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Ask HN: Creating a website to swap comic books

6 pointsby botolo86about 14 years ago
Hello Friends,<p>I had this idea today and I wanted to share it with you and get some feedback and suggestions.<p>Every week I buy a lot of comics, I read them and then I find that I am not really interested in collecting 30/40% of them. I enjoyed reading them but I don't want to keep them. Selling them on eBay is a pain in the a<i></i>, as you have to take a picture, create the listing, etc. You can try to sell them to some comic shops but they will give you just pennies. And in the end you want to give them away to get money to buy more comics...therefore you want to give comics to get comics.<p>I am sure a lot of other collectors feel the same.<p>This is the idea: I am going to create a website where I'll post weekly releases, with cover pics and info. Users will be able to login, click on the comics of the week that they got and did not like and the comics that they did not get and would like to have.<p>I will then match the wants and gives and ask users to ship me the comics. I will check that their grade is ok and ship them to other users.<p>What do you think?

2 comments

wewyorabout 14 years ago
Well the shipping to yourself seems kind of an unnecessary middle man if you can build some sort of reputation and review system.<p>Other things:<p>- Can users ship comics easily?<p>- Can users ship comics safely (minimal damage)?<p>- Can users ship comics cheaply?
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bozzie123about 14 years ago
email nboswell90@gmail.com i would like to discuss your idea with you, i think i can provide a few tips :)
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