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Ask HN: Where to market/sell partially developed software?

1 pointsby ermtermalmost 10 years ago
Does such a thing exist?<p>I have a partially developed online betting platform. It&#x27;s reached a scale which I can no longer develop as a side project, and I&#x27;m interested in selling. Other than reaching out to existing online betting platforms, does anyone have recommendations on how to market partially developed software?

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michaelpintoalmost 10 years ago
You need to understand that for another coder to finish your project that they&#x27;d have waste time to reverse engineer your code, and even then they may not be happy with the way you coded it.<p>Of course this doesn&#x27;t even account for the time spent doing bug testing, and then maybe cleaning up your code. And this of course assumes that your spec for the project was able to provide say 80% of the features that someone else is looking for to use.<p>So yes if you&#x27;re looking for a cash exit you just wasted 1.5 years of your life.<p>On the flip side you can look at this as a learning experience and maybe draw the following lessons:<p>- Start with a small side project, and once you figure out what that is make it smaller.<p>- Real artists ship.<p>- Don&#x27;t reinvent the wheel and do something that&#x27;s already out there.
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AznHisokaalmost 10 years ago
To be realistic, the chances of selling something like this practically nil. Nobody wants to own software that they have no clue how it works, with the owner gone. That&#x27;s a bad investment.
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