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Show HN: We started an auction site—our second auction is running at 3pm PST(shoptheshelf.com)
3 points by minouye 14y ago|0 comments
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by minouye 14y ago
Can you explain why someone would want this? I'm not sure I've ever been in this situation before (only have someone's phone number but want to email them).
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by minouye 14y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Just cleaned things up a bit to make it less jarring and easier to find the sign-up page.
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by minouye 14y ago
We're curating the items to make sure that the quality is high and to ensure that we only work with great sellers.
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by minouye 14y ago
Didn't expect to get to the frontpage :) We're going to start another auction at 5pm PST since it looks like there are still a lot of people checking it out.
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by minouye 14y ago
Absolutely agree. Although we incorporate auctions, I think there's many ways to use the auction format that eBay isn't able to take advantage of. Our main focus with The Shelf is to help quality sellers get in front of new customers and pr
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by minouye 14y ago
Thanks! All great points. You're definitely right that the auction format inspires serious mistrust these days(i.e. "Just buy a bidpack!"). Our main goal is to provide a platform where sellers can get in front of new customers and buyers ca
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Show HN: We're launching an auction site and the first auction starts at 3pm PST(shoptheshelf.com)
31 points by minouye 14y ago|25 comments
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by minouye 14y ago
One of the stronger use cases we've seen is sellers doing competitive research due to the visual format. Obviously this hurts CVR a bit (along with encouraging browsing), but that's just the nature of the site. We're encouraging lots of cli
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by minouye 14y ago
A friend and I built the whole eBay + Pinterest mashup earlier this year ( http://rumma.ge ). We were trying to solve the "browsing" problem that eBay has. Basically, if you have a specific product you're searching for, the traditional sear
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by minouye 14y ago
They've been looking for a front-end developer with "integrated mapping technology" experience since early this year, so not a completely unreasonable guess. http://www.craigslist.org/about/craigslist_is_hiring
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by minouye 14y ago
If you had any doubts about Kixeye before this, their hiring video should seal it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5l-nnR4Bx0 (probably NSFW)
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by minouye 14y ago
Generally good advice but be advised fees and setup will vary state to state. In California, the process can take several months and you'll be on the hook for a minimum $800 franchise tax each year the LLC is in operation.
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by minouye 14y ago
How would you embed this in a marketplace listing? Pretty sure that'd be a no-no on eBay.
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by minouye 14y ago
I'm not chalking this one up as a win. This is Craigslist doing the bare minimum, just like they did when they developed mobile/tablet versions of the site. They build half-features that ultimately aren't that useful, but are enough to que
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Craigslist adds OpenStreetMaps to housing listings(twitter.com)
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by minouye 14y ago
I don't think TechCrunch really understands what's going on here. Views are still being tracked and shared, albeit not as broadly. http://www.quora.com/blog/Removing-Feed-Stories-about-Views http://www.quora.com/Views-on-Quora-feature/Wh
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by minouye 14y ago
If this is indeed the case then that's absolutely ridiculous. I expected more from the EFF than chummy back-slapping and congratulatory praise for repealing a legally baffling policy.
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by minouye 14y ago
Moreover, removing the exclusive license provision retains craigslist’s compatibility with common licensing schemes, like the Creative Commons ShareAlike license or the GNU Free Documentation License. Hold on a sec here. Are they saying t
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by minouye 14y ago
What percentage does Referly take per payout?
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by minouye 14y ago
This looks like it would be great for competitive research as well. I just created a digest of 10 apps or so that I want to keep tabs on. I'll probably eventually go back to iTunes Reviews RSS/Google Reader but getting an email digest will
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Craigslist testing mobile and tablet versions(mattinouye.com)
2 points by minouye 14y ago|0 comments
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by minouye 14y ago
Yeah Craigslist definitely doesn't like that: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3897379
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by minouye 14y ago
I'd also say that a lot of startups don't do a very good job of competing. YardSale launched a big press push last week saying that they'd post your listing to Craigslist for you. The contact link in the Craigslist post goes to a sign-up fo
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by minouye 14y ago
Serious question: Do you think CL would actually follow through with a lawsuit? It seems like they fire off C&D's all the time, but I have yet to see serious follow through.
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by minouye 14y ago
There's a link to DPReview in the footer of every single Amazon.com page. If that's not a good signal for a search engine then I don't know what is.
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by minouye 14y ago
Cool idea but a couple of concerns: 1. With a sub-affiliate model, affiliate scammers will be all over this (especially if there is no real vetting process). These are the type of links that Twitter spammers would love to pump out in the wi
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by minouye 14y ago
It's interesting to note the change in the tone of comments between a Show HN post and this Wired article: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3919135 Yes it's derivative, but it's a fun project that actually is pretty useful. I've logge
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by minouye 14y ago
These look amazing--does anyone know how the resolution compares to say a MakerBot?
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by minouye 15y ago
Cool idea, but this would never happen because sellers would hate it. One of the main reasons eBay sellers brand their images with obnoxious image graffiti (overlayed text and/or styling) is that competitors have no qualms about stealing i

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