prashantdesale

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   by prashantdesale 17y ago

   Video is also available at http://www.vimeo.com/1594866 Let me what inner workings of the system ud like to know. App is on PHP, MySQL. Most of the JS/CSS is coded by ourselves. Documentation, there is some and there is PRD as well that
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   by prashantdesale 17y ago

   Thanks, Talking to Partners and see how we can sell it. We never sold sites in past and coded most of this ourselves, so were not sure if it is worth anything. But yes, Seems like we should at least give it a try. Need to find out how we
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   by prashantdesale 17y ago

   Yep, I remember we discussed Onista and Sormpulse. Hope all is going well at your end.
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   by prashantdesale 17y ago

   Certainly.. I do plan to write all my experience on what we were trying to do, what went wrong and what I myself will correct when I build next startup. About pulling the plug, We are thinking around couple of months process. Like putting a
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   Ask YC: Advice on shutting down startup

   29 points by prashantdesale 17y ago|17 comments
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   by prashantdesale 18y ago

   How do you find buyers though?
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   by prashantdesale 18y ago

   Thank you so much. Exactly what I was thinking. The great thing about hacker news is the feedback and wisdom that we can get from other like minded and smart folks. We are pretty flexible in changing ideas to make sure we build something th
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   by prashantdesale 18y ago

   Thanks for pointing out. Soon I will fix these issues.
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   by prashantdesale 18y ago

   Thanks for the honest feedback. About the design, yes all points taken. Actually we are programmers and tried to do as better job at design as we could. May be we need to get professional designer and I surely hope to generate enough busine
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    We are charging 3% of the closing value for each product that is sold. We also offer optional premium services (like eBay) that enhances look of the listing. There is some charge for showing product in "featured products". In future we als
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    Thanks a lot for great feedback. Soon I will change the page using all your suggestions as they perfectly make sense. As far as design goes, there are only 3 of us working on this app on part-time basis and work includes design and coding.
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    Great suggestions. We just came out of coding phase last week and now we are going to give our best shot to get sellers and buyers. Suggestions like these really help a lot. Thanks again.
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    Yeah, I never thought of that one. Sure we will work on hiding the address.
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    We did talk to attorney and I think we need to do more research to be absolutely sure
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    Thanks. Yeah, what you suggested is better wording.
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    Thanks, I think we need to rework on wording to express the exact message out there.
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    Ask YC: Feedback on our startup/application

    17 points by prashantdesale 18y ago|43 comments
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    I think you can take money by giving investor a convertible note. Here is what I found on web regarding Convertible Notes. ------------------------------------- Convertible note is a debt instrument that can be converted into stock at the o
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    Thank you everyone for your feedback.
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    Thanks a lot.
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    Ask YC: Any risks with JS and CSS compression?

    4 points by prashantdesale 18y ago|7 comments
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    How come these meetups are not over weekend?
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    Is there a HTML version somewhere we can read this online? Why ask people to download and print PDF? not that you have to, but PDF's are meant for that and there are 40 pages. 40 * number of readers who will print = Lots of paper waste. Wi
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    There is lot of code. Onista is amalgam of eBay, Priceline, LendingTree, Alibaba and LinkedIn. When I say that, what I'm trying to say is that site has lots and lots of features. We have done testing using different data set and lots of sce
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    Thanks a lot. I was not aware of it.
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    Sure, To find those more 1k bugs to fix I would need to open it to some users. We are testing it almost everyday and now are unable to uncover more bugs. I mean bugs will always be there. Windows XP has lot of bugs. As I am advised by othe
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    Very good advice. You are absolutely right. I did not think of that. Thank you very much.
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    Missed addressing the payment question. On Onista, users can pay each other the same way they do on eBay. Paypal, Credit Card, Money Order, Cashier's Check, Personal Check
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    We have done lot of testing on our application using some external users as well and fixed close to 2k bugs to make it more stable. As you are suggesting, we are planning public Alpha.
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    by prashantdesale 18y ago

    Sounds like a good plan and yes this is what we shall do. Iterating is the best approach as we get some time to fix the issues before more users know about it. Any idea on how to find influential bloggers? (Besides Googling) Like is there a