Show HN: I made a simple platform to buy/sell side projects

Re:Show HN: I made a simple platform to buy/sell side projects by cldellow on Saturday July 16, 2022 @10:45AM (#32118659)

- Start in a niche where you can lean on your own personal connections to kickstart the demand/supply side. Once you've established yourself as the best platform in that niche, go broader.

- Outsource/"borrow" supply from other people until you can bootstrap the demand side (eg: scrape/syndicate other marketplaces; subcontract services)

- Heavily incent the supply side of the marketplace (eg: offer a guaranteed base pay to subcontractors regardless of demand)

- Bootstrap the supply side yourself (eg: for a forum, use sockpuppet accounts to create the appearance of of a thriving community)

It's hard!

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Re:Show HN: I made a simple platform to buy/sell side projects by dinom on Saturday July 16, 2022 @12:32PM (#32119596)

I like the bootstrapping idea... github projects may appreciate getting buyout offers out of the clear blue! And, submitted offers could be fed back into the valuation model for fine-tuning.

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