Trying to sell my car with a bootstrapped website and an idea
Published in 2013, this chronicle by @cvanderlinden details the mechanics of building a profitable, self-funded business without venture backing.
Core Principles for Independent Builders:
Charging customers from day one acts as the ultimate filter for building software that solves genuine, high-urgency problems.
Keeping fixed overhead low and leveraging lean infrastructure allows founders to stay alive until market tailwinds kick in.
Small, repetitive improvements in customer retention and conversion rates yield massive returns over multi-year horizons.
Community Debate Themes:
The community focused on B2B customer acquisition channels, cold email vs SEO distribution, and balancing full-time employment with side-project development.
CATEGORY Bootstrapping & MRR →
HISTORICAL ERA Web 2.0 Genesis (2007–2013)
COMMUNITY SCORE ★ 5 points
TOTAL DISCUSSIONS 16 comments
Nice. I considered selling a house this way about six months ago, but I ended up selling it to a neighbor. Edit: One idea I had: allow people to reserve a spot on the calendar, perhaps with a deposit. You'll get the benefit of a traditional rising auction that way and it might avoid hard feelings if multiple people jump as the price falls a notch. Would you mind putting your code up on Github?
That is clever! Also you may want to ask the bidder to put down a deposit of earnest money so you know they are serious about their offer. If you like, you can post it on classifieds site HouseOfNothing and I will bulk post it to many other websites through Digi-Go ad submission service to give your ad more exposure.
I ran digital/social marketing for a major import car brand for two years up until Q4 of last year. We built something like this but, it was killed internally by an executive. It is a great idea and my studies say it will raise sales price on cars by 5-8% because of the "fear of losing out" principal.
1) Today is not a Monday.
2) It's currently higher that the stated starting price, at $23,300.
Other than that, interesting concept.
Dutch auction over a long period. You know this is equivalent to a sealed first bid right?
Interesting nonetheless.