BidOnMyDay
Web and SaaS
marketplace for bidding on services
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
6 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 6 for, 6 againstDesign: 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.
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What HN said
What people liked
Creative and fun idea.
From 4 comments
This is a great idea and I hope it brings you a month of interesting adventures. That said, hope you'll be cleaning my home some time soon. :p
BSeward on HNI like the idea, a pretty radical one too! :) All the best!! Do share the results with the community
jayliew on HNWow good idea man.
capdiz on HNSeems like a great way for a startup to get some inexpensive attention via your services. Wish I had something to offer right now, good luck!
marquis on HN
Objections
Bids only make sense if JetBlue flies to the bidder's location.
From 2 comments
You might want to put a comment somewhere that bids will only be accepted if it is actually possible to fly JetBlue to get to the bidder's home/business.
waitwhat on HNGood luck! I was considering bidding, but learned that JetBlue doesn't fly to where I am.
hrabago on HN
Launched too close to Labor Day weekend for promotion.
From 1 comment
Interesting idea, though I can't help but think that you should have left a little more time for this to spread (it's labour day weekend after all)?
kgen on HN
Site has overlapping text on Linux Chrome.
From 1 comment
I'm viewing your site with Chrome on Ubuntu and your linked text is overlapping onto your other text. Sounds like a fun idea, though. I hope that you'll keep records for us to…
jrubinovitz on HN
Requests
Offset carbon from the flights.
From 2 comments
Any plans for carbon offset? Please?
brockf on HNhttp://store.terrapass.com/store/c/18-Carbon-offsets.html I know South Park-style anti-liberalism can be fun, but we don't have to let the word "green" be sucked up by big…
brockf on HN
Let other people post tasks and fund them, Kickstarter-style.
From 1 comment
Any plans to turn this into something similar to Kickstarter where bidders can post their task for you and others can attempt to pay additional money to see it happen? Or is this…
dekz on HN
Open the model to anyone with a BluePass.
From 1 comment
Pending Success, consider opening this up to anyone with the Blue Pass. I'm sure there's plenty of people who would be interested in this work model, should be easy enough for…
WadeWilliams on HN
Questions
Does the service include adult services?
From 1 comment
Doesn't mention whether this includes the option of "adult" services.
BigGirlsAreBest on HN
Has someone really bid $20,000?
From 1 comment
... is this right - someone bid $20,000?
Shenglong on HN