I launched 2 years before MicroAcquire I had the most liquid micro acquisition marketplace at one point You can't beat $11m in funding as a dude tho But still, I'm going to continue building Borderline as it has a loyal following of investors! Tweet added by Kumail Hunaid @kumailht

Kumail Hunaid

9 months

I launched 2 years before MicroAcquire I had the most liquid micro acquisition marketplace at one point You can't beat $11m in funding as a dude tho But still, I'm going to continue building Borderline as it has a loyal following of investors!

borderline.biz

Buy and Sell Software Startups • Borderline.biz

borderline.biz

@levelsio

9 months

Because artificially limits the multiple I tried listing and they manually change your multiple to a super low one like 2x-3x Then they publish annual reports of the "market" multiples, but how does this work when THEY set them? Nothing market about…

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David Awad | VC / PE Engineering Consulting 📈

@realdavidawad

9 months

@kumailht Cool to see! Thanks for sharing

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Kumail Hunaid

@kumailht

9 months

@realdavidawad Thanks David 🙏

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Tom

@tholder

9 months

@kumailht Yeah the domain puts me off even before I’ve taken a look. Sorry. The site is really nice though.

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Kumail Hunaid

@kumailht

9 months

@tholder Crazy, I never thought of it like that but so many people are saying the same thing! What specifically is off putting? Really curious, and maybe something I need to fix!

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SaaS Trash 🗑🔥

@saastrash

9 months

@kumailht what’s your fee structure? and can we change your domain, .biz is 🫠

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Kumail Hunaid

@kumailht

9 months

@saastrash Free until now but considering charging a small success fee in the future

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Nassim Loukil

@naslouki

9 months

@kumailht What was the most challenging part of starting a marketplace? how did you hit critical mass (on both supply and demand side) to ensure it kept going?

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Kumail Hunaid

@kumailht

9 months

@nassimloukil I didn’t have to do much 2018 was a different world internet wise If you built something unique everyone saw it and used it That’s how basecamp spread, a simple CRUD app was all it took to make waves I just launched on HN and a few other places. It took off, and consistently…

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Kevin JOURDAN

@kev1njourdan

9 months

@kumailht As much as i respect the hustle, i can NOT see how at some point you did imagine beating Acquire... 6 years in and no SEO trafic, A non existent twitter following. and 9 biz to sell? This has nothing to do with funding mate.. Sorry to say so. When you fight on a market that big,…

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Kumail Hunaid

@kumailht

9 months

@kev1njourdan I think $11m buys you a lot of solved problems Especially back in 2019, the liquidity on my platform was epic You could list a website and sell it within a week, I sold several projects and others did too You picked on a few things which are fair: - Twitter bot is a recent…

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Ashwin Mullankandy

@ashwinm

9 months

@kumailht Please rebrand, biz gives bad vibes. 🙂

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Kumail Hunaid

@kumailht

9 months

@ashwinm Interesting, third person to say this today!

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Liza

@LazyCoda

9 months

@kumailht I think killed your chances with the .biz domain.

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Kumail Hunaid

@kumailht

9 months

@LazyCoda Is it bad for SEO?

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Ryan Liao

@Ryan_Liao

9 months

@kumailht Yes i echo the sentiments. Move away from .biz domain. Great marketplace! Rooting for you 👍👍

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Kumail Hunaid

@kumailht

9 months

@Ryan_Liao Thanks Ryan!

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ruhara

@gideonruhara

9 months

@kumailht Good shit I hate the domain though

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Kumail Hunaid

@kumailht

9 months

@gideonruhara Haha do you hate the .biz? It never took on like .io and other domains

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FounderEric

@FounderEric

9 months

@kumailht Great simplicity on the site! Though 110% agree with others on the .biz domain. Would rebrand it asap! Also some content on the site greatly helps.

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Kumail Hunaid

@kumailht

9 months

@FounderEric Damn I never would have thought the .biz was holding me back Is it just a negative brand image? What makes it so much worse than like a .io or something?

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