Show HN: I made a site that lets you discover 100 micro-startups for sale

buysellstartups.com

2 points·jrmaker··4 comments

Already posted 3 months ago https://www.buysellstartups.com/

I sign up with an email Being promised access and then I’m hit with a paywall.

Perhaps give people a chance to use for free as now I can really tell quality.

It's a tough one. I've made the site 100% free in the past and got hit with a ton of SEO service and web development spam. Had to set up a paywall to increase the quality of buyers.

Also, a lot of data that sellers provide is sensitive and they don't feel comfortable with everyone having access to financial data, traffic etc. as competitors can abuse this information.

I send out around 2-5 startups every week with free access to newsletter subscribers (have a bit more control) hence the prompt to subscribe. This really helps regular subscribers with the kind of startups listed on the marketplace.

Also made the top 3 free to view now, hope this makes for a better user experience.

> Also, a lot of data that sellers provide is sensitive and they don't feel comfortable with everyone having access to financial data, traffic etc. as competitors can abuse this information.

This argument makes no sense, a competitor can buy and abuse it anyway?

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