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Hi HN,

I recently launched AutoVerify.co.uk, a service that provides instant vehicle history checks for buyers and sellers in the UK. It helps people verify a car’s history—including outstanding finance, previous write-offs, and more—before making a purchase.

I’d love to get insights from the community on the best ways to promote a product like this. My goal is to reach car buyers, sellers, and dealerships while keeping marketing efforts cost-effective.

For those who have successfully launched and marketed similar services:

What strategies worked best for you? Any niche communities or platforms that proved effective? How do you balance organic growth with paid marketing? Any mistakes to avoid when promoting a trust-based service? If you’ve launched a B2C service, especially in the automotive space, I’d really appreciate your insights. Thanks!

Show HN: AutoVerify – Get Comprehensive Vehicle History Reports with AI Insights

https://autoverify.co.uk

Hi HN,I’m excited to launch AutoVerify.co.uk, a platform that provides comprehensive vehicle history reports for the UK used car market. Whether you're buying or selling, AutoVerify helps you make data-driven decisions with detailed reports and AI-powered summaries.Key Features: Full Vehicle History Reports – Check outstanding finance, insurance write-offs, mileage anomalies, stolen vehicle...

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2022) on Thursday September 01, 2022 @04:56PM (#32683077)

  Location: London (UK)
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Java, GoLang, Spring-Boot, Hibernate, GCP, Terraform, Ansible
  Résumé/CV: https://purushotham.me
  Email: [email protected]
Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2022) on Thursday September 01, 2022 @04:53PM (#32683028)
SEEKING WORK, London (UK), Remote

E-Mail: [email protected]

I'm a senior backend engineer over 15 years of experience in enterprise application development in Java, Spring-Boot and Hibernate technologies. Also have hands-on in the front-end technologies AngularJS, Typescript etc. I could also help with infrastructure as code using terraform, ansible.

I am fully committed and deliver with high quality and meeting the deadlines. Please reach out to me at [email protected] if you are interested in my profile. site: https://purushotham.me

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2022) on Monday May 02, 2022 @04:31PM (#31240513)
Location: Germany, Europe (Remote) Remote: yes

Willing to relocate: maybe

Technologies: Java, Spring boot, Docker, Kubernetes, Keycloak, Wildfly, AWS, Azure, GCP

Résumé/CV: https://purushotham.me

Email: [email protected]

Name: Puru, I am strong in programming in enterprise application development in monolithic and microservices architecture. Looking for part-time opportunity to start with and can convert to fulltime depending on the work. Happy to chat to know more about me.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2021) on Friday December 03, 2021 @01:54PM (#29433685)
Location: Remote/Berlin, Germany

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Java11, Spring-Boot, Angular, Git, CircleCI,Wildfly, Keycloak.

Resume: https://purushotham.me email: [email protected]

I am full stack engineer with over 15 years of experience in above mentioned skills and worked across different domains including data center, networking, telecom with startups to fortune 100 companies. Please reach out to me if you are looking with above skill set. You could expect quality code and in time delivery of work.

Re:Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2021) on Friday December 03, 2021 @12:59PM (#29432967)
SEEKING WORK | Remote | Berlin,Germany| Full stack engineer

Hello! My name is Puru, and I am a freelance full stack engineer with a focus on back-end development. I have over 16 years of experience in working with fortune 100 to startup companies developing enterprise applications. If you need help with Java, Spring Boot and Angular, then I can be of help!

Technologies: Java 11, Spring Boot, Angular, Wildly,Keycloak, IAM, Stripe integration, Git, CircleaCI.

personal website: https://purushotham.me Email: [email protected]

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2021) on Thursday July 01, 2021 @11:57PM (#27707671)
Location: Bangalore, India

Remote:Yes

Willing to relocate:Yes

Technologies: Java, Spring-Boot, Hibernate, JavaScript, Angular, REST, Git, AWS, Azure

Résumé/CV:https://purushotham.me

Email:[email protected]

Software developer open to full-time positions, looking to work in interesting fields or for interesting companies. Highly motivated to learn, contribute, and design cool software.

Fully open to remote or willing relocate.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2021) on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @07:14AM (#27367306)
Location: Bangalore, India

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Javascript, Typescript, Angular, HTML/CSS, Java, Spring, Spring-Boot, Hibernate

Résumé/CV: https://www.purushotham.me

Email: [email protected]

I am a senior full-stack developer with 15+ years of experience various technologies mentioned above and worked in Telecom, Networking and Datacenter management domains.

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During this covid times most of IT guys are working from home. Many of us would be having couple of hours a day which can be used to make few bucks doing freelance work. Any suggestions on how to get work partime from direct clients. Already know the following sites, But would need better options with better pay.Up work Freelancer Guru Gun.io Etc..

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Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2016) on Tuesday November 01, 2016 @12:38PM (#12847483)
Location: Bangalore Remote:YES Willing to relocate:NO Technologies: Angular 1.x, Android, Java, Node, Python, Flask Résumé/CV:https://in.linkedin.com/in/purusothamyb Email:[email protected]