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Good side project - shellcompanyfinder.com - up/downvote companies as potential shells, share information as to their true owner.

sireat 17y ago
I was starting to complain that the site is dead, then realized this is still an idea and a worthwhile one! Hope, someone(with thick skin, imagine what you will be going against) actually goes forth with it.
- rdtsc 17y ago
  Well you obviously need to make a shell company then before starting ;-)
fnid2 17y ago
I could build this in a weekend. No, really. Who is in? I'm in. Someone comes with me I'll go, but I have no interest in a lone wolf initiative. I need a designer who knows HTML/CSS and someone who can help get the word out. I'll do all the programming, database design, security, and hosting. Optimally, I'd like at least 3 people to be involved including myself. If two people, who are serious, decide to come along by midnight tonight, we'll post a link to review the site Monday morning. Edit: The project has been started, see this post to contribute to a discussion about what the site will do. I have a data model there as well: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1135508 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1135508
- DTrejo 17y ago
  buy the domain name fast! :)
  - fnid2 17y ago
    Okay, I now own shellcompanyfinder.com
    - rubyrescue 17y ago
      ohh this is fun, i just bought it too (intending to donate it to the effort) and godaddy said the purchase was successful... wonder what will happen now... update: The following domain name has failed to be registered: SHELLCOMPANYFINDER.COM Error: SHELLCOMPANYFINDER.COM: cannot register - already registered
      - fnid2 17y ago
        Interesting! I have always wondered what happened in cases like this. The godaddy checkout process is so long and tedious, by the time you actually pay, someone else could have gone through the process somewhere else. In this case, I used godaddy too.
- jyu 17y ago
  If people don't upvote/downvote, you could always pay a few bucks to get mTurkers to do it :)
- Sukotto 17y ago
  Or just make it a stackexchange site (I kid! don't hurt me)
hendler 17y ago
That has been patented within the last 24 hours by IV.

sireat 17y ago

I was starting to complain that the site is dead, then realized this is still an idea and a worthwhile one! Hope, someone(with thick skin, imagine what you will be going against) actually goes forth with it.

rdtsc 17y ago
Well you obviously need to make a shell company then before starting ;-)

fnid2 17y ago

I could build this in a weekend. No, really. Who is in? I'm in. Someone comes with me I'll go, but I have no interest in a lone wolf initiative. I need a designer who knows HTML/CSS and someone who can help get the word out. I'll do all the programming, database design, security, and hosting. Optimally, I'd like at least 3 people to be involved including myself. If two people, who are serious, decide to come along by midnight tonight, we'll post a link to review the site Monday morning. Edit: The project has been started, see this post to contribute to a discussion about what the site will do. I have a data model there as well: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1135508 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1135508

DTrejo 17y ago
buy the domain name fast! :)
- fnid2 17y ago
  Okay, I now own shellcompanyfinder.com
  - rubyrescue 17y ago
    ohh this is fun, i just bought it too (intending to donate it to the effort) and godaddy said the purchase was successful... wonder what will happen now... update: The following domain name has failed to be registered: SHELLCOMPANYFINDER.COM Error: SHELLCOMPANYFINDER.COM: cannot register - already registered
    - fnid2 17y ago
      Interesting! I have always wondered what happened in cases like this. The godaddy checkout process is so long and tedious, by the time you actually pay, someone else could have gone through the process somewhere else. In this case, I used godaddy too.
jyu 17y ago
If people don't upvote/downvote, you could always pay a few bucks to get mTurkers to do it :)
Sukotto 17y ago
Or just make it a stackexchange site (I kid! don't hurt me)

hendler 17y ago

That has been patented within the last 24 hours by IV.