Tell HN: In case you're interested, I'm selling my webapp wrttn.in

https://flippa.com/auctions/116170/Wrttn-in---A-popular-unique-web-app-

by jmonegro • 16 years ago

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jmonegro4• 16 years ago

I'm using it mainly to fund ongoing projects, as I, the broke college student, have run out of cash. The last bit of money I had to my name was spent on the flippa listing.

ziadbc• 16 years ago

What framework did you use to create this site?

prawn3• 16 years ago

From the Flippa description: "The app is built on the simple ruby web framework Sinatra and runs on Heroku."

yellow• 16 years ago

TIL: there is a website for buying and selling websites.

ig1• 16 years ago

The problem is that it mixes in content sites with tech apps. I'd be quite interested in buying small but interesting apps, but as the moment I have to wade through a tonne of content sites so it's not worth my while.

jmonegro4• 16 years ago

I know, I've been thinking about setting up a marketplace just for webapps because of this reason.

Flippa_com• 16 years ago

Hear what you're saying. Flippa has a "webapps" tag for auctions that relate to sites like this. If sellers apply the tag, there should be significantly less wading (ie it will appear in https://flippa.com/tags/sitetype). Hope that helps.

prawn3• 16 years ago

Wasn't aware of http://embed.ly - thanks, looks useful!

jmonegro4• 16 years ago

Ha! you're welcome, I guess. They're a YC company I think.

rubyrescue• 16 years ago

sold. the other six 'online notepad' options are terrible. this should be #1. the only thing i'm going to change is stick an ad for one of my sites (inboxSEO) on it. also, i'm a sucker for helping out starving college students.

gaustin3• 16 years ago

Lucky. I was verifying my account by phone when you bought it out from under me.

I was totally looking forward to playing with that bundle of code.

jmonegro4• 16 years ago

Just saw that. Thanks!

prawn3• 16 years ago

At $350, it's a bargain too. Win-win.

petercooper2• 16 years ago

Why was the auction so short? They usually drag on for a while on Flippa. I was disappointed to see it had sold ;-)

gaustin3• 16 years ago

It got bought out within minutes of being posted. The price was incredibly low. Sure, I could build that app, but it would cost (in time) several times the buy-it-now price of $350 to get it to the same level of polish.

It doesn't hurt that the guy who built it is a somewhat known quantity around here.

I think the market for solid micro apps is strong, you just can't find them on Flippa and other site-selling sites. I'm definitely interested in buying these sorts of things, anyway.

petercooper2• 16 years ago

Ah, I hadn't realized there was a BIN on it. Can't believe he set it so low :)

Tell HN: In case you're interested, I'm selling my webapp wrttn.in

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