Ask HN: who started something in 2012 that didn't or won't become profitable?

Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 that didn't or won'... by ComNik on Sunday June 10, 2012 @09:18AM (#4090969)

I started Rankique - http://www.rankique.com/ - basically a price tracking app.

Made about ~20$ so far, so it's "profitable", but you get the point..

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Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 that didn't or won'... by dfgonzalez on Sunday June 10, 2012 @12:20PM (#4091432)

Made something similar just tracking products in Argentina, where I'm from, pretty much the same concept but I don't understand why don't you put a big nice button with an affiliate link to buy the best price listing you found for today, that would help, believe me :)

This is my version: http://numok.com

PS, the guys from priceonomics.com seems to be the leaders in this.

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Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 that didn't or won'... by ComNik on Monday June 11, 2012 @02:15PM (#4095995)

I really like your design (:

And yes, I'll be changing design and button placement in the coming weeks, that's a valid point.

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Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 that didn't or won'... by jtolj on Sunday June 10, 2012 @11:05AM (#4091226)

Awesome job! I would definitely use this - but I'm getting a 500 error trying to enter my email address with plus character in it.

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Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 that didn't or won'... by ComNik on Monday June 11, 2012 @02:13PM (#4095975)

Oh so you are the lonely, malformed entry in my db... I'll fix that, sorry!

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Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 that didn't or won'... by ComNik on Monday June 11, 2012 @02:26PM (#4096045)

Should work now, sorry for the inconvenience.

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Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 that didn't or won'... by phreeza on Sunday June 10, 2012 @10:02AM (#4091064)

Would be neat to see the items in a category which have had the sharpest price drop recently.

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Re:Ask HN: who started something in 2012 that didn't or won'... by ComNik on Monday June 11, 2012 @02:27PM (#4096050)

That is coming. But first of all, I need to implement a working category system :/

Thank you (:

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