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Ask HN: Where can I sell the software of a failed startup?
I was involved in a startup that failed. The startup was supposed to be a solution to ridesharing, let's say similar to Uber. We never launched but we developed a lot of code that represented at least a solid portion of the product.
Is there any marketplace where we can sell this code, and/or can anyone provide a ballpark range of what it might be worth?
- mtmail 8y agohttps://flippa.com/ https://flippa.com/ is in that space. P.S. prefixing the title with 'Ask HN:' gets you more exposure, the question will then go to https://news.ycombinator.com/ask https://news.ycombinator.com/ask
- rsinmtl 8y agoThank for the link! I've updated the title but it doesn't seem to be getting picked up by /ask. I guess it has to say "Ask HN:" from the outset
- whatsstolat 8y agoIt is now
- smt88 8y agoYou'll have a very hard time selling early-stage software. People tend to buy revenue streams and customer relationships, not web software. Specifically, there are lots of companies selling customizable Uber clones right now.
- severine 8y agoWhile the conversation gets traction, that seems a point well worth exploring. Do you have any stories of valuable software that got a second life after startup death?
- smt88 8y ago> Do you have any stories of valuable software that got a second life after startup death? No, I don't. That's kind of my point. The only tech companies that get decent prices are high-tech (often technological breakthroughs). I've never heard of or seen a web app have a value above maybe $2k when it had no customer base, and even then, that $2,000 was tiny compared to the $100k+ that was invested to build it.