Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do anything

Posted by driverdan on Sunday September 04, 2011 @12:18PM
from the show-hn dept.

Looking for feedback on my newest project, BidOnMyDay: http://bidonmyday.com

I came up with this idea a few weeks ago when JetBlue reopened sales of their BluePass. You bid to have my fly to you, using my BluePass, and do whatever work you need done. I'm a web developer but I'm willing to do almost anything. Bids start at $1.

To add additional value I'm doing a video and blog post of each job, with do-follow backlinks.

http://bidonmyday.com

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by BSeward on Sunday September 04, 2011 @01:11PM (#2959786)

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

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by superted on Sunday September 04, 2011 @02:39PM (#2960006)

I concurr, this is a fantastic idea. A book and/or blog series on your adventures would definitely count me as an avid reader!

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by driverdan on Sunday September 04, 2011 @01:28PM (#2959834)

Thanks for submitting a bid. If it wins I promise I'll do a good job :)

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by saintfiends on Sunday September 04, 2011 @12:59PM (#2959750)

http://bidonmyday.com

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by waitwhat on Sunday September 04, 2011 @03:57PM (#2960196)

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.

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by driverdan on Sunday September 04, 2011 @04:15PM (#2960239)

I'll accept any location if the bidder wants to pay for the additional transportation. Antartica? No problem!

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by marquis on Sunday September 04, 2011 @12:57PM (#2959749)

Seems 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!

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by hrabago on Sunday September 04, 2011 @02:10PM (#2959942)

Good luck! I was considering bidding, but learned that JetBlue doesn't fly to where I am.

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by dekz on Sunday September 04, 2011 @07:12PM (#2960542)

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 meant to me more of a surprise for you on arrival?

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by WadeWilliams on Monday September 05, 2011 @03:11PM (#2963078)

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 you to take a small percentage of each accepted bid.

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by jrubinovitz on Sunday September 04, 2011 @01:04PM (#2959765)

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 see. EDIT: So is your bolded text.

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by driverdan on Sunday September 04, 2011 @02:39PM (#2960007)

I'm looking into it. It's probably a font issue since Linux fonts are a bit different than OS X and Windows.

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by kgen on Sunday September 04, 2011 @01:50PM (#2959893)

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)?

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by driverdan on Sunday September 04, 2011 @02:15PM (#2959956)

Had I thought of it a month or two ago I would have given it a lot more time for promotion.

I've been working on it for a few weeks and needed to launch. The BluePass is only good Aug 22 to Nov 22. There are still parts I'm working on completing, like outgoing email and automatic confirmation.

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by philiphodgen on Thursday September 08, 2011 @10:51PM (#2976583)

I have Dan this Saturday. A day of brainstorming the re-architecture of my website. No coding. Just thinking.

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by Shenglong on Sunday September 04, 2011 @02:57PM (#2960052)

... is this right - someone bid $20,000?

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by jayliew on Sunday September 04, 2011 @01:20PM (#2959813)

I like the idea, a pretty radical one too! :) All the best!! Do share the results with the community

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by TomGullen on Sunday September 04, 2011 @02:37PM (#2960000)

No bids yet? Come on people, looks good! Would bid but we are in London :(

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by capdiz on Sunday September 04, 2011 @02:55PM (#2960048)

Wow good idea man.

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by BigGirlsAreBest on Sunday September 04, 2011 @02:51PM (#2960035)

Doesn't mention whether this includes the option of "adult" services.

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by driverdan on Sunday September 04, 2011 @03:13PM (#2960083)

I'll take those on a case-by-case basis ;)

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by nazgulnarsil on Sunday September 04, 2011 @03:43PM (#2960167)

tangential: it amazes me more attractive women don't pull a natalie dylan.

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by qw on Sunday September 04, 2011 @03:57PM (#2960198)

My guess is that most women who decide to try prostitution has had sex before.

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by nazgulnarsil on Sunday September 04, 2011 @04:11PM (#2960227)

I dunno, once you hit 6 figures calling it prostitution seems...like it violates the connotations built into that word. Much less seven figures, enough to retire on.

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by brockf on Sunday September 04, 2011 @03:49PM (#2960181)

Any plans for carbon offset? Please?

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by walkon on Sunday September 04, 2011 @04:16PM (#2960242)

You could buy up all his days and tell him his job is to not fly anywhere.

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by driverdan on Sunday September 04, 2011 @04:16PM (#2960244)

If I can find a legitimate way of doing it that's backed by science and not some feel-good greenwashing I'd consider it. Recommendations?

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by brockf on Sunday September 04, 2011 @04:49PM (#2960303)

http://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 business.

Offset your carbon for this little adventure of yours, please. Sometimes, flight travel is unavoidable, and, sometimes, people can barely afford the flight yet alone offsets. However, this whole experiment is obviously not about affordability or unavoidable flights, right?

Thank you!

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Re:Show HN: BidOnMyDay, bid to have me fly to you and do any... by brockf on Sunday September 04, 2011 @04:50PM (#2960306)

Haha downvoted, really? Anyone want to enlighten me as to why?

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