Anyone want a free domain name?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5015246

by true_religion • 14 years ago

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Anyone want the domain name ticker.io?<p>If you'd like it, I'm willing to transfer it over if you have an interesting idea on how to use it.

fatalerrorx32• 14 years ago

I did just get access to the Etrade API...hmm, I'll take it lol

kordless• 14 years ago

How's their API look?

true_religion3• 14 years ago

I've used it. Its actually one of the nicer APIs, but since you can't republish market data from it, you're stuck with only giving derivations and projections. That will satisfy some people, but there's definitely a group of traders who always want to compare your results to the raw data points on site and not jump between their own data source and your algos output.

rajdroid• 14 years ago

I will take it I'm creating results notification system for my college. It would be great for me Thanks

mikeroher• 14 years ago

I'd be willing to make a fullscreen stock ticker that scrolls across on page load.

kornnflake• 14 years ago

Would love to use this for my current project, which provides a live support widget on websites. Pretty much like olark.com

stevewillows• 14 years ago

I'd use it for an app that helps people learn how to cook like a line cook. I'm currently looking for a developer to work with - -

If I got the domain but didn't follow through with the project, I'd gladly offer it up again.

jamesbrennan• 14 years ago

I'm working on a project to integrate git history and time tracking. It's main purpose is for freelancers to see what they committed at what time and produce more accurate invoices. I have been working on it part time for a while but haven't come up for a name for it yet - ticker.io would be perfect.

ricardobeat• 14 years ago

I'll take it. Customized tickers drawing from any public API / YQL, just set the api path, frequency and get the embed code.

jyf1987• 14 years ago

i need a free host instanse :]

rbchv• 14 years ago

Ideas are free and it's hard to actually finish and have a working product. Maybe a better idea would be to hold a contest, the winner being the best functioning site/product related to the domain name after say 6 months, and whoever wins get the domain.

natsu90• 14 years ago

Couldn't agree more.

true_religion3• 14 years ago

Mostly I wanted to make sure the domain didn't fall into the hands of a squatter. I know that a lot of us have ideas that we work on as side projects, but haven't made the jump from our dev machines and into the "real world".

Luckily I got it contact with a few people who are at that state, so the domain will go to one of them.

As a side note, while a contest would be a lot of fun, I'm busy now growing my own startup and can't imagine how insanely jam-packed my days will be 6 months from now following this growth curve.

bmdoyle• 14 years ago

I think something unique related to heart disease would be interesting

arikrak• 14 years ago

Maybe create an investing game to teach about the stock market..

ironic_ali• 14 years ago

Easy, it just keeps going up...

xcetara• 14 years ago

a spin on the current news cycle. only positive news stories, pulling results from all digital news content based on keyword searches to better empower hope in the world.

theshadowmonkey• 14 years ago

I'd just hold it and start working on something now because I need to use. :)

true_religion3• 14 years ago

Ah its too late to edit my post, but about 30 minutes after I proposed this I got emails from three people doing intersting things.

One of them will probably have it by Monday morning. Thanks for the response. This is what makes HN great.

oohtj• 14 years ago

omg, that's fast

Anyone want a free domain name?

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