Ask HN: My side project is ramen-profitable. What do I do now?

Re:Ask HN: My side project is ramen-profitable. What do I do... by onli on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @08:21AM (#11619881)

It's too easy to be in non-compliance with those terms by accident. I absolutely intend to use them in a honest way, but just think of terms like having prices up to date, which can collide with caching, and easy stuff like that. Or a wrong formulated notice in the impressum that is than counted as wrong representation. I'm not willing to risk my personal existence by accepting draconian terms that would be illegal in europe.

But I'll reconsider if I manage to get a proper barrier between the finances of the site and my own.

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Re:Ask HN: My side project is ramen-profitable. What do I do... by beachstartup on Tuesday May 03, 2016 @05:43PM (#11624474)

first of all, to echo the gp, companies don't go after their own biz dev partners unless something has seriously gone wrong, most likely some kind of theft.

second, call them up and talk to someone. it's called 'business development'. you can negotiate anything. just say this part really scares you, and that you want to edit it, and that it may even be illegal in europe.

business protip: send them a european-legal version of their own contract that you feel comfortable signing. they might just say "sure, let's use this." -- it really can be that simple. you might find out they're planning an expansion into europe and you're their first partner.

and yes, form a limited liability company or a corporation, don't put your own money at risk. there's way, way scarier things in the world than newegg's marketing department, i assure you.

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