PropertyWebBuilder
Web and SaaS
real estate website builder
SHOW HN2017
PropertyWebBuilder
One year devoted to open source and I've almost made $2 – horrraaaaay
opencollective.com#real estate website builder#ruby on rails#open source#wordpress alternative
How HN took it
1 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 11 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.33.
Idea: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 4 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 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.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Open source goal and transparent funding are commendable
From 2 comments
Congratulations - you can now put "built software that people paid for" on your resume! Sarcastic or not, that's a legitimate achievement.
web007 on HNGood questions. The target audience for now is developers. The long term vision is that it acts as a platform on which other real estate services can be built. Maybe the title I…
realty_geek on HN
Objections
Open source rarely earns money; donations seldom come in
From 3 comments
You don’t do open source because of the money. You do it because you believe software should be free, and if you’re lucky and your software is useful then maybe you can eek out…
pfarnsworth on HNThe way to make money with software is to either have a good marketing team or to spend a lot of time doing it yourself. But releasing a project and hoping donations will come in…
laurent123456 on HNPropertyWebBuilder is currently sponsored by Coddde, Ruby On Rails consultants based in Spain and Chile: uh they sponsored you for 2 dollars? This might be you problem. Also…
vorotato on HN
Demo site was defaced; needs safer setup
From 2 comments
> do you really think I would put such nonsense on my own site Well apparently you allow anyone to have access to what's shown there, so it seems you don't care what nonsense…
EnFinlay on HNIf anyone can deface your site at will, and it takes your manual intervention to fix it, you won't be able to just "set it and forget it" as you will be constantly babysitting…
eat_veggies on HN
Unclear target audience and value proposition
From 2 comments
All projects are cool, and kudos on going down the open source route. I'm struggling to determine what you're offering though? How many new real estate websites launch, how many…
wastedhours on HNI'm interested in this project - but I do have a few questions: Who is the target audience? Developers that need an OSS RoR alternative to wordpress? Property owners/managers…
nxsynonym on HN
Real estate agents would be better served by WordPress
From 1 comment
as a fellow RoR dev and a real estate agent. My $0.02 is RoR isn't really the right tool for agents. with WP, you get this huge ecosystem of easy hosting opportunities and…
itake on HN
Requests
Clearer landing page wording and a better demo
From 2 comments
I'd look at the wording on the opencollective page. E.g., change the first sentence from Ruby on Rails website builder for real estate. To Real estate website builder based on…
stuaxo on HNyo dawg, the image (wording) here is off-putting. https://propertywebbuilder.herokuapp.com/ I'm not uptight or anything, but it bothers me when people allegedly (see, i'm…
mholmes680 on HN
Monetise via hosting or value-added services
From 1 comment
All projects are cool, and kudos on going down the open source route. I'm struggling to determine what you're offering though? How many new real estate websites launch, how many…
wastedhours on HN
Questions
Who is the target audience?
From 1 comment
I'm interested in this project - but I do have a few questions: Who is the target audience? Developers that need an OSS RoR alternative to wordpress? Property owners/managers…
nxsynonym on HN
What do donations fund?
From 1 comment
I'm interested in this project - but I do have a few questions: Who is the target audience? Developers that need an OSS RoR alternative to wordpress? Property owners/managers…
nxsynonym on HN
Alternatives named
WordPress
From 2 comments
as a fellow RoR dev and a real estate agent. My $0.02 is RoR isn't really the right tool for agents. with WP, you get this huge ecosystem of easy hosting opportunities and…
itake on HNI'm interested in this project - but I do have a few questions: Who is the target audience? Developers that need an OSS RoR alternative to wordpress? Property owners/managers…
nxsynonym on HN
Wagtail
From 1 comment
I'd look at the wording on the opencollective page. E.g., change the first sentence from Ruby on Rails website builder for real estate. To Real estate website builder based on…
stuaxo on HN
Patreon
From 1 comment
That hurts to hear. You know what gets me though? Patreon and YouTube. Granted you have to work your ass off to get to, say, $1000/month - based on channels I watch I'd say you…
bartread on HN