2 months ago I was contacted on Reddit by a guy that said he was 'going viral' on Imgur. He was trying to get traction to a website to 'ship your enemies ______' and was heavily influenced by my post on how I did the same. With the enthusiasm that he showed and a general curiosity to see if lightning could in fact strike twice, I decided to help him out. He offered me 50% of his company, and i accepted.
The original copy on the site was a blatant rip off of DicksByMail, and I decided to start with changing that. Also, the marketing strategy was simply to post gifs on imgur that related to the catchphrase of the site, but did not actually list the site. If the post reached some success, then the website was posted. Not my favorite strategy, but it worked a little bit.
We tried slightly different posts and slightly different packaging to see what worked and what didn't.
Eventually, we found a price, package and site that worked fairly well. He mainly hustled on Imgur, and occasionally on reddit. I used the opportunity to try new things. Sometimes they even worked.
After seeing over 100 sales and actual profits, and having some fun we've decided to part ways as other projects are becoming more profitable and taking up more of our time. The issue is that, like a car that still runs, the site is still worth something.
I've had personal issues with Flippa in the past, and I also hate the idea of just putting it up for auction when I really dont think it will get any traction.
So, as yet another test, I'm turning to Reddit. Entrepreneurs and Wantrepreneurs alike will have the option to enter into a raffle for the site. For as little as $1, you can buy a raffle number that will be drawn off next week. The winner will get controlling access to the site. You will get a few hours of instruction on methods that we've used for advertising, sourcing and shipping products. You will become responsible for the shopify payments, as well as shipping products, and maintaining social media.
An important note on this method is that if only 1 person buys a raffle ticket, then they will flat out win the site.
The raffle is being held on our own site, which is www.shipnuts.com.
The direct link to the raffle is here. and has more details.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here.
We're also going to give away a few free raffle numbers here.
To get a free raffle entry, simply comment here what you would do with the site if you got it. We encourage both seasoned entrepreneurs and people that have never run a business to comment and submit. If you would like a free entry, please comment I WANT DEEZ NUTS at the beginning of your post so I can sort the general comments from the ones that want entries.
If there are no raffle numbers given out, the site will simply shut down.
Though it won't be a requirement, I'd prefer that whoever does get the site will do an update here on /r/entrepreneur a few times after the sale.
Cheers guys!
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