Borderline.biz
Web and SaaS
marketplace for side projects
SHOW HN2017
How HN took it
10 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.
Idea: 6 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea for shedding unfinished side projects
From 3 comments
Congrats on shipping! This is a great idea. I know that a lot of peeps here on HN (myself included) have a bunch of side projects languishing in various stages of completion.…
justboxing on HNWell, this seems like it could be quite useful in future. Certainly like the concept of selling or trading side projects you don't want to run any more, and heck, given how…
CM30 on HNbig up! lots of us with obscure projects will be happy to have a place to give them life, even if it becomes someone else' baby.
Edmond on HN
Useful place to find projects to acquire
From 2 comments
This looks like a fine idea, I'll certainly check in periodically for a few months at least to browse. Good luck!
kakarot on HNCongrats on shipping! I've bookmarked this site for the next time I'm looking for a sideproject.
arthurjj on HN
Objections
Abandoned projects may signal failure
From 1 comment
Not sure why anyone would buy abandoned projects that are finished. Unless I guess you have a client looking for the same thing. To me, "abandoned" spells "confirmed failure". Or…
nurettin on HN
Emails of owners are exposed to harvesting
From 3 comments
Probably should add a contact form. so people's emails aren't exposed.
sharemywin on HNSecond this. Can you do this? Looks like email addresses were already harvested.
godot on HNI like the concept! Small suggestion: you should hide the emails of the owners and use a contact form.
tompec on HN
The .biz domain is unappealing
From 1 comment
Great initiative. Would've gone for a .com rather than this horrible .biz though.
5_minutes on HN
Requests
Add a contact form instead of exposing emails
From 2 comments
Probably should add a contact form. so people's emails aren't exposed.
sharemywin on HNI like the concept! Small suggestion: you should hide the emails of the owners and use a contact form.
tompec on HN
Category or topic subscriptions
From 1 comment
Great idea! As someone that will be checking in periodically for projects to buy (instead of listing my own), I have a small suggestion: if you could provide topics or categories…
drusepth on HN
Price-range filters and RSS or email alerts
From 1 comment
Nice project, good work! What is Barter? Why is it not described on the site? It would be useful to list the number of users each project has. It would be useful if you…
dispo001 on HN
Pricing guidance for sellers
From 1 comment
I think pricing a project could be pretty tough and taking a quick look at your site I didn't see any guides or advice on pricing, it might be worth offering some direction to…
abra_kadabra on HN
Questions
What is Barter and why is it not described
From 1 comment
Nice project, good work! What is Barter? Why is it not described on the site? It would be useful to list the number of users each project has. It would be useful if you…
dispo001 on HN
Is there an equivalent for open source projects
From 1 comment
Does anything like this for open source projects exist? I'm interested in finding unfinished, abandoned open source projects in the technology of my choice that I can take over…
igitur on HN
Alternatives named
Flippa
From 1 comment
Just in case you aren't aware, another competitor in this space is flippa: https://flippa.com/ It's probably a good idea to learn from what worked for them/what they iterated to…
hardwaresofton on HN
sideprojectors.com
From 1 comment
Cool! I've been also running something similar for a few years. https://www.sideprojectors.com
sideproject on HN
offload.io
From 1 comment
Kind of reminds me of offload.io
supermdguy on HN