Ask HN: Do you have a side project that you would like to sell?
Many HNers have side projects that make small amount of money or have a userbase. If you would like to sell your webapp/mobile app, please specify. Don't forget to add contact information
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http://trybtg.com/ Currently has about 100 DAU, high engagement (avg. 10 sessions per week per user). Users tend to stick around and the feedback is all positive.
The desktop software is the iteration that found fit with our users. You'd need Dota to try it, or you can watch the demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD_plCQi6PE
I have a set of paid features ready to launch, but I don't have resulting revenue numbers yet of course.
Even after the paid feature release I don't believe I can give it a proper change without more resources, mainly man power.
Not that I necessarily need to sell it. If someone were interested enough to partner up and fill the gaps I haven't been able to address I would be back on it. Guess I should be looking for a HN post that matches projects with people looking to join a project.
http://founderpact.com It's not making any revenue so any offer will be considered. It's a tool for helping inexperienced founders avoid common mistakes when starting a business with someone, both legally and in terms of making sure you're on the same page. Did it after getting very burned on a business venture because of this. Got retweeted by some TechCrunch writer and also got to the frontpage (I think) of ProductHunt a while back. But I never got the time to get the product to where I wanted it to be (pay a $49 fee to get a good legally binding agreement based on the data you provided that you can just download, print and sign, and avoid problems and lawyer fees) nor market it properly (I also think it would be great to partner up with people who organize hackatons etc). Built in Rails, hosted in DigitalOcean. Email in profile
I have a wordpress plugins business that earns maybe a couple hundred a month without touching it at all. I know it's not a lot but I sold a similar business a few years back that regularly made $1200-$1500 a month and the products were not as good. The only difference is I'm working so hard on other stuff this hasn't had the time it deserves. Someone with the time and motivation to add a couple of new features and actually advertize it a bit (I've never done any advertizing at all) would make a decent, passive income.
I also own another business that makes about $1500 a month (50/50 adsense & product sales) but does require a few hours a week of effort. I've only just started improving this and expect it to hit $3k a month within 6 months. I'm not seriously considering selling unless I get a really good offer but you never know!
https://pricemoji.com/ an GraphQL/Node.js API that turns product prices into emojis.
No revenue, just a side project really. But considering the feedback I'm often getting, it seems to have great potential...
Originally, my challenge was to find a way to turn abstract product prices into more familiar, visual representations of their worth. Imagine paying your Netflix subscription in Bananas for example :)
A Financial Times journalist dubbed it a way to "take us back to a barter economy, where we price things in emoji beer rather than dollars".
Been featured on Product Hunt at producthunt.com/posts/pricemoji as well.
Would be curious to hear for your proposal for such an app? I was thinking $15K or something.
Contact information in profile
I wouldn't mind selling one of my side projects, Water Marquee - https://www.watermarquee.com. It lets users watermark their photos. I started it about 5 years ago when I was getting back into development. It brings in around $1,200/month, though that's been growing lately. A year ago it was more like $500/month. It's been going up in search result rankings, I assume because I've tried to be more active on the blog (though it's paid-for content). There are around 1,000 visitors/day.
My email is my profile. The site is written in Node.js/angular 1.x. I haven't had to change the code in several months, so it's pretty much "done" as far as I'm concerned, and I'd rather spend my time on other projects.