and easy to maintain the site is, and how high the quality of traffic and revenue is.
stevemart
I've researched this as well, and followed a fair number of auctions on Flippa, and although as Rob says, the range is very broad, multiples follow a bell curve, with most in the 12x-18x monthly net revenue range.
infinitone
I have acouple sideprojects that would put up for sale.

Both self-sustained, profitable. One is: Studygig, http://studygig.com

If you are interested, contact me.

weakwire
http://www.pajap.com/

Create android native mobile apps from your web browser instantly. (No HTML apps 100% native).

From prototyping (drag n drop) to a 100% working app

It's up for sale :)

petersouth
What is a ballpark on something like this? Do I need tens of thousands or millions?
weakwire
The project is not maintained any more. Moved to www.pollfish.com . That said we are expecting a sale at tens of thousands and not millions. The technology we developed is still globally unique but we want to move forward.
plusbryan
Fun idea - unfortunately, at least in Chrome, the experience is broken. Buttons aren't linked up, only a few templates exist, etc.
weakwire
The online designer is at beta stage. You drag and drop elements and see the experience live in android device. The value is on the Sdk and apps that get generated from this. You create your app distribute it and then change it online. Everybody will see the new version of the app (native) without updating. The templates are just for convenience. With drag and drop you can do anything.