My Startup(s) Story. I hope it motivates someone.

&#62; This brings up a very unusual business model for aspiring entrepreneurs. Work in a domain that is technologically challenged until you understand it profoundly. Then start a business that advances that domain by empowering its actors.<p>I wonder... is collaborating with someone who 'profoundly' understands the domain a way to short-circuit this process?

I took a look at <a href="http://www.zipzoomauto.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.zipzoomauto.com/</a><p>Nice work. One thing I dislike is the absence of PRICE until I fill out all the information. A lot of online fads ask for all your information (including credit cards) before they tell you how much they are going to charge. And this is really a bad practice. Just tell me upfront how much you want me to pay before you ask for my email/phone/name/address etc.

Good article and being domain-specific has allowed you to really focus. It looks from your FAQ that you're still in 'beta' (although that word is not used) from your pricing policy. Are you experimenting with different pricing here or are you just being secretive? Curious as pricing has always been something that I've struggled with setting with our products, so wondering how you're doing it

I've noticed in a few of these stories that the path the entrepreneur took wasn't optimal by their own standards (e.g. charging early), yet there is still success.<p>If you want success, should you follow what they <i>did</i> rather than what their advice says you should do?

Did these other sites permit you to post listings directly to their site using an API? How about extending this idea to motorcycles? You could add cycletrader or other motorcycle specific sites.

Good article - interesting story - but correct "let's" to "lets" right in the opening blurb on zipzoomauto.com!

Great story! Have you considered video?<p><a href="http://videocarlot.tv" rel="nofollow">http://videocarlot.tv</a>

There was a great story about a guy that did a similar thing for the fast food industry. Anyone got the link?

at what point will you be able to focus solely on the software, assuming that's what you want to do?