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Tell HN: In case you're interested, I'm selling my webapp wrttn.in

40 points by jmonegro 16y ago

jmonegro 16y ago
I'm using it mainly to fund ongoing projects, as I, the broke college student, have run out of cash. The last bit of money I had to my name was spent on the flippa listing.
- ziadbc 16y ago
  What framework did you use to create this site?
  - prawn 16y ago
    From the Flippa description: "The app is built on the simple ruby web framework Sinatra and runs on Heroku."
yellow 16y ago
TIL: there is a website for buying and selling websites.
- ig1 16y ago
  The problem is that it mixes in content sites with tech apps. I'd be quite interested in buying small but interesting apps, but as the moment I have to wade through a tonne of content sites so it's not worth my while.
  - jmonegro 16y ago
    I know, I've been thinking about setting up a marketplace just for webapps because of this reason.
    - pepsi_can 16y ago
      That sounds like a neat idea. I wonder if you are interested in teaming up to implement something like this.
      - obilgic 16y ago
        me too .
        bemmu 16y ago
        Flippa without the crud. Would use.
    - gaustin 16y ago
      Build it. I'm already there.
  - Flippa_com 16y ago
    Hear what you're saying. Flippa has a "webapps" tag for auctions that relate to sites like this. If sellers apply the tag, there should be significantly less wading (ie it will appear in https://flippa.com/tags/sitetype https://flippa.com/tags/sitetype). Hope that helps.
prawn 16y ago
Wasn't aware of http://embed.ly http://embed.ly - thanks, looks useful!
- jmonegro 16y ago
  Ha! you're welcome, I guess. They're a YC company I think.
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rubyrescue 16y ago
sold. the other six 'online notepad' options are terrible. this should be #1. the only thing i'm going to change is stick an ad for one of my sites (inboxSEO) on it. also, i'm a sucker for helping out starving college students.
- gaustin 16y ago
  Lucky. I was verifying my account by phone when you bought it out from under me. I was totally looking forward to playing with that bundle of code.
- jmonegro 16y ago
  Just saw that. Thanks!
- prawn 16y ago
  At $350, it's a bargain too. Win-win.
petercooper 16y ago
Why was the auction so short? They usually drag on for a while on Flippa. I was disappointed to see it had sold ;-)
- gaustin 16y ago
  It got bought out within minutes of being posted. The price was incredibly low. Sure, I could build that app, but it would cost (in time) several times the buy-it-now price of $350 to get it to the same level of polish. It doesn't hurt that the guy who built it is a somewhat known quantity around here. I think the market for solid micro apps is strong, you just can't find them on Flippa and other site-selling sites. I'm definitely interested in buying these sorts of things, anyway.
  - petercooper 16y ago
    Ah, I hadn't realized there was a BIN on it. Can't believe he set it so low :)

40 points by jmonegro 16y ago

I'm using it mainly to fund ongoing projects, as I, the broke college student, have run out of cash. The last bit of money I had to my name was spent on the flippa listing.

ziadbc 16y ago
What framework did you use to create this site?
- prawn 16y ago
  From the Flippa description: "The app is built on the simple ruby web framework Sinatra and runs on Heroku."

yellow 16y ago

TIL: there is a website for buying and selling websites.

ig1 16y ago
The problem is that it mixes in content sites with tech apps. I'd be quite interested in buying small but interesting apps, but as the moment I have to wade through a tonne of content sites so it's not worth my while.
- jmonegro 16y ago
  I know, I've been thinking about setting up a marketplace just for webapps because of this reason.
  - pepsi_can 16y ago
    That sounds like a neat idea. I wonder if you are interested in teaming up to implement something like this.
    - obilgic 16y ago
      me too .
      - bemmu 16y ago
        Flippa without the crud. Would use.
  - gaustin 16y ago
    Build it. I'm already there.
- Flippa_com 16y ago
  Hear what you're saying. Flippa has a "webapps" tag for auctions that relate to sites like this. If sellers apply the tag, there should be significantly less wading (ie it will appear in https://flippa.com/tags/sitetype https://flippa.com/tags/sitetype). Hope that helps.

prawn 16y ago

Wasn't aware of http://embed.ly http://embed.ly - thanks, looks useful!

jmonegro 16y ago
Ha! you're welcome, I guess. They're a YC company I think.

deleted 16y ago

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rubyrescue 16y ago

sold. the other six 'online notepad' options are terrible. this should be #1. the only thing i'm going to change is stick an ad for one of my sites (inboxSEO) on it. also, i'm a sucker for helping out starving college students.

gaustin 16y ago
Lucky. I was verifying my account by phone when you bought it out from under me. I was totally looking forward to playing with that bundle of code.
jmonegro 16y ago
Just saw that. Thanks!
prawn 16y ago
At $350, it's a bargain too. Win-win.

petercooper 16y ago

Why was the auction so short? They usually drag on for a while on Flippa. I was disappointed to see it had sold ;-)

gaustin 16y ago
It got bought out within minutes of being posted. The price was incredibly low. Sure, I could build that app, but it would cost (in time) several times the buy-it-now price of $350 to get it to the same level of polish. It doesn't hurt that the guy who built it is a somewhat known quantity around here. I think the market for solid micro apps is strong, you just can't find them on Flippa and other site-selling sites. I'm definitely interested in buying these sorts of things, anyway.
- petercooper 16y ago
  Ah, I hadn't realized there was a BIN on it. Can't believe he set it so low :)